Installation manual
Manual Part # 800-1402-001 Rev E  Page 3 of 48 
Table of Contents 
SECTION 1  GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................... 6 
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................6 
ABOUT THIS MANUAL.................................................................................................................7 
DIGITAL READOUT SPECIFICATIONS...............................................................................................8 
DIGITAL READOUT FEATURE MATRIX .............................................................................................9 
DIGITAL READOUT REPLACEMENT CHART ......................................................................................10 
SECTION 2   SET-UP ............................................................................................. 11 
MOUNTING THE DIGITAL READOUT..............................................................................................11 
General Purpose & Basic DRO...........................................................................................11 
Panel Mount DRO ............................................................................................................11 
24VDC OPERATION.................................................................................................................12 
General Purpose DRO ......................................................................................................12 
Panel Mount DRO ............................................................................................................12 
THE LCD ..............................................................................................................................13 
SECTION 3   OPERATION ...................................................................................... 14 
FUNDAMENTAL OPERATION ........................................................................................................14 
KEY TIMING ...................................................................................................................14 
KEY FUNCTIONS FOR STANDARD OPERATION ..................................................................................15 
ON/OFF KEY...................................................................................................................15 
UNITS KEY .....................................................................................................................15 
PLUS (+) & MINUS (–) KEYS..............................................................................................16 
DATUM KEY...................................................................................................................16 
BASIC FUNCTIONS ...................................................................................................................17 
MEASUREMENT READING DIRECTION ....................................................................................17 
KEY LOCK ......................................................................................................................17 
DISPLAY RESOLUTION.......................................................................................................17 
DISPLAYED MEASUREMENT UNITS ........................................................................................18 
AUTO ON/OFF.................................................................................................................18 
LINEAR SCALING .............................................................................................................18 
SEGMENT OFFSET ADJUSTMENT...........................................................................................19 
UPPER/LOWER LIMITS.......................................................................................................19 
ADVANCED FUNCTIONS .............................................................................................................20 
ABSOLUTE VS INCREMENTAL MEASUREMENTS..........................................................................20 
ABS .............................................................................................................................20 
INC..............................................................................................................................20 
SEND ...........................................................................................................................21 
OFFSET ADDITION ...........................................................................................................21 
PROGRAMMABLE OUTPUT OPERATION ...................................................................................22 
PROGRAMMABLE OUTPUT POLARITY......................................................................................22 
EXTERNAL KEYPAD INPUT ..................................................................................................23 
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS .............................................................................................................23 
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS .............................................................................................................24 
SPECIAL FUNCTION 1: MONITOR, HOLD, DELETE .....................................................................24 
SPECIAL FUNCTION 2: GO/NOGO ........................................................................................26 
SPECIAL FUNCTION 3: ACCUMULATOR ..................................................................................27 
SPECIAL FUNCTION 4: STATISTICS ......................................................................................29 
COMPENSATION FUNCTIONS ......................................................................................................31 
TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION ...........................................................................................31 
NON-LINEAR COMPENSATION..............................................................................................32 










