The scanning method settings

Setting the scanning method defines how to advance, select, accept tap and scan.
  1. Choose Tools > Scanning selection....
  2. Choose the Method tab.
  3. From the Advance: drop-down list, select one of the following options:
    Option Explanation
    Automatic Automatic advance scanning
    Tap switch 1 Scanning advances each time you press switch 1.
    Hold switch 1 Scanning advances as long as you hold switch 1.
  4. From the Select: drop-down list, select one of the following options.
    Note: The options available in Select: depend on what you choose in Advance:.
    Option Explanation
    Tap switch 1 The current cell, column or row is selected as soon as you press switch 1.
    Tap switch 2 The current cell, column or row is selected as soon as you press switch 2.
    Automatic (after timeout) After a set period of time has passed without pressing or holding the switch, the current cell, row or column is selected.
    Hold same switch Hold the switch you also use for scanning. After a set period of time has passed, the cell is selected.
    Release switch 1 Scanning stops as soon as you release the switch. At that moment the cell, row or column you were scanning when you released the switch, is selected.
  5. From the Accept tap: field, select one of the following options:
    Option Explanation
    on press A cell, row or column is selected when the switch is pressed. When scanning with 1 switch, the Repeat selection while pressed option appears at the bottom. Select this option to allow the selection to be repeated when the switch is pressed. For example: in a cell to increase the volume.
    on release A cell, row or column is selected when the switch is released.
  6. From the Method: drop-down list, select one of the following options:
    Option Explanation
    Linear All cells undergo linear scanning, from left to right, starting with the top row.
    Linear (column) All cells undergo linear scanning, from top to bottom, starting at the top left.
    Snake The first row of the grid is scanned from left to right, the second row from right to left, etc.
    Snake (column) The first row of the grid is scanned from top to bottom, the second row from bottom to top, etc.
    Row-column First the grid is scanned row by row and then the cells are scanned in the selected row.
    Column-row First the grid is scanned column by column and then the cells are scanned in the selected column.
  7. As required, select the Backtrack option. The first time you make a selection, scanning continues in the reverse order (from right to left or from bottom to top). Only the next selection will be effective.
    Note: Enabling this option depends on what you choose in Advance:.
  8. As required, select the Step1 - Step2 - Selection option. Advance starts with switch 1, selection is done with switch 2. Advance restarts with switch 2, selection is then done with switch 1. The advance restarts again with switch 1, and selection is done with switch 2. The advance and selection options continue to alternate.
    Note: This option can only be enabled if done in Tap switch 1 steps, selecting Tap switch 2 and using the Row-column or Column-row method.
  9. As required, uncheck the Use scangroups option, if you do not want to use the self-configured scan groups. This option is selected by default.
  10. As required, select the Prescan in blocks option. The communication grid is scanned in blocks. You can specify the size of the blocks used.
  11. Click OK.