General Operating Information  Overview; General Operating Information; The Keypad; The Display And Menus - LaMotte DC1500 Mode D'emploi

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GENERAL OPERATING INFORMATION

 OVERVIEW
The meter is a portable, microprocessor controlled, direct reading colorimeter. It has
a graphical liquid crystal display and 6 button keypad. These allow the user to select
options from the menu driven software, to directly read test results or to review
stored results of previous tests in the data logger. The menus can be displayed in
seven diff erent languages.
The LaMotte tests are precalibrated for LaMotte reagent systems.The colorimeter
displays the result of these tests directly in units of concentration.
The optics feature a colored LED. The LED has a corresponding silicon photoiode
with an integrated interference fi lter. The interference fi lter selects a narrow band of
light from the corresponding LED for the colorimetric measurements.
A USB wall adapter, USB computer connection or lithium battery powers the
colorimeter.
 GENERAL OPERATING INFORMATION
The operation of the colorimeter is controlled by the menu driven software and user
interface. A menu is a list of choices. This allows a selection of various tasks for the
colorieter to perform, such as scan blank and scan sample. The keypad is used to
make menu selections that are viewed on the display.
 THE KEYPAD
The keypad has 6 buttons which are used to perform specifi c tasks.
This button will scroll up through a list of menu selections.
The button is used to select choices in a menu viewed on the display.
ENTER
This button controls the backlight on the display.
This button will scroll down through a list of menu selections.
This button exits to the previous menu.
EXIT
This button turns the meter on or off .
ENTER
EXIT
 THE DISPLAY AND MENUS
The display allows menu selections to be viewed and selected. These selections
instruct the colorimeter to perform specifi c tasks. The menus are viewed in the
display using two general formats that are followed from one menu to the next.
Each menu is a list of choices or selections.
The display has a header line at the top and a footer line at the bottom. The header
displays the title of the current menu. The footer line displays the time and the date,
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