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8.4.
CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS
1)
Turn on the instrument using the POWER switch.
2)
Lower the LEVERS, this will prevent the timer counters from beginning.
3)
Select the desired working mode.
a)
CONSTANT
1)
Establish the desired initial rod speed using the “+”, “-”or “Speed” buttons. The
rod will not begin rotating until the “Start” button is pressed.
Figure 14. Set rod speed screen
2)
Press the “Start” button and this will initiate the rod rotation at the set speed
in step 1.
3)
If any LEVER remains in the raised position, the message “Place all levers
down” will be shown on the display until all the LEVERS are in depressed
position.
4)
Place the animals in their respective lanes on the rod, as shown in Section 8.3.
5)
Manually lift the LEVERS to activate the relevant counters for the lanes that
will be used in that trial.
6)
Use the “+”, “-”or “Speed” buttons to modify the desired rod speed.
Accept, cancel changes buttons
Edit the speed in this box by pressing the numbers on the keypad
Keypad
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