Available Help

While working a simulated laboratory, help is provided in three ways:

  1. Remedial Help
  2. On-Line Help
  3. Demonstrations

Remedial Help

Remedial help is given in the form of concise messages which pop up in user dialog boxes. Messages are invoked when a user performs an inaccurate action. For example, when asked to measure the input amplitude using DC coupling, a measurement using AC coupling results in the following message:

All dialog messages can be stored in a central database.

On-Line Help

On-line help is provided upon request in the form of a context-sensitive, hypertext Microsoft Windows help file. It shows a list of anticipated problems in a particular part of a simulated laboratory. There also is an option of searching for certain keywords (e.g. "rise time").

Demonstrations

The third form of help is two introductory animated demonstrations which show how to build the first circuit, how to complete the first required measurement or which options an oscilloscope has to remove the DC component of a signal.

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