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Instructions for Use V1.2, RevE – 08/2016
Table of Contents
1.
Important Information ............................................................................................................... 6
1.1
Symbols in the text and their meanings .................................................................................... 6
2. Safety ........................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1
Safety notes ................................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Warnings ........................................................................................................................................ 7
3.
Instrument Components and Specifications ....................................................................... 10
3.1
Overview - instrument components ........................................................................................ 10
3.2
Instrument specifications.......................................................................................................... 11
3.3
Functional description of components - system overview .................................................. 12
3.4
Functional Areas of the Slide carrier ...................................................................................... 14
3.5
Standard delivery – packing list ............................................................................................... 15
3.6
Technical data ............................................................................................................................. 16
4.
Instrument Setup ...................................................................................................................... 17
4.1
Installation site requirements ................................................................................................... 17
4.2
Unpacking the instrument ......................................................................................................... 17
4.3 Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 19
4.4
Water Connection....................................................................................................................... 20
4.5
Installing the rinsing water containers ................................................................................... 20
4.6
Remedy if hose is too short ....................................................................................................... 24
5. Operation ................................................................................................................................... 25
5.1
Switching on the instrument ..................................................................................................... 25
5.2
Control panel functions.............................................................................................................. 25
5.3
Setting the Operating Parameters ........................................................................................... 27
5.4
Setting the rinsing water flow rate .......................................................................................... 30
5.5
Processing slides ........................................................................................................................ 31
5.5.1 Starting a staining run................................................................................................................ 32
5.5.2 Adding more slide carriers during a staining run.................................................................. 33
5.5.3 Temporarily pausing a staining run ......................................................................................... 34
5.5.4 Ending a staining run prematurely ........................................................................................... 35
5.5.5 Removing processed specimen slides.................................................................................... 36
6.
Cleaning and Maintenance .................................................................................................... 38
6.1
Cleaning the Instrument ............................................................................................................ 38
6.2
Maintenance Instructions ......................................................................................................... 39
