Fluke Biomedical medTester 5000C Operators, Operator'S Manual

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Chapter 3
Instrument Familiarity
This chapter familiarizes you with the medTester 5000C.
Know Your medTester 5000C
The medTester 5000C has two major control and interface sections—the top
panel and the rear panel. Below is a list of the controls, displays, and
connectors on these two panels. The numbers in the list refer to the locations
in Figure 3-1.
Top Panel Controls, Displays, and Connectors
1. ECG LEADS Binding Posts—There are ten binding posts used for
ECG leads whenever you test a device with patient leads. Connect
the patient leads to these posts. These posts accept snap
connectors, and you can unscrew the sleeves to expose a 4–
millimeter (mm) hole to which you attach diagnostic pin
electrodes or banana plugs.
2. TEST RECEPTACLE —Power receptacle for the equipment under
test (EUT).
3.
DISPLAY
—The LCD display contains two lines of 40 characters
each. See number nine (9) in this list.
4. DISPLAY ANNUNCIATORS —Eight LEDs, which when lit, indicate
coinciding test status conditions; that is CURRENT SOURCE , ISO
VOLTS , OPEN GROUND , CLOSED GROUND , REV POLARITY (reversed
polarity), NORM POLARITY (normal polarity), OPEN NEUTRAL , and
CLOSED NEUTRAL .
5. ESCAPE KEY —Used to return to a previous menu or to abort an
operation.