Sentry Industries CA756 - Manual (Page 6)

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Program WRT T mode
Exponential display
During normal calculation, this unit is capable of displaying
up to 10 digits. Values that exceed this limit, however, are
automatically displayed in exponential format. You can
choose between 2 different types of exponential display
formats.
NORM 1 mode: 10 -2 (0.01)> , 10 10
NORM 2 mode: 10 -9 (0.000000001)> , 10 10
Selection of these modes can be carried out by pressing
when no specification has been made for the
number of decimal places or significant digits. The present
status is not displayed, so it is necessary to perform the
following procedure to specify either display format:
(All of the examples in this manual show calculation results
using the NORM 1 mode.)
How to interpret exponential format
: key pressed.
: key pressed.
Sci: Number of significant digits specified.
Fix: Number of decimal places specified.
hyp: key pressed.
: Degrees specified at the unit of angular
measurement.
: Radians specified at the unit of angular
measurement.
: Grads specified at the unit of angular
measurement.
WRT : Program write mode ( ) specified.
PCL : Program clear mode ( ) specified.
X= : Indicates current x-and y-coordinate location of
Trace function pointer.
: Indicates display consists of more than 12
characters " " indicates extra characters run
off left side of display, " " indicates characters
run off right side.
: Indicates displayed value is intermediate result.
About the display layout
The display consists of a dot area for graphing, as well as
an area for indicators and characters. You can monitor the
status of the calculator and programs by viewing the
display.
Graph Display
Calculation Display
Mode Status Display
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