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User Manual 3155
There are two more options to select from this dialog box. The Start
Communications with:
First Found instrument – will start WaveCAD communication with
the first instrument that was detected. If there is more than one i n -
strument plugged into the chassis, you may want to select the next
option.
Last Used Instrument – will direct WaveCAD communications to the
instrument you used the last time before you exited the program.
If you chose to hide this dialog box, you can still access and change
the options from the System menu, at the top of the screen.
Make your selection and click OK. The Startup & Communication
Updater dialog box will be removed from the screen. And two panels:
the Main and the Standard Waveform panels will now be accessible.
But before we go into panel operation, lets look at the toolbars at the
left top of the screen as shown in Figure 3-2.
Figure 3-31, WaveCAD's Toolbars
The standard Windows Menu Bar is the top bar. It provides access
to main system controls like saving files, and viewing or removal of
screen images. Some of the File commands such as New, Open,
Save and Save As... are also available as icons.
The second bar is called Active Instrument bar. It provides direct
access to different instruments that are plugged into the PXI chassis.
WaveCAD can operate many 3155 units simultaneously. If an i n -
strument is connected to the PXI bus at WaveCAD startup, it is
automatically detected by the program and its link location and iden-
tification displayed in the Link list box.
1. Changes made on panels and waveform composers
affect the active instrument only.
2. WaveCAD can address any 3155 which is plugged
into your PXI system.
3. WaveCAD can address any combination of instru-
ments as long as they are detected and displayed in
the Active Instrument field.
HINTS
ArbConnection 3-5
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