Operation Manual

When the boot procedure is completed the profile selection dialogue is shown. Please refer
to Chapter 7.1 for more details about starting up the LX8000.
4.3 User Input
The LX8000 user interface consists of many dialogues which have different input controls.
They are designed to make input of names, parameters, etc., as easy as possible. Input
controls can be summarised as:
• Text editor
• Masked text editor
• Spin controls
• Selection control
• Checkboxes
• Colour selector
• Line width selector
To move the function from one control to another, rotate the lower-right knob (page
selector) as follows:
• Clockwise rotation will select the next control.
• Anticlockwise rotation will select the previous control. Press the SELECT button (usually
lower-right) to enter control input.
4.3.1 Text Edit Control
The Text Editor is used to input an alphanumeric string of arbitrary length; the picture below
shows typical options when editing text. Use the bottom-right knob to change the value at
the current cursor position.
Press the CHAR>> button to advance the cursor to the next position. The cursor can also
be moved to next position using the bottom-left knob. Rotate it clockwise to move forward.
The Abc button is a toggle button and will change the letter case. Press it to toggle modes.
• Abc mode will start every new word with a capital letter; subsequent letters will be
lower case.
• ABC mode will enter only upper case letters.
• abc mode will enter only lower case letters.
Pressing the DELETE button will delete the character at current cursor position. Continually
press the DELETE button to delete all characters after the current cursor position.