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Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Page 16 Manual No. M/98-211-A0701
An invalid spindle entry is any two digit number in the range from 01 to 99 which is not listed in
Appendix D. This error message will be displayed for a few seconds after which the spindle entry
screen (Figure 11) will be re-displayed with a blank field for the spindle number. The user can
cancel spindle entry at any time by pressing the MOTOR ON/OFF/ESCAPE key.
The user may elect to use a special spindle whose selection is accomplished by first entering a
spindle number of 99 and then pressing the
SELECT SPDL key. This will result in the following
display:
Figure 13
At this point, press the numeric key for the special spindle of choice. This list is created at the time
the Rheometer is manufactured. This list will therefore depend on the number of special spindles
ordered and could contain as few as one (1) or as many as five (5) spindles. If no special spindles
were purchased, the following message will be displayed if 99 is entered for a spindle number:
Figure 14
Press any key to exit this screen and to return to the spindle selection screen. The user may again
select another spindle or press the SELECT SPDL key to cancel spindle selection operation.
Successful selection of a spindle at the press of the SELECT SPDL key returns the user to the default
screen with the new spindle displayed in the upper right-hand corner. For standard spindles this
would be the two (2) digit designator used to select the spindle. In the case of special spindles, the
two (2) letters (AA, AB, AC, AD or AE) corresponding to the special spindle would be displayed
instead. The spindle number or letters will be retained in memory when power is removed. This
means that the last value entered for the spindle will be displayed the next time the Rheometer is
turned on.
II.4 Direct Speed Entry
At this point, the user may choose to enter a speed by the so-called direct speed entry method. Enter
a valid speed in the range of 0.01 to 250 RPM by pressing the numeric keys successively. The
previously blank line 3 on the default display screen records the user’s new speed input as depicted
in Figure 15: