Handling of the EP2 (continued)

2. Az EP2C fő dialógus ablaka The Main dialog window

Header       	- Contains the name of the program
Menu row     	- Contains the names of the drop down menus
Toolbar      	- Contains the icons of the most frequently used commands 
Working area 	- We can edit the parameters of the measurements at this part of the screen,
		   and the results of the measurements can be displayed here.
Status row  	- Values of parameters relating to the state of the EP2 can be displayed here. 
Parts of the working area:
Configuration field 	- Here can dialogue windows for editing the measurement parameters be found, 
                in a measurement block diagram format. 
Result field       		- Results of measurements can be shown here.
Supplementary field  	- Auxiliary measurement results in connection with the measurement,    
                pointers of the measurement and other useful information can be displayed here. 
Alarm field	      	  -  Display of the state of measuring, communication, 
                reporting interfaces happens here. 
Decision field        - Mechanical evaluation of measurement results can be shown here. 
Display control field	- Parameters of displaying of results can be set here.
3. Menus of EP2C
We can find commands in the FILE menu, in connection with file handling, and printing.

Elements of the FILE menu:

IMPORT         	Loading of an ASCII DOS file with IEEE488.2 format to the database
EXPORT         	Saving of ht database record to a DOS file
PRINT          	Printing of a database record to a printer 
PRINT_SETUP    	Setting of the printer parameters 
EXIT           	Exit from the program 

Elements of the EDIT menu:

COPY_RESULT_FIELD    	Copying the result menu to the Clipboard
COPY_MAIN_DIALOG     Copying the main dialogue window to the Clipboard
	
Elements of the SETUP menu:

SETUP_INTERFACES     	Switching on/off the optional elements (channel selection, measuring set of the 64k_INTERFACE
     SETUP_COMMUNICATIONS Setting of the parameters of the communication interface	SETUP_DOCUMENTATION  	Setting of the report format
SETUP_TIMING         	Setting of the timing signal source of the EP2 
SETUP_OTHERS         	Switching on/off the other services
IDENTIFIERS          	Measuring equipment and program identifiers
DELETE_SETUP         	Deleting of the Setup Record 

Operation mode of the EP2C can be set in the MODE menu:

MANUAL_MEAS      		Manual measurement operation mode
AUTOMATIC_MEAS   		Automatic measurement operation mode
REFERENCE_MEAS   		Comparing measurement operation mode
RESULT_DISPLAY   		Stored measurement display operation mode

The executable measurement can be selected in the  MEAS_ITEM menu.  

We can choose from the measurement configurations belonging to the selected measurement in the CONFIG menu.

We can set the independent variable parameter of the measurement in the VAR_PARAM menu. 

In the OPERATION menu we can find commands in connection with database handling, measurement starting/stopping, and other activities.

SELF_TEST        		Self-test
CALIBRATION      	Automatic level authentication
LOAD_REC         	Loading of records from the database, execution of activities with database records                     	l
MEAS_START/STOP  	Stopping of starting of the measurement 
EDIT_TEXT        	Text editor 
SAVE_REC         	Saving the records to a database 

Commands are available also through the icons of the Toolbar:

 
The Toolbar
Elements of the HELP menu:

INDEX            	Table of contents of the EP2 study-aid
USING_HELP        A study-aid for the usage of the Windows help 
ABOUT            	Information about the EP2 program (Name, version number, etc.)

4. Selection of the measurement, giving the parameters

We can set in the menu row at  MODE, MEAS_ITEM, CONFIG and VAR_PARAM menus, what kind of 
measurements we wish to execute, in what configurations, with what kind of variable parameters. 
The program echoes the set values in the status field, and we can always read the actual 
measurement sets from it:



The Status bar

We can edit the configuration record behind the buttons of the dialogue windows under the 
TOOLBAR field.

5. Measuring

We can start the measurement with the  OPERATION MEAS_START command. After activating this 
command the EP2C loads the measurement configuration record to the EP2. EP2 executes 
measurements according to the measurement configuration record, and it is sending the 
results back to the EP2C continuously. Measurement results are displayed in the result 
field continuously. Pointers of the measurement show the development of the measuring in 
the supplementary text field:



Measurement will automatically stop after a determined amount of measurements by parameters VAR_SEQ_LENGTH and NUMBER_OF_MEAS_SEQ. Measurement can stop by pressing the STOP_MEAS button. 

6. Saving, reporting

Measurement results can be saved with the OPERATION SAVE_REC command to the database. We 
can make reports in ASCII format with the FILE EXPORT command to a file, which can be read 
to the WINWORD as a file with dos_text format. We can copy the main dialogue window, or 
the measurement result window with commands under the EDIT menu to the Clipboard, and from 
it to our reports.