YSI BOD Analyst Pro - Manual (Page 92)

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10.7 SERIAL NUMBERS
Serial Numbers can be used to uniquely define a particular BOD test bottle or sample. It is
important to understand the difference between Samples and Serial Numbers.
A typical sample may be called Effluent with dilutions of 100, 150 and 200 ml, and 3 ml of seed
added to each bottle. Suppose a laboratory is testing the Effluent Sample one day and the program
assigns a serial number of 328. Normally the Serial Numbers increment, therefore the next
sample would be number 329. The next day, the Effluent sample would be run again but the serial
number would be different. While Sample Names are used over and over, a new serial number is
assigned for each new BOD test. The Serial Number Setup Form is used to specify how the
program should implement serial numbers.
Select Setup / Serial Numbers from the main menu to view Serial Number Setup.
Use Serial Number
If checked the program will use
serial numbers in assigning
bottles for BOD tests.
The default is OFF.
Serialize Each
The program can assign a new
serial number to each bottle or to
each sample.
The default is Sample.
YSI Displays
The YSI can display the Sample
name or the serial number when
taking readings.
The default is Sample Name.
Lowest Digits
Used in conjunction with the
Highest Digits field this setting
specifies how the software will
increment the serial number.
With these fields you specify the
range of each digit. Each field is 8 digits long. Each digit can be an alpha character, a numeric
character, or an alpha-numeric character. Since each digit is set independently, you can even mix
character types.
The order of characters is: 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Skip Letters
Characters listed will not be used in the serial number.
The default entries are IOQ.