User manual

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Cable Test Setup
From the home screen, touch Cable Test . If the list screen is
displayed, press Select
at the bottom of the screen or the Back
button
to go to the Detailed Results screen:
Creating a New Test List:
Touch New File
at the bottom of the Detailed Results screen,
enter a file name (20 characters max.), and touch OK. Returns to
Detailed Results screen. Test List name will appear in the title bar.
See File Manager section on page 33 for additional File manager
instructions.
Opening a Test List:
If a Test List (.tst) file already exists, it can be selected from a
directory list, by touching File Manager . The file manager
screen will open showing the internal memory directory of TST
files. Touch to highlight the desired file in the list and select File
Open to open the test list and return to the Detailed Results
screen.
Selecting a Cable Type:
Touch Cable Type
on the right-hand side of the Detailed Results
screen. A list of defined cable types will be displayed with a scroll
bar on the right-hand side. If the cable type to be used is in the list,
highlight it by touching the line and touch Select to make it the
current cable type and return to the Detailed Results screen. See
Cable Type section on page 23 for instructions to edit, add or delete
cable types.
Setting Cable ID Names:
The cable ID naming convention is a prefix plus an incrementing
three digit index number. The prefix should be limited to 9
characters. With the three digit index there will be a total of 12
characters in the name. From the Detailed Result screen, Touch
Edit on the right-hand side of the Detailed Result screen. The
Cable Test Setup screen will appear with the current values for
prefix and index displayed. Touch Edit to the right of the value to
be changed, type in new name or index and touch OK. Touch Save
to keep the edited values or touch Cancel to exit without
saving. Cable ID’s can also be edited from the Test List to be any 12
character name, with or without numbers. See the Test List section
on page 26 for instructions on editing, adding and deleting cables.