Datatrac 400 Operations Manual - Aeroflex

Aeroflex Operation Manual* RECEIVER HELP SCREEN *Bus Activity Monitor Selection:OFF – Bus Activity Monitor is disabled2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 - Specifies the timeperiod, in multiples of most recent receiverate, that the unit waits before flagging alabel as overdue. An * appears next to thelast rate value.Press ENT to return to setup screenThe > key is used to step through the options.3.3 REAL-TIME DATA DISPLAY SCREENThe real-time data display screen is invoked any time the operator presses ENT from the receivesetup or transmit screens and there is at least one channel enabled. If a DAC or RS-232 downloadwas enabled, an intermediate screen will be displayed first before control is passed to this screen.Also, if the user selected EDIT as a Select Lbls parameter value, the Select Label Setup screen willappear first. The real time screen will not be invoked if the user chooses GRAPH as a receive dataformat.The following sections describe the layout of the display screen, the active keys that take advantageof the display features, and other information necessary for proper operation. This sectionconcentrates on the receive function, although the real time display supports transmit channels also.For a description of the transmit data editing features on the real time screen, refer to section 4.3.3.3.1 DATA DISPLAYThe real-time screen consists of channel "windows." There are up to four windows for the enabledreceive and/or transmit channels. If more than four channels have been enabled (with an optionalreceive or transmit board), the receive channels will take priority.The windows consist of a channel header, a format header, and the data area. The following is anexample of the real time screen with one channel active:DATATRAC 400 – REV 0 – PAGE 3-21