Metrohm tiamo 1.1 Manual - Manual (Page 669)

Subwindow Devices 641
Device serial number
Shows the serial number of the device.
Status
Shows the device status. A device that is ready has the status ok shown in
green, a device that is not ready has the status not OK shown in red.
Note
The device status is permanently monitored and updated for USB devices only.
For Metrohm devices with RS232 connection, the current status at the last ac-
cess to the device is shown always. For balances, barcode readers and generic
RS232 devices, the status cannot be monitorred. It will be set to
ok after confir-
mation of the connection test.
Set to work
Shows the date on which the device was added to the device table.
Next GLP test
Shows the date on which the next GLP test is due. If GLP monitoring is
switched on and the set date is before the current date (i.e. the GLP test
has not yet been carried out) then the date will be shown in red.
Remarks
Shows comments about the device.
With the menu item Edit, Column display... the further columns Program version and
Date of GLP test can be shown.
Note
Lines that contain red entries will also show the line number with a red back-
ground.
As soon as a determination is started all the devices or component devices used
in the method (dosing devices, measuring inputs) will be occupied, i.e. they can
neither be controlled in parallel nor used nor configured in manual operation until
the determination has been terminated. The line for an occupied instrument is
shown in gray letters.
Table view
The device table cannot be edited directly. With a click on the column title the ta-
ble can be sorted according to the selected column in either increasing or de-
creasing sequence. The table view can be adapted with the left-hand mouse key
as follows:
• Drag the margin between the column titles:
Sets the column width
• Double-click on the margin between the column title:
Sets the optimal column width
• Drag the column title:
Moves the column to the required location
If the contents of a field is larger than the column width then the whole contents
can be shown as a tooltip by keeping the mouse cursor on the field.
Functions
The menu Edit beneath the device table contains the following menu items:
New...
Adds manually a new device connected to the PC via an RS232 interface.