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Temperature units: This allows the user to change the units used in the thermal cycling programming of
the TC-512. There are 2 options: degrees Centigrade (°C) or degrees Fahrenheit (°F).
Beeper: If required the instrument can be programmed to beep at the end of the program and also when
buttons are pressed on the touch screen. This can enabled or disabled.
Comms Address: This enables the user to specify a unique identification number for each instrument if
multiple instruments are connected together and controlled via a computer. It is possible to select a
communications address between 01 and 64.
Language: There are 5 languages for the user to select from: English, Français, Espanôl, Deutsch and
Italiano.
Date Format: This allows the user to change the date format from dd/mm/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy.
Date: The date can be corrected by the user by using the numerical interface shown above.
Time: The time can be corrected by the user by using the numerical interface shown in above.
Auto restart: This allows a program to be re-started in the event of a power failure when the instrument
is in the middle of running a program. The options are Enabled or Disabled.
Baud Rate: This is the speed of communication between the thermal cycler and a computer. The rate can
be selected from the range of 300 to 38400 depending on individual requirements.
To enter the comms address, correct date or
time type in the correct numbers and press
"OK"."BS" (which is short for backspace) and
the cursors can be used to delete and move
across the characters.
➔ ➔
Todays Date
Enter date 05/01/2006
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2
5
OK
Cancel
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0
1
4
7
BS
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The parameters which are editable in the systems configuration menu are:
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