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T est Equipment Selection Chapter 3: LMF Oper ation
Manual selection – T est equipment may be selected manually even if it is not connected to
the LMF .
Procedure 3 -10 Manually Selecting T est Equipment - Serial Interface
1
In the LMF menu bar , select T ools > Options .
Result: The LMF Options window appears.
2
Click on the T est Equipment tab (if not in the forefront).
3
Click the Serial radio button in the Connection T ype area.
Result: A black dot appears in the circle.
4
Click the COM radio button in the GPIB/COM settings area.
Result: A black dot appears in the circle.
5
Select the correct LMF computer serial port from the P ort: pick list (normally COM1 )
(Refer to the T est Equipment Connection to the LMF on page 3- 45 section of this chapter).
6
In the Serial T est equipment , area click the checkbox(es) of the test equipment being
used.
Result: Checkmarks appear in the box(es) clicked on.
7
Click the Apply button. The button will darken until the selection is committed.
8
Click the Detect on startup checkbox in the Autodetection settings area to allow the
LMF to detect the test equipment automatically on application startup.
Result: A checkmark appears in the box.
9
Click the Save button to save the selection configuration for future LMF sessions.
10
Click the Close button to close the LMF Options window .
Automatically Selecting T est Equipment (Autodetection) – When using the
autodetection feature to select test equipment, the LMF determines which test equipment items
are actually communicating with the LMF .
Procedure 3 -11 A utodetecting T est Equipment - Serial Interface
1
In the LMF menu bar , select T ools > Options .
Result: The LMF Options window appears.
2
Click on the T est Equipment tab (if not in the forefront).
3
Click the Serial radio button in the Connection T ype area.
Result: A black dot appears in the circle.
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