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Dampers
The Visio 500 reading table is equipped with dampers which can be
engaged as necessary. Damping refers to the resistance against the
table movements. The faster you move the table, the stronger the effect
of the damping.
As you practice pushing and pulling against the resistance, you will find it
results in a particularly uniform motion, and a more continuous reading
fluency. The physical movement of the reading table in reading direction
should be damped. However when moving back to the beginning of the
next line quickly, the damper is not active.
Damping can be adjusted independently for both horizontal and vertical
movement, each governed by a rotary switch located under the reading
table.
The horizontal damper only works in the left direction, the vertical
damper works in both up and down direction. Move the XY-table to the
left or right, to reach the dampers which are located below it. The left
damper is for the X-movement, the right damper is for the Y-movement.
Left and marked with 0 is the position without damper, right and marked
with 1 is with damper. Turn the rotary switch clockwise to switch on
dampers and counterclockwise to switch them off. In force sensor mode,
the y-damper should be off.
Attention:
If Visio 500 is not used over a long period of time pleas deactivate the
damper.