Boonton 4500B Peak Power Meter - Manual (Page 74)

Boonton 4500B RF Peak Power Analyzer
Operation 4-2
4.2 Manual Operation
In the manual mode, the instrument is controlled from the front panel by selecting items from a system of screen menus. The
menu structure is illustrated in Figure 4-2. To properly input commands and data using these menus, you must be familiar
with the menu conventions described in the next subsection. Subsequent subsections provide detailed instructions for the
control keys and menus:
4.6 Top Level Menu
4.7 System Keys
4.8 - 4.19 Function Keys and Associated Menus
4.19 Automatic Operation
4.21 4500B Menu Map
4.3 Menu Conventions
This section of the manual describes the menu conventions used throughout Chapter 4 "Operation" and the rest of the
manual. The control menu conventions are summarized as follows:
1. Path description is a notation to indicate the entry location in the menu structure. The greater than ">" symbol is
used to indicate each indented level of the menu. The first name should be one of the function keys. If the ">"
symbol is the first character then the top level menu is being referenced. The top level can be accessed by pressing
the "ESC" key. If a colon ":" symbol is part of the description, the value that follows the colon ":" is the choice of
value in that menu. In the top level menu of the Model 4500B, > Measure Mode offers Pulse, Modulated and
Statistical (Option 10 only). Without Option 10, only Pulse and Modulated measurement modes are available
.
The following sections of this manual will use the label Pulse, Mod & Stat to indicate that a menu selection is
applicable for all three measurement modes; the same words are use singly or in pairs to indicate applicability to one
or two modes. The label may be omitted entirely if the menu selection is unrelated to measurement mode.
2. Entries in the menu selection boxes (see Figure 4-1 Inset) can be any of the following types: Multiple Choices,
Actions, Toggles, Menus, Reports or Numerical Values
3. A single word or abbreviation in a selection box written in upper and lower case letters indicates a Multiple Choice.
Press the menu box key to see a repeating list of choices. As each choice appears, it is automatically selected.
4. A single word in the selection box written in all upper case indicates an Action or a submenu of actions. An
Action submenu box may contain ―- more- ―. Pressing the ―- more- ― menu key will present additional choices of
Action. Action submenus are self-closing when a selection is made, returning to the calling menu. Examples are
presented in Figures 4-1.
The top level (press Esc) Display window in Figure 4-1b is an example of an Action. To initiate the indicated
action, CLEAR, simply press the associated menu key.
5. Two words (one of which is highlighted) appearing side-by-side within a menu indicate a Toggle. See, for example,
the Chan 1 > Channel selection box in Figure 4-1a. Press the associated menu key to toggle the selection between
Off and On.