Using the sample filter – Cannon Instrument miniPV-X User Manual

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CANNON

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miniPV

®

-HX Automatic Viscometer with VISCPRO

®

Instruction & Operation Manual

Version 1.0— January , 2011;

CANNON

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Instrument Company

2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA 16803 • USA

Using the sample filter

Use the sample filter to limit the analysis to samples which have been
tested on certain instruments and tubes, or which have certain Sample ID
characteristics.

To filter samples by instrument, tube serial number (S/N) or Sample ID,
click the

Sample Filter

tab from the analysis configuration window.

Some (not all) analyses offer an option to display data for samples which
did not complete successfully. Click the

Display Unsuccessful

Samples

box if you wish to use this data. Unsuccessful samples, which

have no flow time, will be listed with a kinematic viscosity value of “

0

”.

Then select the desired instruments and tubes from their respective list
boxes. To select a range of tubes/instruments, click on the first desired
item and then hold down the

S key while clicking on the last

desired item in the sequence. To individually select tubes/instruments
from the list boxes and add them to the analysis, hold down the

C key

while clicking on each desired tube/instrument.

To filter by Sample ID characteristics, place the pointer/cursor in the
Sample ID field and type the desired sample IDs, or leave the field blank
to include all sample IDs for the selected instruments/tubes. You may use
wildcards (%,_) to select a range of samples. For example,

S%

would

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