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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
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WELLS, BUTTONS, & DISPLAY INTERPRETATION
Please familiarize yourself with the face of the 3M™ Attest™ Auto
‑
reader 490H:
Wells
1. Incubation/Reader Wells
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The 3M™ Attest™ Auto
‑
reader 490H has ten
incubation wells.
Buttons
2. Information / Up Arrow Button
3. Temperature / Down Arrow Button
4. Buzzer Alarm OFF / Enter Button
Information Display
5. LCD display
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Display is backlit
6. LCD display
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Example of Error Message for well #6
7. LCD display
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Example of Remaining Incubation Time, in minutes, for well #10
8. LCD display
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Example of Negative (
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) BI result for well #9
9. LCD display
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Example of Positive ( + ) BI result for well #8
10. LCD display
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Alarm Enabled Indicator
Color
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Coded Configuration Indicator
11. Incubation well configuration sticker is color
‑
coded pink
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
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3M
™
ATTEST
™
AUTO
‑
READER 490H CONFIGURATION
Note:
Ideally, the 3M™ Attest™ Auto
‑
reader 490H should be empty (i.e., have no
incubating BIs) when it is reconfigured.
Press the
and
buttons on the front of the 3M™ Attest™ Auto
‑
reader 490H
simultaneously for 3 seconds to enter configuration mode. Once in configuration mode,
use the Up
and Down
buttons to set the 3M™ Attest™ Auto
‑
reader 490H
clock and audible alarm as desired. The button
acts as an
“
Enter
”
key and moves the
flashing cursor to the next changeable setting.
Setting the 3M
™
Attest
™
Auto
‑
reader 490H Clock
The 3M™ Attest™ Auto
‑
reader 490H date and time are displayed in this format:
YYYY
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MM
‑
DD HH:MM, with the time displayed using a 24 hour clock. To change the
year, if necessary, push the up or down buttons to set desired year, then press
to
advance to the month, adjust as necessary and press
to advance to the day. Use the
button to move to the time and set the hours and minutes.
Setting the Audible Alarm Function
Move across the top row of text by pushing the
button. The flashing
“
B
”
in Buzzer
indicates this is a changeable setting. It is recommended this be set at
“
Buzzer Enabled
”
to audibly alert the operator to a positive BI but it may be set to
“
Buzzer Disabled
”
by
using either the up or down button.
Note:
If Buzzer Disabled is selected, and the change is
accepted, the speaker icon ( ) will disappear from the LCD panel and the alarm will be
disabled for all positive 3M™ Attest™ Rapid Readout Biological Indicators, error codes,
and caution code alarm warnings.
Note:
The 3M™ Attest™ Auto
‑
reader 490H display backlight flashes whenever an
audible alarm sounds. Disabling the audible alarm does NOT disable the LCD display
backlight flashing.
Press
to select the desired option and advance to the Accept screen.
Accept Screen
Use the up or down buttons to toggle between Yes and No, press
to accept changes
(Yes selected) or retain current settings (No selected) and exit the configuration mode. The
LCD panel will return to the standard display.
