User guide

Menu Bar
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July 22, 2005
Menu Bar
The Menu Bar functions are described as follows:
Mode: Allows selection of available test modes. Clipboard is automatically
included with the M4000 software. External Reference/Source, Leakage
Reactance, and DTA are optional software add-ins.
Diagnostics: These help you check the status of the M4000 Insulation
Analyzer, and to diagnose any problems that may exist. See ”Running
Diagnostics” on page 4-21 for a description of this item
View: De-selecting an item from this menu will remove the icon bar from your
screen. Select again to restore it.
Tools: Here you can clear test and nameplate data, view a test note or
temperature/humidity data, or adjust configurations. See the “Configuration”
section in this chapter for a full description of these options.
Enter DTA Field System Software, or select DTA from the
Mode pull-down menu. With DTA, the second test mode
available is DTA. See the DTA instruction manual for use of
the DTA option. DTA contains specific forms for different
apparatus types, along with an expert system to evaluate
results. Since this is optional software, this icon will not be
active if DTA software is not installed.
Enter Clipboard Mode or select Clipboard from the Mode
pull-down menu. Without DTA, the only test mode is
Clipboard. The clipboard mode is described further in this
chapter. It provides a generic form for testing any apparatus.
Enter External Reference/Source Mode, or select External
Reference/ Source from the Mode pull-down menu. Since this
is optional software, this icon will not be active if External
Reference software is not installed.
Enter Leakage Reactance Test Mode, or select Leakage
Reactance Test from the Mode pull-down menu. Since this is
optional software, this icon will not be active if Leakage
Reactance software is not installed.
Find help, or press the F1 key, or select the items from the
Help pull-down menu item. Help is described in the 'Using
Help' section of Chapter 1.
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