Chapter 7.

Working in TOP View (Optional Feature)

7.3 Freezing the Display and Navigating Data in TOP View

While operating in TIMED TOP View mode, the Knob Emulator/TOP View Control Menu can be turned on or off by
pressing . As shown in Figure 70 on page 157, this menu pauses, clears, and restarts the TOP View data acquisition
process. Pressing below STOP (this is the only menu selection that’s also active in ENCODED mode) has the same
effect as pressing : the display is frozen and available for analysis or storage in a data set. To navigate and evaluate
a frozen TOP View display, follow the steps below and refer to Figure 70:

Note: While scanning in ENCODED mode, TOP View data is first added to the display screen, then scrolled into the
instrument’s data buffer. When the buffer is full the scanning process automatically stops, activating the Frozen
TOP View Menu (Figure 70) and requiring the operator to take action before the data is overwritten. Saving
this data to a data set file, generating a report, or otherwise carrying out an ACTION indicated in the FILES
Menu clears the buffer.

Note: The TOP View Control Menu is activated and deactivated by pressing . When the Control Menu is active,
the function keys and both knobs are disabled, but pressing or (in TIMED MODE) provides immediate
access to various HOME-Menu functions. Similarly, when acquiring data in ENCODED mode (during which
no function adjustments are allowed), pressing below STOP and pressing or provides access to
several functions that require recalculation of instrument parameters. As this recalculation will result in a
clearing of unsaved TOP View data, the operator is asked to confirm this action before proceeding.

Note: Stopping the data acquisition process and saving this data to a data set file, generating a report, or otherwise
carrying out an ACTION indicated in the FILES Menu clears the buffer.

Note: Pressing below CLEAR (TIMED mode only), while the TOP View is acquiring data, immediately eliminates
all unsaved TOP View data and restarts the display acquisition process. When the TOP View display is
STOPped (or frozen), pressing below START also eliminates all unsaved TOP View data and restarts the
display acquisition process while RESUME (not displayed when the ENCODED mode buffer is full) allows the
acquisition to continue from its position when STOP was selected.

1. With TOP View operating and the TOP View Control Menu displayed (Figure 70), press below STOP to freeze
the TOP View display (pressing has the same effect).
2. The Frozen TOP View Menu appears (Figure 70). Choose from the following menu selections:
CURSORS – Allows for left and right knob control of cursor 1 or cursor 2. All measurement of displayed TOP View
data is made according to these two cursors
VIEW – Chose for display one of the four TOP View DATA SOURCEs. Shows all acquired TOP View data on one
screen or reverts to the scale used during data acquisition. Scrolling is only enabled when the VIEW WINDOW is set
to AS AQUIRED.
MEAS 1 and MEAS 2 – Select up to six measurement options that correspond to the two values specified by cursor 1’s
and cursor 2’s position.
FILENAME – Sets the data set- and report-saving parameters, then stores data sets or generates reports. Note that
pressing and holding for approximately three seconds will cause a REPORT to generate or a DATA SET to be
stored based on the ACTION setting.

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