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7-2-6 Barcode Test
7-2-6-1 From Service Test, press ENT to access the six tests available. The third displayed test, Barcode
Test, may be accessed by pressing ENT when this title appears (see Figure 7-3). If ESC is
pressed, the Service Test menu appears. If MENU is pressed, the unit goes on to the next test.
7-2-6-2 Press ENT and display indicates
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arcode Test.?Once in this menu two choices are available:
1. press ENT to take a barcode reading
2.
press ADJ to move the crossfeed arm
7-2-6-3 Press ENT from the Barcode Test display and the display changes to read
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arcode Reading.?
This screen takes multiple readings of bar code labels on tubes while they are in front of the reader.
7-2-6-4 If a bar code label is detected by the reader, the bar code number will flash repeatedly on the
display. As long as a bar code label can be read, the number read will continue flashing. If the
display remains stationary and unchanged, even with a bar code number on it, no label was
detected. If the letters
NG ?(No Good) appear after the bar code number, the instrument had
difficulty in reading the label. Press STOP to end the readings and return to the Barcode Test
display.
NOTE:
The barcode reader also has a green
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K?LED and red
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G?LED, used to test the readability of
the barcode reader and labels.
7-2-6-5 Press ADJ from the Barcode Test display and the display changes to read
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osition Adjust.? This
screen permits adjusting or moving the position of a tube rack to the left (LEFT) or right (RIGHT) by
moving the crossfeed arm (see item 32 on page 10.28) left or right.
7-2-6-6 The amount of movement may be set from 0.1 to 5.0mm. If it is set to 1.0mm, each time softkey
LEFT is pressed, the crossfeed arm is moved 1mm to the left and moves a rack with it. Each time
softkey RIGHT is pressed, the crossfeed arm is moved 1mm to the right. The rack must then be
pushed by hand to the right to touch the crossfeed arm in its new position, since the arm cannot
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ull?the rack backwards.
7-2-6-7 These tests are used to test the performance of the PH4 Tube Sensor, barcode reader and barcode
labels:
To use these tests to examine the PH4 Tube Sensor, see paragraph 8-6 on page 8.7.
To test a barcode reader and barcode labels, see paragraph 8-7 on pages 8.8 and 8.9.
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