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General operating procedures – LaMotte SMART 3 Electronic Soil Lab User Manual

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SMART3 Soil 1.11

GENERAL OPERATING PROCEDURES

The operation of the SMART3 Colorimeter is controlled by a microprocessor.

The microprocessor is programmed with menu driven software. A menu is

a list of choices. This allows a selection of various tasks for the colorimeter

to perform, such as, scan blank, scan sample, and edit test sequences. The

keypad is used to make menu selections which are viewed in the display. There

are three selections accessible from the Main Menu: Testing Menu, Editing

Menu and Run PC Link.

THE KEYPAD

The keypad has 6 buttons which are used to perform specific tasks.

This button will scroll up through a list of menu selections.

ENTER

The button is used to select choices in a menu viewed in

the display.
This button controls the backlight on the display.

This button will scroll down through a list of menu

selections.

EXIT

This button exits to the previous menu.

This button turns the meter on or off.

EXIT

ENTER

SAMPLE HOLDERS

The sample chamber is designed for 25 mm round

tubes. An adapter to hold 16 mm COD tubes and 1 cm

square UDV cuvettes is included.

Position the COD/UDV Adapter (Code 1724) so that

the notches in the adapter fit around the posts on

the chamber. Turn the adapter counterclockwise until

the arrows are at the top and bottom of the chamber

and the adapter is locked into place. Turn the adapter

clockwise to unlock the adapter and remove it from the chamber.