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Treadmill Hardware Manual 1011-0002 v1.02
4 – Stand Alone General Exercising without the PC
4.1 Stand Alone Initialization
Attention! Use the following procedure to prevent the application of an undesirable
treadmill belt speed or high intensity shock upon the application of AC power.
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Disable the stimulus for all lanes by setting toggle switches toward the rear of the treadmill.
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Switch on the Treadmill Controller. The power switch is above the AC power receptacle on the rear
panel. The front panel display should report the current speed setting, an accumulated odometer
distance of zero, and the current acceleration settings:
4.2 User Menu Settings
To start the treadmill the user must go through the User Menu and set up the experiment parameters. To
open the User Menu of the Treadmill Controller the user must:
Press and hold the RATE button.
Press and hold the MODE button.
Then press and release the ODOMETER RESET button.
Release the RATE and MODE buttons.
Use the INTENSITY knob to navigate the menu options. Details on each menu option is in
SECTION 3 .
4.3 Loading Subjects
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Turn the clips that secure the lid and fold the lid on top of the cover.
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Before loading or unloading the subjects, place a paper towel on top of the treadmill cabinet to protect
the toggle switches and indicators from urine and feces which may fall inside. Load the subjects onto
the grids (the stimulus should be disabled).
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Reclose the lid and secure with the clips.
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Use the RATE button to set the repetition rate to “1Hz” and the INTENSITY knob to set the stimulus
intensity to “0.00”:
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Enable the stimulus for each lane by setting each toggle switch toward the front of the treadmill. The
“Rep Rate” indicator will begin to flash on each treadmill lane as well as the controller.
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Slowly increase the INTENTSITY until all the subjects move from the grids.
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Press the ODOMETER RESET button
In the Normal Mode (indicated by “D”), the odometer is reset to zero.
S 10.0 D 0.0
A 1.0/1 E102.3
100.0m
S 0.0 D 0.0
R 1Hz I 0.00