IBM R/S Rheometer M/02-212 - Manual (Page 25)

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VI. Operation and Menue System
In the following chapter you will get overview on operations, menue system of R/S Rheometer and
measurements, both in manual and PC controlled modes.
The menue-system of R/S Rheometer (firmware-version 4.02) is a dual-language system. Following
languages are software selectable:
• English
• German
Desired language can be selected via menue item Configuration →Language (if English language is
active) or Konfiguration →Sprache (if German language is active).
More details on language selection see chapter 6.7.6.
The following chapter will describe instrument handling with ENGLISH language active.
After switching on the R/S Rheometer, LCD indicates the following information for few seconds:
* Name of the Rheometer;
* Software firmware-version installed in the instrument (Brand name);
* Serial number of the instrument (xxxxxx);
* Date and time;
Example:
After about 5 sec the instrument checks voltages of the Power Supply Unit. Displayed voltages are to lie
in the range from 14.9 to 16 V. Otherwise, some technical fault has occurred (
→ Repairs).
Beispiel:
This message is displayed for about 3 seconds. Then the MAIN menue is displayed.
Before you will get overview of the menue system of R/S Rheometer (Chapter 6.4), at this place it is
worth to make a brief summary on the rheometer keyboard and corresponding rheometer functions.
R/S Rheometer
Ver.: 4.02 #xxxxxx
07.05.98 15.12
© Brookfield
Voltage check:
VCC:15.25 V