Cannon Instrument miniAV-X - Manual (Page 71)

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CANNON ® miniAV-X Automatic Viscometer with VISCPRO ® Instruction & Operation Manual
Version 1.0b— March, 2012; CANNON ® Instrument Company
2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA 16803 • USA
When you have finished updating settings, click the Save button to save
settings and close the Set Security Levels window. Or click Cancel to
close the window without saving changes.
Testing samples—software options
This section of the manual provides information on using the software to
perform common miniAV-X operations. For a step-by-step procedure
detailing both hardware and software operations involved in sample
testing, refer to Chapter 2.
Entering sample ID information
Procedure 1. From the VISCPRO ® primary menu, click on Main .
2. Select View Instrument from the menu .
3. Select the desired instrument group from the list box in the View
Instrument window.
NOTE If you do not see the desired instrument listed in the list box, make
certain that the instrument is turned on and is on-line (verify cable
connections to the computer). Then click the Refresh button to scan for
additional on-line instruments.
4. When you are done, click OK . The Sample Input wi ndow for the
selected instrument will appear.
5. To input sample identification information for the samples to be run,
first select the correct tray for the test by clicking on the tab corre-
sponding to the tray.
6. After the tray has been selected, click on the sample number in
parentheses (or press 2) to access the sample ID field.
7. Enter the desired sample ID, using up to 21 alphanumeric characters;
then press the T or R key.
Selecting sample actions
8. Whenever a new sample ID is entered, the sample action defaults to
Measure Sample Viscosity . To access all sample action options,
highlight the desired sample and right-click the mouse or press 5.
The Sample Action popup window will appear.
NOTE To select more than one sample at a time from the sample list box,
highlight the first sample and the press the
S key and click on the
last sample, or just press and hold the C key and click on individual
samples to be selected. When you have completed sample selection,
right-click the mouse on any of the selected samples to select the
desired sample action for all highlighted samples.
9. Select the desired sample action from the window by clicking on it.