Owner's manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Safety instructions
- 3 Commissioning
- 4 Operation
- 4.1 Switching on or off the photometer
- 4.2 General operating principles
- 4.3 Photometer settings and system administration
- 4.4 Zero adjustment
- 4.5 Measuring in Concentration mode
- 4.5.1 Measuring cell tests with barcode
- 4.5.2 Measuring reagent tests with AutoSelector
- 4.5.3 Measuring reagent-free tests and user-defined methods
- 4.5.4 Exceeding the upper or lower limits of the measuring range
- 4.5.5 Selecting a method manually
- 4.5.6 Settings for Concentration mode
- 4.5.7 Measuring diluted samples
- 4.5.8 Sample blank value
- 4.5.9 Reagent blank value
- 4.5.10 Automatic Turbidity correction
- 4.5.11 Programming / modifying user-defined methods
- 4.5.12 The IQ LabLink procedure
- 4.6 Measuring the Absorbance / % Transmission
- 4.7 Multi wavelengths methods
- 4.8 Spectrum
- 4.9 Kinetics
- 4.10 Timer
- 4.11 Memory
- 4.11.1 Overview
- 4.11.2 Instructions on using USB memory devices
- 4.11.3 Measurement datasets
- 4.11.4 Saving measurement datasets manually
- 4.11.5 Saving measurement datasets automatically
- 4.11.6 Displaying measurement data memory
- 4.11.7 Filtering measurement datasets
- 4.11.8 Inverting filters
- 4.11.9 Erasing stored measurement datasets
- 4.12 Copying files
- 4.13 Transmitting data
- 4.14 Analytical quality assurance (AQA)
- 4.15 User management
- 4.16 Reset
- 4.17 Photometer information ([Info])
- 4.18 Lamp counter
- 4.19 Software and methods update
- 5 Maintenance and cleaning
- 6 What to do if ...
- 7 Technical data
- 8 Accessories and options
- Appendix

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4.4 Zero adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4.5 Measuring in Concentration mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.5.1 Measuring cell tests with barcode . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.5.2 Measuring reagent tests with AutoSelector . . . . 42
4.5.3 Measuring reagent-free tests and user-defined
methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.5.4 Exceeding the upper or lower limits of the
measuring range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.5.5 Selecting a method manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.5.6 Settings for Concentration mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.5.7 Measuring diluted samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.5.8 Sample blank value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.5.9 Reagent blank value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.5.10 Automatic Turbidity correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.5.11 Programming / modifying user-defined methods 58
4.5.12 The IQ LabLink procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
4.6 Measuring the Absorbance / % Transmission . . . . . . . . 69
4.6.1 General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.6.2 Measuring the absorbance or transmission . . . . 69
4.6.3 Measuring against the Reference absorbance . 71
4.7 Multi wavelengths methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.7.1 Basic information on Multi wavelengths
measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.7.2 Programming / modifying Multi wavelengths
methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.7.3 Selecting a Multi wavelengths method . . . . . . . 77
4.7.4 Carrying out Multi wavelengths measurements . 78
4.8 Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.8.1 General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.8.2 Recording the Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
4.8.3 Loading/editing a spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4.8.4 Saving / exporting a spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
4.9 Kinetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
4.9.1 Creating/editing profiles for kinetic records . . . . 88
4.9.2 Loading a profile for kinetic recording . . . . . . . . 91
4.9.3 Recording the Kinetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
4.9.4 Saving / exporting a kinetic record . . . . . . . . . . . 95
4.9.5 Loading a kinetic record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
4.9.6 Editing a kinetic record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
4.10 Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
4.10.1 User defined timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100