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Managing the states of your ftb-500 – EXFO FTB-500 (Window XP) User Manual

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Managing the States of Your FTB-500

Managing the States of Your FTB-500

Your FTB-500 can be in one of the following states:

Note: The current state is displayed in the ToolBox status bar.

State

Characteristics

Local

Front-panel keys of the FTB-500 unit and peripherals

are all functional

Default state at unit turn on

Remote

Front-panel keys of the FTB-500 unit and peripherals

are not functional except for the LOCAL key and the

power switch

Local with lockout

Return to Local mode only possible via commands

sent from the system controller

Pressing the front-panel LOCAL key causes an URQ

message (see Standard Status Data Structure on

page 216)

Remote with lockout

Front-panel keys of the FTB-500 unit and peripherals

are not functional except for the power switch

Return to Local mode only possible via commands

sent from the system controller

Pressing the front-panel LOCAL key causes an URQ

message (see Standard Status Data Structure on

page 216)