Cannon Instrument miniAV-X - Manual

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CANNON ® miniAV-X Automatic Viscometer with VISCPRO ® Instruction & Operation Manual
Version 1.a— August, 2008; CANNON ® Instrument Company
2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA 16803 • USA
CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION/INSTALLATION 1
The miniAV ® -X Automatic Viscometer .................................................................................. 1
Measuring kinematic viscosity ............................................................................................... 2
Safety cautions ..................................................................................................................... 2
Specifications ....................................................................................................................... 4
Installation ............................................................................................................................ 4
Required installation components ............................................................................... 4
Vacuum Pump unit connections ................................................................................. 6
Bath unit connections ................................................................................................ 6
VISCPRO ® for Windows ® XP ® ............................................................................................ 6
Installing VISCPRO ® software .............................................................................................. 7
Computer requirements ............................................................................................. 7
Windows
® XP ® installation ........................................................................................ 7
Installation actions ..................................................................................................... 7
Configuration diskette (First-time installation only!) .................................................... 7
Running the software ............................................................................................................. 8
Checking configuration .......................................................................................................... 9
Inital Configuration .................................................................................................... 9
Logging in ............................................................................................................... 10
Checking Instrument Settings .................................................................................. 10
Viewing/editing setup information ............................................................................. 12
Manually changing tube calibration constants ....................................................................... 13
Checking Wash and Advanced Settings ............................................................................... 14
Preparing the miniAV-X for testing ...................................................................................... 16
Inserting the miniAV-X temperature probes/reference thermometer .......................... 16
Adjusting Vacuum/Pressure settings ......................................................................... 17
Setting bath temperature ......................................................................................... 17
Training tube sensors ............................................................................................... 18
Checking wash functions ......................................................................................... 18
Calibrating the miniAV ............................................................................................ 19
Notes on computer-directed miniAV operation ........................................................ 19
2 TESTING SAMPLES WITH THE miniAV-X
AUTOMATIC VISCOMETER 21
Turning on the miniAV-X ......................................................................................... 21
Testing samples ....................................................................................................... 21
Pausing a test .......................................................................................................... 24