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2.1
T
HE
D
ISPLAY
The
HD32.8
standard display is divided in two areas:
The first area displays, from top to bottom, the
battery’s charge status
and the current
time
, the
type
of selected thermocouple, and the
temperatures measured
by the probes connected to the
inputs.
The bottom line displays the options that can be activated using the
F1
,
F2
and
F3
keys. Please see
the
SHIFT FNC
key in the following paragraph.
In the example, the function keys are associated to the temperature measurement units:
°C
: Celsius degrees
°F
: Fahrenheit degrees
°K
: Kelvin degrees
2.2
T
HE
K
EYBOARD
The keys on the instrument perform the following functions:
ON/OFF key
It turns the instrument on and off.
When turning on the instrument using this key, the first screen will be displayed. After few seconds
the temperatures measured by the connected probes will be displayed.
NOTE:
The display shows only the inputs to which the probes are connected. The probes are
detected during turn on: If a probe is later disconnected, the display will show some dashes near that
input.
TIME key
It allows the display of
year/month/day
and
hour/minutes/seconds
, in the first line for about 8
seconds. Normally the display shows, on the left, the
icon for the battery’s charge status, on
the right, the hour/minutes/seconds. The battery symbol becomes
[~]
when the external power
supply is connected.