Leica Biosystems SM2500 - Manual (Page 24)

24 Instruction manual V 1.3 – 10/2007
5. Operation
5.4 Description of each individual control element
5.4.1 Foot switch
The foot switch has two different functions:
1 Start / stop sectioning / milling.
The foot switch can be used as an alternative to the RUN STOP + RUN
ENABLE buttons (--> see area 2.6, chapter 5.4.10) so start / stop section-
ing / milling.
- To start, lightly press the foot switch.
- To stop, once again lightly press the foot switch.
2 Emergency stop.
In addition to the emergency stop button (see area 1, chapter 5.4.2), the
emergency stop can be activated via the foot switch:
- Press foot switch once forcefully: emergency stop function is activated.
POWER (green) and E-STOP (red) on the control emit light.
As soon as the foot switch is released the emergency lock is auto-
matically unlocked and the instrument can be restarted.
E-STOP (red) on the control panel goes off.
Fig. 14