Working with instrument groups, Aborting a test, Concluding a test – Cannon Instrument miniPV-X User Manual

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CANNON

miniPV-Series Automatic Viscometer with VISCPRO

Instruction & Operation Manual

Version 1.a— January, 2011;

CANNON

Instrument Company

2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA 16803 • USA

Aborting a test

To permanently halt testing for a given tube/tray, click the

Abort

button

from the

Sample Input wi

ndow. Then select the desired trays from the

Select Trays

window. Click

to abort testing for the selected tray.

NOTE

Aborting a test clears all sample test information for that tray. If test
actions are aborted, it is the responsibility of the user to restore the
instrument to a safe state before running tests (see Service menu options
in chapter 4 for more information on tube washing and drying).

Concluding a test

After automatic testing has been completed, make certain that:

1. the sample vial carrier is in the lowered position.

CAUTION

Use appropriate procedures when handling warm sample vials to avoid the
possibility of burns.

2. the Machine Status (as indicated in the VISCPRO

Sample Input

Machine Status

window), is READY, and

3. the Tray Status for the tube, as indicated in the VISCPRO

Sample

Input Tray Status

window, is IDLE. Kinematic viscosity for any

tested samples will be displayed in the

Sample Action

column in the

action list for the selected tube.

NOTE

To review status of other online instruments, click the tube tab corre-
sponding to the desired instrument (see next section).

If necessary, wipe any excess oil from the base of the miniPV Series,
sample vial and vial holder using an absorbent paper towel. If necessary,
clean these components before reuse by wiping with a paper towel
wetted with appropriate solvent.

Working with Instrument Groups

VISCPRO II provides a convenient interface for working with multiple
CANNON instruments simultaneously. Rather than requiring the user to
open individual Instrument Views for each online instrument, the

Sample

Input

window (formerly the

Instrument View

window in VISCPRO)

provides individual tabs for each viscometer tube, making it easy to enter
sample information for up to four different instruments. The

Machine

Status

window makes it possible to monitor the performance of all

instruments in an Instrument Group simultaneously.