Document Outline

• Table of contents
• Table of figures
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Instrument description
    • 1.1.1 Titration and measuring modes
    • 1.1.2 Connectors
    • 1.1.3 Intended use
  • 1.2 About the documentation
    • 1.2.1 Symbols and conventions
• 2 Safety instructions
  • 2.1 General notes on safety
  • 2.2 Electrical safety
  • 2.3 Tubing and capillary connections
  • 2.4 Flammable solvents and chemicals
  • 2.5 Recycling and disposal
• 3 Overview of the instrument
  • 3.1 Front of the instrument
  • 3.2 Rear of the instrument
• 4 Installation
  • 4.1 Setting up the instrument
    • 4.1.1 Packaging
    • 4.1.2 Checks
    • 4.1.3 Location
  • 4.2 Connecting the power supply unit
  • 4.3 Connecting the propeller stirrer
  • 4.4 Connecting MSB devices
    • 4.4.1 Connecting dosing devices
    • 4.4.2 Connecting an additional stirrer or titration stand
    • 4.4.3 Connecting a Remote Box
  • 4.5 Connecting USB devices
    • 4.5.1 General
    • 4.5.2 Connecting a USB hub
    • 4.5.3 Connecting a printer
    • 4.5.4 Connecting a balance
    • 4.5.5 Connecting a PC keyboard
    • 4.5.6 Connecting a barcode reader
    • 4.5.7 Connecting a Sample Processor
  • 4.6 Connecting sensors
    • 4.6.1 General
    • 4.6.2 Connecting a pH, metal or ion-selective electrode
    • 4.6.3 Connecting a reference electrode
    • 4.6.4 Connecting a polarizable electrode
    • 4.6.5 Connecting a temperature sensor or an electrode with integrated temperature sensor
    • 4.6.6 Connecting an iConnect
    • 4.6.7 Differential potentiometry
  • 4.7 Connecting the Ti-Touch to a network
• 5 Titrations
  • 5.1 Dynamic equivalence point titration (DET)
  • 5.2 Monotonic equivalence point titration (MET)
  • 5.3 Endpoint titration (SET)
• 6 Operation
  • 6.1 Switching the instrument on and off
  • 6.2 Fundamentals of operation
    • 6.2.1 Touch-sensitive screen
    • 6.2.2 Display elements and controls
    • 6.2.3 Status display
    • 6.2.4 Entering text and numbers
• 7 System settings
  • 7.1 General system settings
    • 7.1.1 Selecting the dialog language
    • 7.1.2 Setting the date, time and local time
  • 7.2 System-specific dialog options
  • 7.3 User administration
    • 7.3.1 Editing the user configuration
    • 7.3.2 Creating an identification profile
    • 7.3.3 Defining login options
    • 7.3.4 Password options
  • 7.4 Measured value display
  • 7.5 Acoustic signals
• 8 Titrants
  • 8.1 Adding a new titrant
  • 8.2 Editing titrant data
  • 8.3 Monitoring the working life
  • 8.4 Dosing unit
    • 8.4.1 Parameters for preparing (PREP) and emptying (EMPTY)
    • 8.4.2 Tubing parameters
    • 8.4.3 Shift direction of the valve disk
  • 8.5 Exchange unit
    • 8.5.1 Parameters for the preparation (PREP)
    • 8.5.2 Tubing parameters
  • 8.6 GLP test for exchange unit and dosing unit
  • 8.7 Titer determination options and data
    • 8.7.1 Titer validity
    • 8.7.2 Properties of the previous titer determinations
• 9 Reagents
  • 9.1 Editing reagent data
  • 9.2 Reagent monitoring
• 10 Sensors
  • 10.1 Adding a new sensor
  • 10.2 Editing the sensor data
  • 10.3 Monitoring the working life
  • 10.4 Calibration data (for pH electrodes only)
    • 10.4.1 Properties of the previous calibrations
  • 10.5 Limit values for the calibration data
  • 10.6 Monitoring the calibration interval (for pH electrodes only)
• 11 Device manager
  • 11.1 Adding a new device
  • 11.2 Configuring the instrument
  • 11.3  Ti‑Touch
    • 11.3.1 E-mail
    • 11.3.2 PC/LIMS report
    • 11.3.3 Shared memory
    • 11.3.4 TCP/IP settings
  • 11.4 Metrohm control devices
    • 11.4.1 Properties – Measuring input
    • 11.4.2 Properties – MSB connector
    • 11.4.3 Properties – Peripheral devices
  • 11.5 USB Sample Processor
    • 11.5.1 Properties – Sample Processor
    • 11.5.2 Properties – Tower
    • 11.5.3 Properties – Swing Head
  • 11.6 Sample racks
    • 11.6.1 Editing rack data
    • 11.6.2 Rack adjustment
  • 11.7 Printer
    • 11.7.1 PDF settings
    • 11.7.2 Network printer
    • 11.7.3 More options
  • 11.8 Balance
  • 11.9 USB/RS-232 adapter
  • 11.10 PC keyboard
  • 11.11 Barcode reader
• 12 File manager
  • 12.1 Managing files
    • 12.1.1 Copying a file
    • 12.1.2 Renaming a file
    • 12.1.3 File properties
  • 12.2 External storage medium
  • 12.3 Creating backups / Restoring data
    • 12.3.1 Restoring data
• 13 GLP manager
  • 13.1 Automatic system test
  • 13.2 Test tools
  • 13.3 GLP tests for measurement and titration
    • 13.3.1 Parameter description
  • 13.4 System validation
    • 13.4.1 Parameter description
  • 13.5 System monitoring
    • 13.5.1 Service interval
    • 13.5.2 Backup interval
• 14 Common variables
  • 14.1 Editing common variables
  • 14.2 Properties of common variables
  • 14.3 Monitoring validity
  • 14.4 Assigning a result automatically to a common variable
• 15 Templates
  • 15.1 Sample data
    • 15.1.1 Sample identification list
    • 15.1.2 Sample assignment table
  • 15.2 Custom result templates
    • 15.2.1 Editing result templates
  • 15.3 Input lines
    • 15.3.1 Editing the input signal
  • 15.4 Output lines
    • 15.4.1 Editing the output signal
  • 15.5 Custom calibration buffers
    • 15.5.1 Defining calibration buffers
  • 15.6 Report header
  • 15.7 Custom electrode type
    • 15.7.1 Limit values for the electrode rating
• 16 Methods
  • 16.1 Creating a new method
  • 16.2 Saving a method
  • 16.3 Loading a method
  • 16.4 Editing a method
    • 16.4.1 Inserting a command
  • 16.5 Method options
    • 16.5.1 Start options
    • 16.5.2 Stop options
    • 16.5.3 Sample data
    • 16.5.4 Method properties
    • 16.5.5 Note
    • 16.5.6 Saving a determination automatically
• 17 Control
• 18 Favorites
  • 18.1 Creating favorites
    • 18.1.1 Editing favorites
• 19 Sample data
  • 19.1 Entering sample data in the main dialog
  • 19.2 Requesting sample data at the start of the determination
• 20 Sample table
  • 20.1 General
  • 20.2 Edit the sample data
  • 20.3 Properties
• 21 Determination run
  • 21.1 Carrying out a single determination
  • 21.2 Performing a sample series
  • 21.3 Canceling determinations manually
• 22 Live modifications
  • 22.1 Editing the sample data of the running determination
  • 22.2 Editing the sample table while a determination is running
  • 22.3 Live display
  • 22.4 Live parameters
• 23 Results and more determination data
  • 23.1 More determination data
    • 23.1.1 Details
  • 23.2 Messages
  • 23.3 Local common variables
  • 23.4 Determination properties
  • 23.5 Loading a determination
    • 23.5.1 Determination list
  • 23.6 Saving a determination
  • 23.7 Curves
  • 23.8 Recalculation and reevaluation
• 24 Statistics
  • 24.1 Displaying details for a result
  • 24.2 Deleting statistical data
  • 24.3 Adding a determination to a determination series
• 25 Result table
  • 25.1 Properties
  • 25.2 Saving the result table
  • 25.3 Loading the result table
• 26 Printing
  • 26.1 General report options
  • 26.2 Settings of the individual reports
  • 26.3 List of all printable reports
• 27 Manual control
  • 27.1 Opening and closing the manual control
  • 27.2 Measuring
    • 27.2.1 Parameter description
  • 27.3 Dosing
    • 27.3.1 Continuous dosing
    • 27.3.2 Dosing fixed volumes
    • 27.3.3 Preparing
    • 27.3.4 Emptying
    • 27.3.5 Filling
    • 27.3.6 Replacing reagent
  • 27.4 Stirring
  • 27.5 Remote
  • 27.6 USB Sample Processor
    • 27.6.1 Moving the lift
    • 27.6.2 Moving to a rack position
    • 27.6.3 External positions
• 28 Parameters
  • 28.1 Dynamic equivalence point titrations (DET)
    • 28.1.1 Start conditions
    • 28.1.2 Titration parameters
    • 28.1.3 Stop conditions
    • 28.1.4 Potentiometric evaluation
    • 28.1.5 Control device
    • 28.1.6 Sensor
    • 28.1.7 Dosing device
    • 28.1.8 Stirrer
  • 28.2 Monotonic equivalence point titrations (MET)
    • 28.2.1 Start conditions
    • 28.2.2 Titration parameters
    • 28.2.3 Stop conditions
    • 28.2.4 Potentiometric evaluation
    • 28.2.5 Control device
    • 28.2.6 Sensor
    • 28.2.7 Dosing device
    • 28.2.8 Stirrer
  • 28.3 Endpoint titrations (SET)
    • 28.3.1 Start conditions
    • 28.3.2 Control parameters
    • 28.3.3 Titration parameters
    • 28.3.4 Stop conditions
    • 28.3.5 Conditioning
    • 28.3.6 Cell
    • 28.3.7 Control device
    • 28.3.8 Sensor
    • 28.3.9 Dosing device
    • 28.3.10 Stirrer
  • 28.4 Manual titrations (MAT)
    • 28.4.1 Dosing parameters
    • 28.4.2 Control device
    • 28.4.3 Sensor
    • 28.4.4 Dosing device
    • 28.4.5 Stirrer
  • 28.5 Measurements (MEAS)
    • 28.5.1 Measuring parameters
    • 28.5.2 Control device
    • 28.5.3 Sensor
    • 28.5.4 Stirrer
  • 28.6 Calibration of sensors (CAL)
    • 28.6.1 Calibration parameters (CAL pH)
    • 28.6.2 Control device
    • 28.6.3 Sensor
    • 28.6.4 Stirrer
  • 28.7 Electrode test for pH electrodes (ELT)
    • 28.7.1 Electrode test parameters
    • 28.7.2 Control device
    • 28.7.3 Sensor
    • 28.7.4 Stirrer
    • 28.7.5 Further information
  • 28.8 Evaluations (EVAL)
    • 28.8.1 Fixed endpoint evaluation (EVAL FIX-EP)
    • 28.8.2 pK value and half neutralization potential evaluation (EVAL pK/HNP)
    • 28.8.3 Minimum and maximum evaluation (EVAL MIN/MAX)
    • 28.8.4 Break point evaluation (EVAL BREAK)
    • 28.8.5 Rate evaluation (EVAL RATE)
  • 28.9 Calculations
    • 28.9.1 Calculations (CALC)
      • 28.9.1.1 Loading a result template
      • 28.9.1.2 Editing a calculation
    • 28.9.2 Calculations (CALC LIVE)
    • 28.9.3 Formula editor
      • 28.9.3.1 Variables
      • 28.9.3.2 Mathematical functions
      • 28.9.3.3 Variable list
  • 28.10 Reports (REPORT)
    • 28.10.1 General report options
    • 28.10.2 Settings of the individual reports
    • 28.10.3 List of reports
  • 28.11 Dosing and Liquid Handling
    • 28.11.1 Preparing an exchange or dosing unit (PREP)
    • 28.11.2 Emptying a dosing unit (EMPTY)
    • 28.11.3 Dosing a specified volume (ADD)
      • 28.11.3.1 Dosing parameters
      • 28.11.3.2 Control device
      • 28.11.3.3 Dosing device
      • 28.11.3.4 Stirrer
    • 28.11.4 Liquid Handling (LQH)
      • 28.11.4.1 Liquid Handling parameters
      • 28.11.4.2 Control device
      • 28.11.4.3 Dosing device
  • 28.12 Communication
    • 28.12.1 Scanning remote lines (SCAN)
    • 28.12.2 Setting remote lines (CTRL)
    • 28.12.3 Scanning the RS-232 interface (SCAN RS)
    • 28.12.4 Defining RS-232 commands (CONTROL RS)
  • 28.13 Automation
    • 28.13.1 Rotating sample rack (MOVE)
    • 28.13.2 Moving the lift (LIFT)
    • 28.13.3 Controlling pumps (PUMP)
    • 28.13.4 Resetting the rack (RACK)
    • 28.13.5 Defining the sample variable (SAMPLE)
    • 28.13.6 Creating a subsequence (SUBSEQ)
      • 28.13.6.1 Loading / saving a subsequence
      • 28.13.6.2 Subsequence options
  • 28.14 Miscellaneous commands
    • 28.14.1 Controlling a stirrer (STIR)
    • 28.14.2 Pausing the method run (WAIT)
    • 28.14.3 Scan data (REQUEST)
    • 28.14.4 Defining an acoustic signal (BEEP)
    • 28.14.5 Canceling the method run (END)
• 29 Operation and maintenance
  • 29.1 System initialization
  • 29.2 Quality management and qualification with Metrohm
• 30 Troubleshooting
  • 30.1 Editing methods
  • 30.2 Sample table
  • 30.3 Results/Statistics
  • 30.4 Printing
  • 30.5 Manual control
  • 30.6 SET titration
• 31 Appendix
  • 31.1 Dosing unit
    • 31.1.1 Maximum dosing and filling rate
    • 31.1.2 Default parameters for preparing (PREP) and emptying (EMPTY)
  • 31.2 Exchange unit
    • 31.2.1 Maximum dosing and filling rate
    • 31.2.2 Default parameters for preparing (PREP)
  • 31.3 Stirring rate
  • 31.4 Balance
  • 31.5 Remote interface
    • 31.5.1 Pin assignment of the remote interface
  • 31.6 Result variables as parameter setting
  • 31.7 Electrode calibration with USB Sample Processors
  • 31.8 Stored buffer series for pH calibration
  • 31.9 Diagnosis
    • 31.9.1 LCD test
    • 31.9.2 Formatting an external storage medium
    • 31.9.3 Removing an external storage medium
    • 31.9.4 Adjusting the touch screen
    • 31.9.5 Testing the touch screen
    • 31.9.6 Software update (loading program versions and language files)
      • 31.9.6.1 Carrying out a software update
    • 31.9.7 Service
  • 31.10 Arithmetic algorithms in the  Ti‑Touch
• 32 Technical specifications
  • 32.1 Touch screen
  • 32.2 Measuring inputs
    • 32.2.1 Potentiometry
    • 32.2.2 Polarizer
    • 32.2.3 Temperature
  • 32.3 Interfaces
  • 32.4 Power supply
  • 32.5 Safety specifications
  • 32.6 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
  • 32.7 Ambient temperature
  • 32.8 Reference conditions
  • 32.9 Dimensions
• 33 Warranty (guarantee)
• 34 Accessories
• Index