Gilson F81040, User Manual

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PIPETMAN® M CONNECTED
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USER’S GUIDE
CONFIGURATION
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PIPETMAN® M CONNECTED
Service Information
PIPETMAN M Connected provides you with all required service information. It will help
you establish an easy diagnosis and plan any service operation with your accredited
Gilson service center.
You will find in the
Service
menu the following sub menus:
● Disassembly
●
Service info
●
Service settings
● Pipette info
The navigation of the menu is always done in the same way. Make your selection by
rotating the push button, enter and confirm with a simple click.
● disassembly:
○ The multichannel models should not be disassembled: only the push button
and the tip ejector can be replaced
○ Only the lower part of the single models can be disassembled, the push button,
the connecting nut, and the tip ejector can be replaced
○ This option allows you to disassemble the lower part safely (protection of the
piston and the actuator). If you select diSASSEMBLY
,
the following screen
appears: “DISASSEMBLY – Click to exit”
● Service info
provides you with maintenance information; you cannot modify any of
the items:
○ Number of days since last service
○ Number of pipetting cycles since last service
● Service settings gives you the option to organize your maintenance, you can set
following service points:
○
Period (days until next service)
○
Pipetting cycles (cyles until next service)
○ Date
○
On/Off
●
Pipette info provides information about your pipette, you cannot modify any of
the items:
○
Version of firmware
○ Serial number
○ Total number of cycles (one cycle: up and down of the piston)
○
Number of readjustments carried out by this pipette
NOTE
Changes of service settings will reset all the service info to zero.
Chapter 14
CONFiGUrATiON
Enter the menu using the menu button. You will find not
only the pipetting programs and the speed control, but also
the menu “CONFIGURATION”, including “SERVICE” and
“ADJUSTMENT”
(refer to Chapter 15
MAiNTENANCE
below).
The navigation of the menus is always done in the same way
—make your selection by rotating the push button and then
enter and confirm with a click.
The
Configuration menu allows you to set up the following items:
●
Volume limit: Here you can fix the maximal volume of the
pipette (by default = nominal volume). For example, you
have a P200M pipette, but you would like to use it with
your PIPETMAN Diamond Filter Tips DF100, you can set
the maximal volume at 100 µL and you won’t risk contamination of your pipette.
●
Beeper: You can switch the tone of your pipette on or off.
●
Contrast: You can choose a value of 1 to 6 to set the contrast
of the screen.
●
Service: refer to Chapter 15 MAiNTENANCE below.
● Adjustment:
refer to Chapter 15
MAiNTENANCE
below.
Menu button
Push button
Chapter 15
MAiNTENANCE
PIPETMAN M Connected requires very little maintenance. However, to ensure pipette
accuracy, precision and robustness please proceed periodically with a two-minute
inspection as recommended by Gilson.
Your PIPETMAN M Connected allows you to:
● Get service information
●
Readjust the pipette to user settings
●
Return to factory settings
● Replace spare parts (for detailed information refer to Chapter 15 MAiNTENANCE on
page 22 and
Safety Precautions and Limitation of Use
on page 33)
● Prepare the pipette for cleaning or autoclaving by “disassembly” of the parts
specified (refer to Chapter 16 CLEANiNG ANd dECONTAMiNATiON on page 28)