Premier Mounts Modem CDM-600 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Chapter 6. FRONT PANEL 
OPERATION 
 
6.1 Description 
 
 
Figure 6-1.  Front Panel View 
 
 
The user can fully control and monitor the operation of the CDM-600 from the front 
panel, using the keypad and display. Nested menus are used, which display all available 
options, and prompt the user to carry out a required action. 
 
The display has two lines each of 40 characters. On most menu screens, the user will 
observe a flashing solid block cursor, which blinks at a once-per-second rate. This 
indicates the currently selected item, digit, or field. Where this solid block cursor would 
obscure the item being edited (for example, a numeric field) the cursor will automatically 
change to an underline cursor.  
 
If the user were to display the same screen for weeks at a time, the display could become 
‘burnt’ with this image. To prevent this, the unit has a ‘screen saver’ feature that will 
activate after 1 hour. The top line of the display will show the Circuit ID (which can be 
entered by the user) and the bottom line will show the circuit Eb/No value (if the demod 
is locked) followed by ‘Press any key....’. The message moves from right to left across 
the screen, then wraps around. Pressing any key will restore the previous screen.