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MicroLink: Operator Interface Terminal

Manual Revision 1.0 4/20/99

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Figure 2.2: Menu-Tree of the MicroLink Operational Screens

you need to leave a blank space in your
description, press the

Space

soft key. The

Cursor

Left

and

Cursor Right

soft keys can be used to

position the cursor in the letter description. This is
typically used to go into a description and change
a single letter without entering the entire sequence
of letters again. The

Abort Edit

soft key will exit

the edit text system without applying any changes.

2.12 Menu Tree

The operation and configuration screens are
arranged in a structure called a menu tree. This
name is used because the structure of the screens
is similar to a tree with a main trunk, large
branches, and smaller branches. The main trunk is
like the main screen of the MicroLink system,
which has screens that are reached when the
appropriate soft key is pressed. These secondary
screens are like the big branches off of the main
trunk in a real tree. Other screens are reached
from these secondary screens by pressing the soft
key that matches the screen name. The screens
branch out in this fashion until all of the relevant
screens for that branch are covered.

The menu-tree for the MicroLink system is shown
in Figure 2.2. Each of the boxes in the figure
represents one of the screens in the MicroLink
system. The lines connecting the boxes show how
the screens are linked. For instance, to bring up
the job recall screen if you are currently in the
MultiSet screen requires three steps. First, press
the

EXIT

key to go up one level to the main

screen. Second, press the

Job Setups

soft key to

go to the job memory screen. Finally, press the

Recall Job

soft key on that screen to go to the job

recall screen.

The

HELP

screen and the

DOWN TIME CODE

screen are not part of the menu-tree screen
structure. They can be accessed from any screen
by pressing the dedicated keys on the keypad. For
instance, press the

HELP

key to get to the

HELP

screen. The

EXIT

key returns the system to the

previous screen.