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Push Button Functions

Fig 1: Identifying Push Button Functions
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Zero (Relative Reading) Function:

Displays difference between the measured value and the stored value.

Fig 2: Identifying Zero (Relative Reading) Push Button
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Minimum (Min), Maximum (Max), Average (AVG) Recording:

Records minimum, maximum and calculates the true average.

Fig 3: Identifying Min/Max, AVG Recording Push Button
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Manual Range or Autorange:

In Manual Range user selects fixed range. Meter stays in that range until user changes it, selects Autorange or turns meter off. In Autorange meter selects range automatically.

Fig 4: Identifying Manual Range or Autorange Push Button
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Touch Hold:

Touch Hold holds last stable reading on display. A new stable reading causes beeper to sound and display to update.

If meter is in MIN MAX Recording, RPM, Duty Cycle, Pulse Width or Hz, Touch Hold interrupts the function. The display is frozen, but recorded readings are not erased.

Fig 5: Identifying Touch Hold Push Button
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RPM / HZ.

RPM 2, RPM 1, or frequency.

RPM 2, 4-cycle engines.

RPM 1, 2-cycle engines.

Hz. counts frequency between 0.5 Hz and 200 kHz.

Fig 6: Identifying RPM / HZ Push Button
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Duty Cycle or Pulse Width.

Duty Cycle between 0.0 and 99.9% displayed.

Pulse Width between 0.002 and 1999.9 ms displayed.

Fig 7: Identifying Duty Cycle Or Pulse Width Push Button
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Change Alert, Continuity Beeper or +/- Trigger.

In voltage or current functions selects Change Alert.

In Ω function selects Continuity Tests.

In Duty Cycle or Pulse Width selects trigger slope.

Fig 8: Identifying Change Alert Push Button
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Smoothing Function and Back-light display (advance model only).

Smooth displays average of last eight readings.

Press Yellow button to turn on or off back-light.

Fig 9: Identifying Smoothing Function Push Button
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