GE SCOUT100-Ex Reference Manual page 105

9. Review the message that displays on the screen to determine
whether you are ready to take real recordings, or whether you need
to execute more trial impacts:
Press
•
impact you have executed and wish to start taking actual
recordings in Run mode.
Press
•
Press
•
NOTE: You can press
response waveforms; and impact and response spectra. All these
graphs display in real time while you are acquiring data.
TIP: Press
while it displays.
TIP: You do NOT need to press a button to retain an impact. You
can simply execute a new impact to achieve this.
TIP: You might need to change the end of your impact hammer to
improve the frequency content of the impact — Your instrument
will suggest this if necessary.
Pressing ? while a warning message displays to access more detail about it
Section 4 — Measurement Types and their Uses
Start Recording if you are satisfied with the trial
to take another trial impact.
to discard the impact you have just taken.
to toggle between displaying impact and
to access more detail about the warning message
Executing a trial impact
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