LI-COR LI-6400, Manual

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Welcome to the LI-6400
About this Manual
Using the LI-6400 xiii
About this Manual
When confronted with a new instruction manual, most people turn to the sec-
tion named ÒAbout this manualÓ for one simple reason: to find out how much
they can skip. Since this manual has 26 chapters, you are probably eager to
skip most of them.
YouÕre in luck. You can.
Where to Start? Select the category that best describes you, and follow the suggested itiner-
ary.
¥ New to the LI-6400; new to gas exchange; and fairly impatient
Chapter 2: Assembling the system.
Chapter 3 (The minimum for learning the software is):
Tour #1, stop after Step 5.
Tour #2, the whole thing.
Tour #3, Experiments 1, 2, and 5.
Chapter 4: Do the check lists, and the simple experiments.
Having measured some leaves (and satisfied your impatience), you might
want to go back and pick up the parts you skipped in Chapters 3 and 4.
¥ New to the LI-6400; new to gas exchange; methodical and thorough
Work through Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4. YouÕll understand the LI-6400 and the
fundamentals of making measurements fairly well by the end.
¥ New to the LI-6400, experienced at gas exchange measurements
Skim Chapter 1.
Chapter 2: Assembling the system.
Chapter 3: Tours 1 through 5.
Chapter 4: The check lists are important; pick and choose after that.
¥ Experienced with the LI-6400
Consider working through Tour #3 in Chapter 3; youÕll improve your under-
standing and Òfeel forÓ how the LI-6400 does chamber control. Note the
check lists at the start of Chapter 4, and the de-emphasis on zeroing and span
setting. Finally, a Troubleshooting Guide (Chapter 20) is now available.
The Old Manuals If you are not a new LI-6400 user, you may be wondering how Using the
LI-6400 relates to the original documentation, The LI-6400 Primer and The
LI-6400 Technical Reference . If you have these original manuals, you can
safely get rid of them, because Using the LI-6400 includes the relevant prior
material, and adds much new material.