BUCHI DuMaster D-480 - Manual (Page 170)

Operation Manual D-480 ©BÜCH Labortechnik AG
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Viewing the status of maintenance intervals
Viewing maintenance intervals
Proceed as follows:
 Open the "Maintenance intervals" dialog in the operating software by selecting Options >
Maintenance > Intervals.
 In the overview field on the left all maintenance events are displayed, i.e. the corresponding
assignment as well as the percentaged count as a highlighted bar.
 Click the respective event in the overview field. On the right, the "Status" field displays the
number of individual sample measurements performed since the last maintenance. The "Interval"
field indicates how many measurements until maintenance is due.
Defining maintenance intervals in the software
Background
In order to make it easier to observe replacement and maintenance intervals, you can define
"maintenance events" with set intervals in the operating software. Several maintenance events are
already defined by default and need to be adjusted according to the customer's long-term experience.
Defining maintenance intervals
Proceed as follows:
 Open the "Maintenance intervals" dialog in the operating software by selecting Options >
Maintenance > Intervals.
 Click New. The fields in the right area are set to their default values.
 Enter the following:
 In the "Event" field enter the maintenance event, e.g. "combustion tube".
 In the "Interval" field specify the number of measurements of individual samples after which
the combustion tube has to be serviced.
 In the "Mode assignment" section check the modes for which the maintenance event applies.
 Select the following in the "If becoming due" section:
 Either "Indication only" if you just want to have a message displayed on screen when the
maintenance is due.
 Or "Indication and abort the auto run" if you want to have message displayed on screen and
contonuous analysis to be stopped when maintenance is due.
 Click OK to save your settings.
 The maintenance event is now defined.
Notes regarding further operation
Observe the notes regarding further operation:
 The left area displays the number of measurements since the last maintenance in percent for all
maintenance intervals.
 For the selected event, the "Status" field displays the number of individual sample measurements
performed since the last maintenance.
 If the maximum number of measurements is reached, a message is displayed in the status view
in the "Maintenance" field reminding the user of the maintenance. See Fig. "Status view
message".