11. HELP AND DIAGNOSTICS

You can use the HELP/DIAG key to display help and diagnostics for the data displayed in the current window on the iPendant. You can also select the HELP/DIAGNOSTICS menu item on the DISPLAY popup menu.

To display help information for the currently active window, press the HELP/DIAG key. To display diagnostic information, press the SHIFT key and the HELP/DIAG key.

To use the HELP/DIAGNOSTICS menu item, refer to Table 11, " HELP/DIAGNOSTICS Menu Items " .

Note

If help is already displayed when you select another help function, the previous menu will be displayed. You must select help again to display the help menu.

Table 11.  HELP/DIAGNOSTICS Menu Items

ITEM DESCRIPTION
Help This item displays help for the currently active window.
Context Help This item displays context sensitive help, if it exists, for the currently active window.
Diagnostics/Diagnostics Home These items display the Diagnostic Resource Center (DRC) Home page.
Menu Help This item displays the menu tree and provides links to all the help files menus other than the current menu.

Table 12.  Help and Diagnostics Operations

Key Description

Up, Down, Left and Right Arrow Keys

Move to next hyperlink on the page in the direction you select.

SHIFT + Up, SHIFT + Down, SHIFT + Left, SHIFT + Right

Scroll page in that direction (Scroll bars will be visible if more content is available in the Horizontal or Vertical direction).

ENTER

Select the currently highlighted link.

Note

The Help and Diagnostics information display location depends on the current window mode and the active window. Table 13, " Help/Diag Information Display Locations " lists the display locations for each available window mode.

Table 13.  Help/Diag Information Display Locations

Window Mode Display Location

Single

The Help/Diag information replaces the current information in the window.

Treeview and Status/Single

The Help/Diag information replaces the current information in window on the right.

Double

The Help/Diag information replaces the information in the inactive window (Window without focus) and makes HELP/DIAG window the active window.

Triple

The Help/Diag information replaces the current information in the window without focus and makes the HELP/DIAG window the active window. For example in triple mode, the left window is window 1, the upper right window is window 2, and the lower right window is window 3. Then, if the active window is window 2, the Help/Diag information replaces the contents of window 3. If the active window is window 3, the Help/Diag information replaces the contents of Window 1, and so forth.

Note

To display the previous screen after Help hasbeendisplayed, press PREV.

To display Help information for any screen,

To display context sensitive help if it exists for a screen,

To display diagnostics information,

In addition, if you are in an ALARM screen and press the SHIFT + HELP/DIAG key you will get the diagnostic information for the alarm that you have selected. To exit the diagnostic screen and return to your previous screen, press either the HELP/DIAG key or press SHIFT and the HELP/DIAG key at the same time. You can also press PREV to display the previous screen.

To display Menu Help,