Metrohm tiamo 1.0 Manual - Manual (Page 27)

Method editor 3
• KF Coulometer
756, 831
• Sample Changer
730, 774, 778, 789, 814, 815
• Miscellaneous
Dosing Interface 846, balances, barcode readers...
1.4 Method editor
The new graphical Method Editor makes more of your titration system. Methods
can be drawn up quickly and simply by using the numerous templates. Methods
that have been proved in practice are available for most routine and automation
tasks. A few clicks are all that is needed to adapt them and make them ready for
use.
It is now possible to program and link activities that take place in parallel. This
means that, together with the new Titrando system and the Robotic Sample Proc-
essors, a sample can now be titrated while the next sample is already being pre-
pared. This saves time and increases sample throughput. The crowning achieve-
ment is the simultaneous processing of several samples – one Titrando can carry
out two titrations at the same time. This doubles sample throughput!
tiamo is flexible and adapts itself to the analytical sequence, not vice versa.
Overview of functions
• Graphical method editor
• Method manager
• Access rights management for each method group
• Templates for method development and calculations
• Method test
• Comments for methods
• Parallel track function
• Loop function
1.5 Database
tiamo is based on an industrially tested, object-oriented database. All settings,
the user administration, methods and results are stored in databases. These da-
tabases can be installed locally on the computer used and represent a simple ti-
tration system. However, tiamo is also scaleable and grows to meet the operating
requirements. As soon as data security and central data administration come to
the fore, tiamo can be set up in a client-server configuration, with the tiamo da-
tabase installed on a server. All measuring and office computers then act as cli-
ents. In this titration network all results are stored centrally and can be viewed and
recalculated by all client PCs. In addition, all clients can access the same pool of
methods.
The new database provides all the necessary tools for managing results as well as
for searching for them and grouping them together. Quick Filters allow users to
search through thousands of determinations in a few seconds and present the
search results in a clear manner. Control charts provide a rapid overview of the
chronological sequence of the results.
All the possibilities for recalculation and re-evaluation are available to the us-
ers.