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Instrument Settings Setup Menu
Use the Instrument Settings menu to review and update meter settings. The default settings are
in bold or shown with the selection box checked in the following table. To
navigate the menu,
press the
▲ or
▼ key to highlight a main menu option and press the
◄ or
► key to highlight
a submenu option. Onscreen text prompts provide instructions for changing parameters.
·
Display – Adjust the display brightness, select the information shown on the measurement
display and set which channel combinations are shown when the
Channel key is pressed.
·
Communication – Select the method used for information transfer to an external device and
set the baud rate when RS232 is selected as the transfer method.
·
Buzzer – Turn the sound on or off each time a key is pressed, when the main
measurement value becomes stable and when an alarm is triggered.
·
Stirrer – Connect one or two Orion Star stirrer probes (Catalog Number 096019) to the
meter, assign a stirrer probe to each measurement channel and set the stirring speed of
each stirrer probe from 1 (slowest) to 5 (fastest).
·
Calendar – Enter the time, set the time format as 12 hours (am/pm) or 24 hours, enter the
date and set the date format as Day-Month-Year (all numeric), Month-Day-Year (all
numeric) or Day-Month-Year (DD-MMM-YY, three letter short form of month).
·
Language – Set the language used for the meter interface.
·
Data log – Turn the data log function on or off.
·
Printing – Turn the printing function to an external device on or off.
·
Printing Format – Select how information will be transferred to an external device, as
comma delimited (CSV) or standard text (Printer).
·
Screen Saver – Turn the screen saver on or off. The screen saver is shown when the
meter enters auto-shutoff mode or when the meter is manually put into standby mode by
pressing the
power key. The time is displayed when the screen saver is on and a blank
display is shown when the screen saver is off.
·
Auto-Shutoff – Turn the meter automatic shutoff feature on or off.
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Log
View Menu
Use the Log View menu to access the data log and calibration log. All information in the data
and calibration logs is protected by the nonvolatile memory, so stored information is saved in
the meter even when it is not connected to a power supply.
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meters offer a 2000 point data log. Each point includes measurements from one to
four channels, depending on which channels were actively displayed in the measurement mode
when the point was saved. When the data
log function is turned on, the read type selected for
each displayed channel (Auto-Read, Timed, Single-Shot or Continuous) determines how the
point is saved to the data log. Refer to the
Measurement Read Types
section for detailed
information sending measurements to the data log.
1.
Press the
◄ or
► key to highlight Data Log.
2.
To view the data log:
a.
Press the
▲ or
▼ key to highlight View and press the
f3 (Select) key.
b.
A table will be displayed with the data log number, main measurement value of each
channel, date and time for each point. Press the
▲ or
▼ key to highlight a point and
press the
enter key to view detailed data for that point.
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