Patent ID: 8237686

Claim:
A manipulator that accepts setup operations for a plurality of setup items of plural devices and controls the plural devices based on the accepted setup operations, comprising: a compound switch that is formed with a plurality of switches; a display that shows setup items of a device; and a device selection accepting unit that accepts a selection of a device for a setup operation, wherein the compound switch comprises a first rotary switch and a second rotary switch; the first rotary switch is allowed to rotate about a rotation axis to select a setup item of a device, and is allowed to pivot in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the rotation; the device selection accepting unit accepts the selection of a device for a setup operation based on a pivot movement of the first rotary switch; the display shows the setup items of the device for the selection accepted by device selection accepting unit; and the second rotary switch is arranged on the first rotary switch and is allowed to rotate to perform a detailed setting of the setup item selected by the first rotary switch, and the second rotary switch rotates about an axis that is substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the first rotary switch.