Manual

CANNON
®
miniAV-X Automatic Viscometer with VISCPRO
®
Instruction & Operation Manual
Version 1.Ob— March, 2012; CANNON
®
Instrument Company
2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA 16803 • USA
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CAUTION
When moving or positioning the miniAV-X unit, do not lift it by the side
panel units (“ears”). Hinges on these modular components are designed
for easy removal. Always support the miniAV-X unit from the base.
Vacuum Pump unit connections
 Use the 1/4” blue opaque polyethylene tubing to vent exhaust from the
Waste Receiver Assembly Exhaust port to the user ventilation system.
 Use the 6 mm FEP tubing to connect the Vacuum Port to the bath unit
Vacuum connector.
 Use the Waste Receiver Assembly power cable to provide AC power to the
Vacuum Pump from the female Power Supply Vacuum Pump AC connector.
Bath unit connections
 Use the 1/8” FEP line to connect from the Solvent A fitting to the user-
supplied solvent container. Insert the end of the solvent tube through the
bottle cap (see NOTE below) and screw the 20-micron filter onto the tube
end. If using two solvents, do the same for the (optional) Solvent B fitting.
NOTE
CANNON provides two G-38 reagent bottle caps for user solvent con-
tainers.
 Use the 6 mm FEP tubing to connect the 6 mm Waste Vac port to the 6 mm
Waste/Vacuum fitting on the waste bottle lid.
 Use the 1/8” FEP to connect the Pres[sure] barbed fitting to the Air Out
barbed fitting on the Power Supply unit.
 Use the RS-232 cable to connect from the RS-232 port to the computer
connection. For multi-unit RS-485 connections, see APPENDIX A.
 Use the 6 mm FEP union to connect the protruding 6 mm FEP waste tube
from the bath unit to the 6 mm FEP tubing. Then connect the other end of
the 6 mm FEP tubing to the 6 mm fitting on the Waste Receiver lid.
 Use the DC power cable to connect the bath unit DC IN to the DC OUT on
the power supply.
 Use the MAINS power cord to connect the Power Supply to the MAINS
power outlet matching the voltage specifications on the Power Supply rear
panel.
VISCPRO
®
for Windows
®
XP
®
VISCPRO
®
is a powerful software product designed to provide a generic
instrument interface for controlling and operating your CANNON
®
instrument(s) via computer. All instrument functions necessary for testing
are controlled via computer. VISCPRO
®
also includes reporting/analysis
modules for processing and displaying sample data.