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When the animal feels pain and flicks its tail, the I.R. source switches off and the reaction
time counter stops. The withdrawal latency to the nearest 0.1 s is automatically deter-
mined.
The datum shown on the display can be printed on the MiniPrinter or routed to the PC,
see paragraph 6-OPERATING WITH MINI PRINTER AND PC.
5.6.1
Note on Wet Surfaces
We recommend absorbing with cotton wool any occasional large emission of urine during
familiarization or test time. The tail skin, if wet by urine, will be definitely less sensitive to
the thermal stimulus because of the large specific heat of any watery solution.
Be patient and dry the upper panel pane before the first test and at least between each
test.
5.7
How to Set a Customized Experimental Configuration
This function enables the operator to personalize the basic datum by adding, in se-
quence:
sequence number (see 5.7.1)
experiment number (see 5.7.2)
animal gender (see 5.7.3)
From the main menu, depress the
F2
(
FNC
) key, followed by the
F1
(
OUT
) key. Depress
again the key
F2
(
FTR
); the display shows the first setting, the sequence number.
All the available selections for each additional information are displayed in a loop. Scan
them by the
F1
(
UP
) or
F2
(
DWN
) keys, select the suitable one and confirm the selection
by depressing the
F4
(
OK
) key, or avoid one or more features by depressing the
F3
(
NUL
) key.
The selected features will be maintained even if the instrument is turned off. To erase
one or more features previously set, simply enter this software level, highlight the con-
cerned feature and depress the
F3
(
NUL
) key.
After entering the last feature (M or F), the software goes automatically back to the main
menu.
5.7.1 Sequence
Number
The first additional information to be de-
fined is the sequence number. This section
is highlighted as soon as the
F2
(
FTR
) key
is depressed.
Use the
F1
(
UP
) or
F2
(
DWN
) key to set
the desired sequence number from 01 to
99 and confirm by depressing
F4
(
OK
).
