Front Panel Interface 9; Front Panel Navigation; General Description Of Navigation In The Plm; Pinging Modules In The Dlc Plm Edition Software From The Plm - Lab.gruppen PLM Series Operation Manual

9.1 Front Panel Navigation

9.1.1 General description of navigation in the
PLM
The majority of PLM functions can be controlled and/
or monitored via the front-panel LCD display screen
and associated switches and LEDs.
The control system has two basic modes: METER
MODE and MENU MODE. METER mode has three
possible views, called HOME VIEW, MODULE
VIEW and TEMPERATURE VIEW. Each view offers
different information about the PLM's configuration
and performance and permits control of different
parameters. The three views , shown in figure 9.1
below, can be scrolled through using the METER
button.
Home View
Module View
Temperature View
Figure 9.1.1b: Meter Modes
The PLM always powers up in METER MODE,
HOME VIEW. See section 9.11 for full details of the
three METER MODE views.
MENU MODE is selected by pressing the MENU
button. The screen display changes to the "top
page" of the menu "tree", which lists the various
submenus available. Select the required submenu by
pressing the soft button adjacent to it. In some cases
parameter adjustment is presented immediately; in
other cases, intermediate submenus are presented

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first. When parameters are available, adjustment is
made using the rotary encoder. See section 9.12 for
a full description of MENU MODE and the various
submenus available therein.
Warnings about fault conditions or other extreme
operating states are given primarily by the tricolor
LEDs within the eight soft function buttons around
the screen; a simultaneous textual description is
shown on the display, adjacent to the button. A full
description of the various warning indications is given
in section 9.10.2. In general, LEDs to the left of the
display will indicate problems with the PLM or its
inputs, while those to the right indicate problems
with the power output channels. Note that the same
LEDs indicate mute statuses of inputs and outputs
when MUTE ENABLE mode is selected.
PLM Inputs
Figure 9.1.1a: Front panel LEDstatus indicators
9.1.2 Pinging modules in the DLC PLM Edition
software from the PLM
When a large system comprising multiple PLMs is
in use, it may be desirable to positively identify a
particular Module in the DLC PLM Edition software.
To achieve this, it is possible to Ping (or 'highlight') a
Module on the PC directly from the PLM.
The PLM should be in METER mode for this function
to operate.
Press the soft button adjacent to the chosen Module's
input display, and the corresponding Module label
on the DLC PLM Edition software will highlight in
yellow text. If the Module is not yet placed within
the work area, then the Module scroll bar will place
the highlighted Module mid-screen.
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