MODELMODEL 2500_______________________________________________________2500_______________________________________________________MODEL 2500 REMOTE FRONT PANELThe DANIEL INDUSTRIES MODEL 2500 INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMMICROCOMPUTER remote front panel is an external terminal connected to theMODEL 2500 by means of a serial port. The same functions that are possible onthe front panel of an on-site MODEL 2500 are also possible with the remote frontpanel. However, only one front panel may be active at a given time.Activation of the remote front panel is made possible by assigning it to a serial portusing one of the PORTUSE selections in the Serial Ports sub-menu. Control isreturned to the front panel of the on-site unit from the remote front panel bychanging the PORTUSE selection to an option other than the remote front panel.Selecting the remote front panel or returning control to the front panel of theon-site unit may take as long as 30 seconds before the operation is complete. Theremote front panel responds more slowly than the front panel of the on-site unit toboth keyboard entry and display refreshing.When the remote front panel is selected, the LCD screen of the on-site unitdisplays the following message:REMOTE FRONTPANEL SELECTED_________________________________________________________NOTE! If the remote front panel fails when the remote unit isin control or if for some other reason, communicationsis lost between the on-site unit and the remote frontpanel, control can be returned to the front panel of theon-site unit by simultaneously pressing the zero,decimal, and minus keys._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________SECTIONSECTION 22 11