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Setting Up the Instrument
Setting Utility Parameters
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Orion AquaMate 7000 Vis and Orion AquaMate 8000 UV-Vis
Thermo Scientific
To set the date
1. Highlight
Set Date
and press
Enter
.
2. Press
Set Date
, type the date and press
Enter
.
3. Press
Set Month
, highlight the correct month and press
Enter
.
4. Press
Set Year
, type the year and then
Enter
.
5. Press
Esc
to save the settings.
To select the time format
You can set the instrument to display the time in either am/pm or 24-hour format. To change
the format, highlight
Time Format
and press
Enter
until the desired format (AM/PM or 24
hour) appears.
To set the time
1. Highlight
Set Time
and press
Enter
.
2. To set the hour, press
Set Hour
, type in the hour and press
Enter
.
3. To set the minutes, press
Set Minute
, type in the minute and press
Enter
.
4. To select between AM and PM (if in AM/PM time format), press
Set AM/PM
until the
appropriate setting appears.
Standby Mode
To prolong lamp life, your spectrophotometer has been pre-set at the factory to automatically
go into standby mode after 15 minutes of inactivity.
Since the tungsten lamp of the Orion AquaMate Vis spectrophotometer requires a 30-minute
warm-up, the spectrophotometer has been pre-set at the factory to Standby Mode OFF.
To change Standby Mode time
1. Highlight
Standby
and press
Enter
.
Note
Your changes are saved automatically (even during power down) by battery
backup.