User Manual

USER INTERFACEUSER INTERFACE

USER INTERFACE

The user interface of the Fertigation Controller consists of a 4 x 20 charac-

ter LCD and a 23 key keyboard (see depiction below).

KEYBOARD STRUCTUREKEYBOARD STRUCTURE

KEYBOARD STRUCTURE

Fig. 1.1: Fig. 1.1:

Fig. 1.1: Keyboard layout.

OPERAOPERA

OPERA

TING MODESTING MODES

TING MODES

The Fertigation controller operates primarily in two major modes: Consult-

ing Mode and Setting Mode. User interface panels (screens) are broken

down into two categories:

1. CONSULTING PANELS

2. SETTING PANELS

Both modes of operation a readily available to the user.

1. CONSULTING MODE:

The consulting mode allows the user to view the current state and set

conditions of the Fertigation Controller. While in consulting mode (

SETSET

SET

key not pressed) all 68 panels can be viewed by one of 2 browsing meth-

ods. The primary consulting screens are designated from C

0101

01 through

2727

27. The following outline highlights the functions of the consulting mode.

− two browsing methods are enabled. See Section

ANEL BROWSINGANEL BROWSING

ANEL BROWSING

METHODSMETHODS

METHODS for more details.

−

ARROWS KEYSARROWS KEYS

ARROWS KEYS can be used to move the cursor within a currently

selected panel to select specific data (only if data items are selectable) to

be viewed.