Scan Procedure: Normal Startup
American Science and Engineering, Inc.
MINI
Z
Operator Manual 342-9000-1 Rev. B ECCN EAR99
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5. Within 35 seconds press and continue to hold either one of the two red trigger buttons on the
handle of the scanner to enable warm-up. (If the time limit is not met, tap the Scan Enable button
again.) Throughout the period:
•
The four “X-ray On” warning lamps on the scanner handle illuminate (red) and stay lit
•
The X-ray generation mechanism can be heard
•
The system beeps once or continuously (according to the
X-ray beep
selection)
•
In the tablet
Warm-up Required
screen, the progress bar indicates the passage of time
while the scanner performs a sequence of graduated warm-up stages.
Note: The red trigger button must be held down throughout the entire warm-up X-ray
generation period. If the red trigger button is released before the full period has elapsed,
X-ray emission will stop immediately and the warm-up will have to be started again from
the Scan Enable button
step.
6. At the end of 25 seconds:
•
The four “X-ray On” warning lamps on the scanner handle extinguish.
•
The system beeps twice.
•
The tablet
Warmup Required
screen closes.
•
The Status bar Warmup Required icon
is no longer displayed.
7. Release the red trigger button.
8. Remove the Calibration Dock and store it for the next use.
The system is now ready for normal scanning. Refer to
Section 6.1.2, Scanning
.
6.1.2
Scanning
This section assumes that the MINI Z system has been configured, powered-on, interconnected, and
warmed-up if necessary (see
Section 6.1, Normal Startup
). The following steps summarize the process
of scanning. For more information on scanning, see
Chapter 7, Advanced Scanning
.
