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 " .
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 |
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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. |
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 |
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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. |
To display the previous screen after Help hasbeendisplayed, press PREV.
To display Help information for any screen,
Press the HELP key while in that screen. To return to the previous screen, press the HELP/DIAG key or press SHIFT and the HELP/DIAG key at the same time.
Press SHIFT, and DISP to display the DISPLAY popup menu. Select Help/Diagnostics. Move the cursor to the right and select Help. Help for the current menu will be displayed.
To display context sensitive help if it exists for a screen,
Press the HELP key while in that screen. To return to the previous screen, press the HELP/DIAG key or press SHIFT and the HELP/DIAG key at the same time.
Press SHIFT, and DISP to display the DISPLAY popup menu. Select Help/Diagnostics. Move the cursor to the right and select Context Help. Context sensitive help for the current menu will be displayed.
To display diagnostics information,
Press the SHIFT key and the HELP/DIAG key. If there is a currently active alarm, the system will display the diagnostic information for that specific alarm. If there is no active alarm, then the Diagnostic Resource Center will be displayed allowing you to go to the diagnostic information for any system error.
Press SHIFT, and DISP to display the DISPLAY popup menu. Select Help/Diagnostics. Move the cursor to the right and select Diagnostics or Diagnostics Home.
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,
Press the SHIFT key and the DISP key, select Help/Diagnostics and select Menu Help. This displays the menu tree and provides links to all the help files menus other than the current menu.