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shaken; this is normal. Locate the UV lamp socket, which is located on the ceiling of the instrument just inside the
door. Slide the bulb into the socket (see Figure 10). Twist the bulb a quarter turn until it is firmly in place. The UV Bulb
has an average life of 3000 hours. The Maxwell
®
16 Forensic Instrument will warn you when the accumulated UV Bulb
usage reaches 2950 hours, and we recommend that you change the bulb at that time. Replacement bulbs can be
purchased from Promega (Cat.# SP1080).
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Figure 10. UV Bulb in the power supply.
To replace the bulb, locate the old bulb in the UV lamp holder, which is located on the ceiling of the instrument just
inside the door (see Figure 10). Wear gloves—do not touch the bulb with your bare hands. Twist the bulb a quarter turn
until it can slide out. Place the new bulb into UV lamp socket, and twist a quarter turn until it is firmly in place.
Your Maxwell
®
16 Forensic Instrument is now ready for operation.
3.D. Maxwell
®
Sample Track
To use the Maxwell
®
Sample Track software, you need to load the software onto the computer that will be connected to
the Maxwell
®
16 Forensic Instrument. See the Technical Manual supplied with the software for more information. To
install the software, place the CD containing the Maxwell
®
Sample Track software in the CD drive of your computer,
and follow the on-screen instructions.
During installation, the Maxwell
®
Sample Track program will check to see if Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Installer Version
3.1 and Microsoft
®
.NET Framework Version 2.0 are installed on your computer. If necessary, the Maxwell
®
Sample
Track installer will prompt you to install these applications, which are supplied on the Maxwell
®
Sample Track CD.
Once the software is loaded, connect the computer to the RS-232 port of the Maxwell
®
16 Forensic Instrument using
the RS-232 Cable.
Do not connect your computer to the USB port on the Maxwell
®
16 Forensic Instrument.
If your computer does not have an RS-232 port, use the supplied RS-232/USB Adaptor to connect the USB port of the
computer to the RS-232 Cable. To use the RS-232/USB Adaptor, you must first load the driver from the minidisk in the
Tripp Lite
®
box. Place the minidisk in the CD drive of your computer, and follow the instructions supplied in the Tripp
Lite
®
instruction manual.
Connect the Bar Code Reader to the USB port on the side of the instrument.
