User Guide

PAMS
Technical Documentation
NHB–3
Service Software Instructions
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Using Menus
All menu selections have a separate selection character in the first column.
This character is a number, a letter or a special ASCII character (e.g., <+> or
<–>). Menus have a fixed constant display structure, i.e. the texts cannot be
scrolled.
You can select a function from a menu in two different ways. The first way is to
press the key on the PC keyboard corresponding to the first character of the
line. The other way is to move the cursor from line to line using arrow keys and
make the selection with the <Enter> key.
When you have made your selection the new menu or window will appear on
the PC screen. Every menu and window carries a name on the topmost line.
The name is the same as the selection in the previous menu or window. When
the new menu is activated the old one will disappear.
When a window is activated the selectable keys are seen in the window. Win-
dows may have a scrolling or a constant display.
Common control key symbols are always seen on the help line (line 25) and the
keys may be used always when seen on the last line.
With a window or menu active the <Esc> key is pressed to quit selection, put
out the window or menu and bring the previous menu or window to the display.
The <Esc> key doesn’t have any effect when it is used with the main menu.
When editing data the <Esc> key can be used as interrupt key. During edition
the <Enter> key is used as exit key.
Help Functions
The last line (line 25) will always list the special keys which can be used. The
help key <F1> can be used anytime when the menu is on the display. When the
help key is used a new window will appear on the screen. The new window
contains a text that describes the function over which the cursor was when the
help key was used. The <Esc> key will move the cursor back to the menu and
the help window will disappear.