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PHYSICAL FEATURES
Unpacking the instrument
Carefully remove the instrument and all other contents from the carton. Save the original
carton to use in the unlikely case that you may have to return the product for repairs.
The package contains:
1 AccuProbe HH06
color meter
1 Power supply and AC power cord
1 RS232 interface
1 Landing Pad
Handling the instrument
The color meter is designed for operation with one hand, either right or left. Hold the
instrument by its sides, feeling the vertical grooves between your thumb and the last
three fingers of your hand. You should find that it is easy to rest the heel of your hand on
the smooth area at the rear. Now your index finger can easily reach the center of the
green
DO
key. You should feel the indentation in the center of the green
DO
key with
your index finger. In fact, you should be able to close your eyes, pick up and use the
unit with either hand. The green
DO
key is used to initiate measurements.
In most
cases, it is the only button on the keyboard you will ever need.
Place the color meter on a flat surface such as a desktop and look at it from the side at the
level of the desktop. You will see that the cone shaped sensor is flat on the table and that
two small metal feet at the back of the instrument also touch the table. To provide
maximum stability during measurement, the unit forms a three point contact to a flat
surface. There should be room to slide a thin object, such as a piece of paper, under the
instrument between these three points of contact. When you are working with large flat
samples, or with thin samples, have the instrument sit firmly on a flat surface. The unit
comes with a specific flat plate, the “Landing Pad”, which you may use with thin
samples. If the sample is thick
2
, smaller than the unit, or not flat enough, then you must
be sure that the sensor sits flat on the sample during measurement.
2
The thickness you will be able to measure using the landing pad will be a function of how much the
material compresses. For very hard materials like sheets of plastic or ceramic tiles you must take special
care to insure that the sensor is flat on the sample during the measurement. Materials which compress
slightly, such as paper, cloth or cardboard should conform to the sensor and block room light when slight
pressure is applied.
