Warm-Up Cycle
When you first power on the unit, the x-ray tube may or may not need to be
properly warmed up (a warm-up is required every 40 hours or if there has been an
electrical disruption). If the x-ray tube needs to be warmed up the system status
box will say
WARMUP REQUIRED
.
It is important to perform the warmup if this
message appears.
If the tube doesn’t need to be warmed up, the status box will say
X-RAY OFF.
To initiate a warm-up;
1.
Press WarmUp on the main menu
2.
The WARM-UPCYCLE menu will appear (see
figure at the right).
3.
There are two pre-programmed warm-up
cycles labeled:
NORMAL
and
EXTENDED
.
Unless you know that the unit hasn’t been
used for a couple of months, select
NORMALNORMAL
4.
Press
START
(at the bottom of the screen).
5.
The message in the white system status box
will indicate
WARMUP IN PROGRESS
. The
flashing indicator lights on the unit will flash
on and off indicating that x-rays are being
produced. Leave the room for 15 minutes and
note on the sign up sheet that a warm up was
needed.
6.
After the warm up is completed (theNORMAL
warm-up cycle takes approximately 10
minutes), that system status block will
indicate
WARMUP COMPLETE
. Press
MAIN
to
take you back to the main menu. You are now
ready to perform an irradiation which is
discussed in the next section.
