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CANNON

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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

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NOTE

If you have already configured and saved an analysis, its name will appear
in the list box on the right side of the window. If you click on an existing
configuration and click OK, the analysis will be performed using the
selected configuration settings. It will not be necessary to complete the
remaining steps in this procedure.

5. Click

OK

. The analysis

Configuration

window will appear. The

Configuration

window consists of tabbed pages with filter options

appropriate for the analysis.

6. Click on the tab corresponding to the filter you wish to set and

complete the configuration options. For further information on
selecting

Date

,

Sample

and other

Report

options, see the following

sections of this chapter.

7. When you have completed the configuration, click

OK

. The program

will prompt you to save the configuration.

8. Click

Yes

to save the configuration. The

Save Configuration

window will appear. Type the name of the new configuration in the

Save As:

field. Or double-click the name of a preexisting configura-

tion in the

Existing Configurations

list box to replace the existing

configuration with the new configuration settings.

9. Click

OK

. The analysis will be performed and displayed using the

selected configuration settings.

NOTES

You may click Cancel from the Save Configuration window to exit without
saving configuration changes.

You may display several analyses simultaneously by repeating the instruc-
tions above. Use the tiling options available from the
Window menu to
display multiple analyses in the desired window format (horizontal, vertical
or cascade view options are available).

Sorting analysis data

After you have displayed an analysis, you may sort alphanumerically by
any of the table headings (the default sort for most reports is

Time

Stamp

). To sort, simply click on the desired column heading. The table

will be displayed with the new sort order.

NOTE

The Sort function is only available for an analysis when the Dynamic

Update mode option is NOT selected. To restore sort functionality for an analysis,
reconfigure the analysis by clicking Configure Analysis from the Analyses menu. Then
access the Date filter options for the analysis and click the Use Fixed Date and Time
radio button

Set the Date/Time parameters and click OK to create the new analy-

sis.