LCD
Ovation BioNatural Pipette – Multichannel Operator’s Guide
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The contrast on the pipette’s liquid crystal display can be adjusted as needed:
1. Simultaneously press and hold the buttons until
TTOONNEE
appears on the display.
2. Press and release until
LLCCDD
appears on the display.
3. Press or to increase or decrease the contrast to desired level. Press to step
to
P
P
A
A
C
C
E
E
or press the pipetting trigger to return to routine operation.
The
PPaaccee
setting represents the pause time between automatic repetitive dispenses
while using the Multiple Dispense function.
To change
PPAACCEE
setting, follow the steps below:
1. Simultaneously press and hold the buttons until
TTOONNEE
appears on the display.
2. Press and release until
PPAACCEE
and a numeric value is displayed (1, 2, 3 or 4).
Press the or button until the desired pause interval is displayed (1 is slowest,
4 is fastest). The lower the number, the shorter the delay in milliseconds between
automatic dispenses.
3. Press and release to step to
CCAALL
or press the pipetting trigger to return to
routine operation.
Note: To use
PPAACCEE
when in the
Multiple Dispense liquid handling function, press and
hold the pipetting trigger when dispensing; aliquots will be dispensed
automatically at the specified interval setting. To interrupt
PPAACCEE
, release the
pipetting trigger.
Pace
TT oo nn ee
o
n
n
PP AA CC EE
2
tt oo nn ee
o
n
n
LL CC DD ++ --
I I I I
LL CC DD ++ --
I I I I
Ovation pipettes use “beep” tones to indicate various actions. A single beep tone
indicates the end of a pipetting step. A double beep tone indicates the completion of
the (last) dispense cycle when using the multiple dispense or reverse pipette function.
A triple beep tone indicates the end of a liquid handling function. An alert tone
indicates the pipetting trigger was pressed before set-up was completed or an illegal
action or programming error has occurred.
Beep tones can be disabled if desired as follows:
1. Simultaneously press and hold the
buttons until
TTOONNEE
appears on the display.
2. Press or to toggle the “beep” setting ON or OFF. Press to step to
LLCCDD
or
press the pipetting trigger to return to routine operation.
Tone
tt oo nn ee
o
n
n
TT oo nn ee
off
Set-up of Pipette Settings
