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HistoCore AUTOCUT
Operation
5
Trimming mode
1
2
Fig. 24
3
4
In the trimming mode, the coarse feed buttons operate a continuous
movement as long as the button is held down. The double-arrow button for
fast coarse feed backward movements has a lock-in function.
• To start the fast backwards movement (away from the knife) press the
button
. After the button is pressed, the specimen head is
moved to the rear end position.
• To stop the movement, press any of the four coarse feed buttons.
in the button flashes while the specimen
head is in motion, and remains lit continuously when the rear end position is
reached.
to start the slow backwards movement. The
travel continues as long as the button is held pressed.
• Press the appropriate button to start a rapid or slow forward movement.
The travel continues as long as the button is held pressed.
• During the forwards movement, the yellow LED
flashes. When the front end position is reached, an acoustic signal is heard
and the LED stops flashing and remains lit.
One memory position
Fig. 25
1
2
3
4
5
Set one memory position using the
MEMO
separate control panel.
To set one memory position, move the object head to the desired position,
and press the
MEMO
button. A short beep is heard; the three-digit display
indicates
SEt
; the LED
of the
MEMO
button lights
up in green.
If one memory position is stored, after pressing the
MEMO
button, the object
head moves to the memory position; a short beep is heard and the three-digit
display indicates
At
when the object head reaches the memory
position.
To change the stored memory position, move the object head to the new
position, and press on the
MEMO
button for about 1 second. A short beep
is heard; the three-digit display indicates
SEt
; the green LED of the
MEMO
button keeps lighting on.
To clear the memory position, press on the
MEMO
button for more than 3
second. Two short beeps are heard; the three-digit display indicates
CLr
MEMO
button is greyed out.
Tip
While the object head is moving to the memory position, the movement can be stopped by pressing
the
MEMO
button or any other buttons, or by rotating the electronic coarse feed wheel.
The
MEMO
button is enabled between the front limit position (not included) and home position (not
included).