User's Manual

Conventions Used in this Manual Chapter 1
RADWIN 1000/2000 User Manual Version 2.2b 1-14
Conventions Used in this Manual
Notifications
Notifications consist of Notes, Cautions and Warnings.
Typographical conventions
General
Where a term is defined or introduced for the first time, it is shown in Bold-
face. You will have noticed this usage in the Terminology section above.
Software
The RADWIN Manager is a Microsoft Windows application following the user
interface conventions of familiar Microsoft Windows programs.
We would describe the chain of menu commands indicated in the following
screen shot, like this:
Tools|Active Alarms|1 A
using Boldface for the menu labels and vertical bars to separate them.
Note
The purpose of a Note is to
• Draw your attention to something that may not be obvious or coun-
ter-intuitive
• Emphasize a special feature or peculiarity of the RADWIN 1000/2000
• Offer an external reference for additional information
• Add a caveat that would not qualify as a full Caution or Warning (see
below)
• Provide additional background to what follows
• Offer a recommendation
• Highlight an indication of something to watch out for
• Advise you if an action has “side effects” i.e. it may disturb something
else that would be best left undisturbed
• Remind you of something that should be kept in mind
Caution
A Caution is a notification of risk of damage to equipment or of service
degradation
Warning
A Warning is a notification of risk of danger to persons operating near the
equipment