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Thermo Scientific Orion Star A223 and 
Star A323 Portable RDO/DO Meter

Instruction Sheet

RDO /

DO

English

Preparation 

Power Source

1.  Power adapter (sold separately)

a.  Select the appropriate wall socket plug plate. 
b  Slide off the clear plastic cover from the plug plate.
c.  Slide the plug plate into the groove on the back of the 

power adapter.

d.  Connect the power adapter to the meter and power 

outlet.

2.  Batteries (included with meter)

a.  Select four AA alkaline batteries. 
b.  Confirm that the meter is powered off.
c.  Remove the battery compartment cover – loosen the 

screws holding the battery cover, release the top portion 
of the battery cover from the meter (use a coin or your 
finger) and release the bottom portion of the battery cover. 

d.  Orientate the batteries as shown in the battery 

compartment housing and insert batteries.

e.  Replace the battery compartment cover and screws.

Electrodes and Other Connections

1.  Prepare the RDO optical dissolved oxygen probe or polarographic dissolved 

oxygen probe and any other applicable electrodes according to the directions in 
the probe user guide. 

2.   Connect the appropriate items as labeled on the meter and 

as shown in the figure below:

For additional information on meter setup and operation, refer to the reference guide. 
The reference guide is on the included CD and available at 

www.thermoscientific.com/water.

DO/

RDO

ATC/

COND

POWER

USB

REF

RS232

Remove screws

Orion Star A223 & 
Star A323 Portable

Use coin 

or finger 

to lift.

Summary of Contents for Star A223

Page 1: ...cover from the meter use a coin or your nger and release the bottom portion of the battery cover d Orientate the batteries as shown in the battery compartment housing and insert batteries e Replace t...

Page 2: ...r of the method being used DO Indicates the type of measurement as DO polarographic probe or RDO RDO optical probe ready Speci es the stability of the electrode as stabilizing or ready Shown when the...

Page 3: ...turn the meter on When the meter is on press and quickly release to turn the display backlight on or off or hold down to turn the meter off In the measurement mode press to take a measurement In the s...

Page 4: ...y Accepting Auto Sat Calibration and 100 0 if using an RDO optical DO probe or 102 3 if using a polarographic DO probe 6 Press f3 cal done to export the data to the calibration log or press f2 print t...

Page 5: ...icon stops ashing record the dissolved oxygen and temperature of the sample Press again to start a new measurement b If the meter is in continuous mode the meter will immediately start taking a measu...

Page 6: ...ry screen will popup on the display ii Press or to highlight a number decimal place or negative sign press f3 enter to select the highlighted item and repeat until the desired value is shown on the to...

Page 7: ...ht DO polarographic probe or RDO RDO optical probe and press f3 select 6 Press to return to the measurement mode Read Type Selection 1 In the measurement mode press 2 Press or to highlight DO Channel...

Page 8: ...light DO Channel and press f2 select 5 Press or to highlight DO or RDO as the calibration type and press f2 select 6 The meter will display a list of calibrations for the selected channel and calibrat...

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