Chapter 2 Operating Your Frequency Counter
Common Questions
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Common Questions
Why is Stats result not available yet?
Your Counter has not completed N measurements yet.
If you are filtering (Stats menu,
USE: IN LIMIT
), then stats result will not be
available until N in-limit measurements are made.
If you are using the
ON SINGLE: N
measurements, make sure you have pressed the
Single or Run key.
The instrument is collecting measurements if the Gate annunciator is flashing on and
off.
Why won’t printer work?
Go to the Utility menu and set up serial port.
Why did Counter stop measuring?
•
Did you set the Counter to stop on limits?
•
Are all measurements outside the limits?
Why did Counter go to its default state after I set up my RS-232
port?
•
Did you save your state before you cycled power?
•
Did you restore your state after configuring the port?
Counter’s numeric display does not follow the numerical
convention for my country.
•
Go to the Utility menu and change the numerical convention to be displayed (use
the
SHOW 9 AS:
menu item).
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