Owner manual

Model 5i Digital Force / Torque Indicator User’s Guide

Select Off for the backlight to be off upon powering on the indicator.

Select On for the backlight to be on upon powering on the indicator.

Select Auto for the backlight to be on upon powering indicator, but will shut off after a period of inactivity

(as defined in the Automatic Shutoff sub-section). The backlight will turn on again when activity

resumes. The length of time of inactivity is programmed in minutes via the Set Minutes parameter.

Available settings: 1-10, in 1 minute increments.

Note: If the AC adapter is plugged in, the indicator will ignore these settings and keep the backlight on,

unless the BACKLIGHT key is pressed. Selecting the On or Off setting in the Backlight menu will

manually turn the backlight on or off as if the Backlight button were pressed.

12.3 LCD Contrast

The contrast of the display may be adjusted. Select LCD Contrast from the menu. The screen will appear

as follows:

Press ENTER to modify the contrast. Select a value from 0 to 25, 25 producing the most contrast.

12.4 Beeps

Audible tones can be enabled for all key presses and alerts, such as overload, set point value reached,

etc. The Set Point alert can be configured to be either a momentary tone or a continuous tone (until the

load is restored to a value between the set points). To configure the functions for which audible tones will

apply, select Beeps from the menu. The screen will appear as follows:

12.5 Initial settings

BEEPS

Keys

* Alerts

Set Points

* Momentary

Continuous

LCD CONTRAST

Set Contrast

BACKLIGHT

Off

* Auto

Set Minutes