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ADVANCED OPERATION - Special functions: Service functions
Electrode cleaning program: CLEAN ELECTRODES?
If you press the button, and you do not have a hot core
alignment program in memory, the first question will be asked
is whether you want to “Clean electrodes?”. This is some-
thing that should be done every time you brush off or replace
the electrodes, and is a recommended measure after every
twenty splices. If you want to run the cleaning program press
Yes. To then start the cleaning program, press FUSE. To
repeat the program (which is recommended), press FUSE
again when the program ends. When done cleaning the
electrodes, restart the splicer by pressing ON/OFF twice.
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Splice-list handling
If you press the button, and reply No to the question of
whether you want to clean the electrodes, you will gain ac-
cess to splice-list handling. The splice-list handling proce-
dure occurs in three stages.
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Magnified electrode tip with deposits
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Turn on splice-list handling
You first must turn splice-list handling on by turning on the
binary parameter SPLICE LIST:
#-button > “Clean electrodes?” > NO > “Splicelist handling?” >
YES >“Change list On/Off” > YES > “Splice list On.” If necessary, press
Yes again, so the parameter reads “Splice list On Yes.”
Then press ENTER.
The splicer will then give you the opportunity of setting three
organizational parameters by asking “Change list codes?”
If you say Yes, you will have a chance to specify codes that
can be used to organize your splicing data.
Enter
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SPLICE LIST ON YES
Turn on splice-list
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CHANGE LIST CODES?
Yes
To access list codes
Enter
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OPERATOR NBR 00
OPERATOR NBR is intended to specify who it is that is creat-
ing the splicing data. It can be changed during data collec-
tion, so that operators can be compared. You must assign
the numbers yourself.
Enter
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LIST CODE 1 00
LIST CODE 1 is the first two entirely open areas where you
can tag data with additional information that might be impor-
tant for later analysis. An example might be if you want to
have a set of codes for different splicing sites.
Enter
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LIST CODE 2 00
LIST CODE 2 is the second of the two user-definable data
tags. Remember that the coding system is your own, and
you can return to this parameter during data collection and
change its value.
Fuse
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TO START ELECT. CLEAN
To start electrode
cleaning program