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Measurement Computing Analyzer488 User Manual

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Section 3

Front Panel Operation

3.31

Memory

The -MEMORY- keys are used for IEEE 488 bus event recording and analysis.

They are used to setup a trigger point, arm the system, start recording, and to analyze
the record memory. Menus provide recorded event statistics, time and rate
measurements, and display functions.

ERASE

ZERO

SET REL

+TRIGGER

-TRIGGER

FIND

DISPLAY

MEASURE

HEX

BIN

MEMORY

SEARCH

TRIGGER

NEXT

LAST

FIRST

STAT

SETUP

ARM

VIEW

REC

REL

The -MEMORY- keys are grouped into three areas:

-MEMORY-

[VIEW]

The View key, [VIEW] is used to toggle the display format between
bus display mode and memory view mode. To view record memory
locations, use the -DATA ENTRY- keys or the -CURSOR- keys.
See also the [REC] key description.

VIEW LED

The VIEW LED indicates that the Analyzer488 is in the memory
view mode, displaying information from the record memory.
Changing the display mode is accomplished by pressing [VIEW].

[ERASE]

The Erase command, [SHIFT][VIEW], erases the record memory
and resets the reference pointer to 0. [ERASE] uses a confirmation
menu:

Erase Memory? Yes