ChemoMetec NC-250 - Manual (Page 17)

Table of contents
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Table of contents
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ...................................................................................... VII
WEEE DIRECTIVE INFORMATION – EUROPE ONLY .............................................................. IX
INTRODUCTION AND INTENDED USE ................................................................................ XI
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS ...................................................................................... XIII
1 INSPECTION, UNPACKING AND INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT .................................... 3
2 CELL ANALYSIS WITH THE NUCLEOCOUNTER® NC-250™ ............................................... 5
2.1 T HE N UCLEO C OUNTER ® NC-250™ INSTRUMENT ............................................................ 6
2.1.1 Fluorescence microscope .............................................................................. 6
2.1.2 The sample tray. .......................................................................................... 7
2.2 T HE SLIDES ............................................................................................................ 7
3 KEYS AND PC CONTROL .............................................................................................. 9
3.1 I NTERACTIVE C ONTROLS ............................................................................................ 9
4 START-UP ................................................................................................................ 11
4.1 P OWER ON , POWER OFF .......................................................................................... 11
4.1.1 Starting up ................................................................................................. 12
5 OPERATION OF THE NUCLEOCOUNTER® .................................................................... 13
5.1 R EADY MODE ....................................................................................................... 13
5.2 I NSERTING AND REMOVING THE SLIDE ......................................................................... 13
5.3 R ESULT PRESENTATION ........................................................................................... 14
5.4 P ROTECTION OF THE OPTICAL SYSTEM ......................................................................... 14
6 NUCLEOVIEW™ NC-250™ SOFTWARE ........................................................................ 15
7 MAINTENANCE OF NUCLEOCOUNTER® NC-250™ ....................................................... 17
7.1 C LEANING ........................................................................................................... 17
7.1.1 Instrument enclosure. ................................................................................. 17
7.1.2 Sample tray ................................................................................................ 17
7.1.3 Removal of dust particles ........................................................................... 17
7.1.4 Spill of liquid .............................................................................................. 18
7.2 D ECONTAMINATION ............................................................................................... 18
8 TROUBLESHOOTING - ERROR MESSAGES ................................................................... 19
8.1 R EQUIRED HARD DISK SPACE FOR DATA STORAGE . .......................................................... 19
8.2 P OWER - ON FAILURE ............................................................................................... 19
9 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................... 21
9.1 T HE N UCLEO C OUNTER ® NC-250™ ............................................................................ 21
9.2 S AMPLE MEDIAS .................................................................................................... 22
9.3 EU STANDARDS ..................................................................................................... 22
10 EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES ............................................................................. 23
APPENDIX A: DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES FROM LATEST REVISION .................................... 25
APPENDIX B: WEEE DIRECTIVE INFORMATION IN MORE EU LANGUAGES ........................... 26