PerkinElmer Panthera-Puncher 9, User Manual

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Maintenance and shutdown
The maintenance screen of the Panthera Manager software contains three sections:
Section Function
Punch head maintenance Daily cleaning
Hard disk cleanup For cleaning up old export files and old images
System information Displays the punch head counters and the software
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The Quit button on the bottom right of the screen closes the software.
Punch head maintenance
When you need to change or clean the punch heads, press the Start button on the right side of the Punch head
maintenance area. The Punch Head Maintenance Wizard starts and guides you in a step-by-step procedure. You are
asked to remove and clean the punch heads one by one, then to replace them. Detailed on-screen instructions guide
you through the procedure. For more on this, please refer to Removing and cleaning the punch heads on page 17.
If one of the punch heads does not need cleaning, it can be skipped.
When the instrument is in use, the punch heads should be cleaned at least once a day. If you are getting more
punching errors than usual or if the punch head movement slows down, it might become necessary to clean the punch
heads more than once a day.
If more than 24 hours have elapsed since you last cleaned the punch heads, the softwarereminds you to go through
the cleaning procedure by displaying the Maintenance button in red, and when in the Maintenance screen, the
background of the Punch head maintenance area also appears in red.
Even if the software reminds you to clean the punch heads, you are be able to continue punching. However, it is
strongly advised that you perform the cleaning operations at least once a day, and more if necessary.
It is strongly advised that you clean the punch heads even if 24 hours have not elapsed since the last cleaning in the
following situations:
• the instrument starts giving the Disk not detected error during punching although the disk is in the correct well
• the instrument seems to struggle when applying the force for punching
Hard disk cleanup (only available to Service and Panthera Admin
level users)
All kinds of temporary files can take up a lot of space on the computer's hard disk drive. This feature lets you remove
old export files and recovery files. You also have the option of deleting old image files by toggling the Clean also
image files switch on or off. Since Panthera-Puncher 9 creates recovery file for all punched plates, it is advised to use
this feature regularly.
When you want to start the disk cleanup, press the
Clean Now button.
The scope of this function is restricted to the local hard disk drive, which means that if the locations for saving have
been changed to a network drive, the files are not removed.
The default settings for files to be considered as old is older than 15 days, but if necessary, it can be changed from the
service software to be up to 90 days.
System information
This area contains two punch counters:
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