Paragon W18 - Manual (Page 18)

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HOLD (SOAK) TIME
“HOLD” or “SOAK” time means heat-soaking the flasks at the end of each segment. You can hold the
temperature in each segment up to 99 hours and 99 minutes.
PRESENT STATUS
“PRESENT STATUS” shows where the furnace is during firing. This is specially useful for firing that have
heating-up and cooling-down segments. To use “PRESENT STATUS”, press 5 on the key board during a
firing. The current segment will display momentarily.
SKIP SEGMENT
“SKIP SEGMENT” works only during firing. To skip a segment, press 9 on the key board. [ SstP ] will display
(if you change your mind and do not want to skip the segment, do nothing and the firing will continue as it
was). If you still want to skip the segment after pressing 9, press ENTER and [ rA ] will appear along with the
segment number you just skipped to.
DELAY FIRE
The “DELAY FIRE” programs the furnace to start its firing run (burnout) at a later time. It zeroes out after
each completed firing. To use the “DELAY FIRE” again, you need to reset it each time you start. Enter the
“DELAY FIRE” after you have chosen your program and you reach [ IdLE ] on the display. Press 3 on your
key board. Enter the delay in hours and minutes (such as 3 hours and 45 minutes is 345 - your display will
show [ 03.45 ] ) and the press ENTER. The display will then alternately display [ dELA ] and the time
remaining for the delay.
WARNING: NEVER LEAVE YOUR FURNACE UNATTENDED NEAR THE END OF A FIRING. WE CANNOT
GUARANTEE YOUR FURNACE AGAINST OVERFIRING EVEN THOUGH THE CONTROLLER IS AUTOMATIC.
THE OPERATOR ASSUMES FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR TURNING THE FURNACE OFF AT THE PROPER
TIME.
REPEAT FIRINGS & PROGRAM REVIEW
To repeat last firing, just press ENTER from [ ldLE ]. The furnace will begin firing, but first, use your
PROGRAM REVIEW to make sure you are using the correct program. To start PROGRAM REVIEW press 6 on
the key board. Values for the last program used will be displayed one after another. You can also use
PROGRAM REVIEW during firing simply by pressing 6 on the key board.
SETTING THE ALARM BEFORE FIRING BEGINS
The alarm beeps when a preset temperature is reached.
1) At any time, press 7 on the key board. [ AlAr ] will appear alternating with the last alarm temperature
entered.
2) Enter the new alarm temperature. Then press ENTER. [ ldLE ] will appear or the current running profile will
continue.
3) To turn alarm off enter 9999.
When the alarm sounds during firing, shut it off by pressing any key. If it sounds as soon as the furnace
begins firing it is due to the fact that the alarm was set to 0000.