Human machine interface for instruments and method to configure same
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1. A measuring instrument for measuring physical parameters of a flow, a temperature or a pressure meters in an industrial, commercial or electrical power application comprising a human-machine interface for control and configuration of said instrument, said human-machine interface comprising:
- a visual display and selection means associated with said visual display, means for presenting visually one or more functions of the instrument, and selection means for selecting or increasing by increments a value displayed by the visual display.
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Abstract
A measuring instrument with a human-machine interface comprising a visual display and selection means associated with the visual display, a method to configure using the visual display and a plurality of selectors or buttons, and a computer program and graphic user interface for carrying out the method.
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1. A measuring instrument for measuring physical parameters of a flow, a temperature or a pressure meters in an industrial, commercial or electrical power application comprising a human-machine interface for control and configuration of said instrument, said human-machine interface comprising:
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a visual display and selection means associated with said visual display, means for presenting visually one or more functions of the instrument, and selection means for selecting or increasing by increments a value displayed by the visual display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 28)
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15. A method to configure a measuring instrument for measuring physical parameters of a flow, a temperature or a pressure meters in an industrial, commercial or electrical power application comprising a human-machine interface for control and configuration of said measuring instrument, the method comprising:
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presenting one or more functions of said measuring instrument and one or more menu options on a visual display of said drive controller, and selecting one of the one or more functions of said measuring instrument by activating a selection means of a plurality of selection means associated with the visual display to navigate or select a menu option, and/or activate a selection means to select an action or parameter or value. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30)
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- 31. A computer data signal for configuration of a measuring instrument, for measuring physical parameters of a flow, a temperature or a pressure meters in an industrial, commercial or electrical power application, embodied in a carrier wave, wherein the signal comprises one or more configured functions and/or measured values displayable on a display device of said measuring instrument.
- 33. A graphical user interface for a measuring instrument for measuring physical parameters of a flow, a temperature or a pressure meters in an industrial, commercial or electrical power application and for displaying configuration functions, menu options and parameter settings for a said measuring instrument, the interface comprising a visual display of menu options and/or measured values for a said measuring instrument and selection means arranged associated with said graphical user interface.
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37. A measuring instrument for measuring physical parameters of a flow, a temperature or a pressure meter in an industrial, commercial or electrical power application comprising a human-machine interface for control and configuration of said instrument, said human-machine interface comprising.
a visual display, selection means associated with said visual display, selection means for selecting or increasing by increments a value displayed by the visual display, memory means for storing a configuration for an alarm or other parameter, an processor means, and display means for presenting visually a value calculated by the processor means dependent on the configuration for an alarm or other parameter stored in the memory means.
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