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

Pausing a test

To temporarily halt testing for a given tube/sample, click the Pause

button from the Sample Input window. Then select the desired tray

(miniAV-X instrument) and pause action(s) from the Select Trays

window (Pause Now will immediately pause test actions; Pause after

current sample will pause testing after the current test is complete).

Click OK to pause testing for the selected tray(s).

NOTE

If the test was paused prior to the initiation of the Wash cycle, drop time

data for that sample will be discarded.

Resuming a test

To resume test actions for paused trays, click the Resume button from

the Sample Input window. Then select the desired trays from the Select

Trays window. Click OK to resume sample testing (see note above).

Aborting a test

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

from the Sample Input window. Then select the desired trays from the

Select Trays window. Click OK 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