Leica CM3050 S instruction manual Status display, Stop

5. Operation

5.3.5 Status display

Each individual parameter is displayed in a certain area of the display screen.

Upper line:

In the menu (see chapter 5.3.4): indication of selected menu item.

Standard indication: Chamber temperature (instruments with specimen cooling: chamber and specimen temperature)

Standard indication upper line:

Instruments with chamber and specimen cooling

C

T

-

3

0

°

C

O

T

-

3

5

°

C

￿

￿

H

O

M

E

￿￿

Instruments with chamber cooling only

C

T

-

3

0

°

C

￿

￿

H

O

M

E

￿

-

Upper line
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	1 0	1 1	1 2	1 3	1 4	1 5	1 6
Lower line	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	1 0	1 1	1 2	1 3	1 4	1 5	1 6

Digits 1 and 2

indicate sectioning stroke position:

•	Sectioning stroke
	(outside sectioning window)

•￿: Retraction stroke

•[ ]: Sectioning stroke (inside sectioning window)

Sectioning stroke

Sectioning window [

]

￿￿

Retraction stroke

Digits 3 - 6

indicate coarse feed position:

•	Rear limit position:	HOME
•	Front limit position:	STOP
Indication of ‘malfunction’ or
‘handwheel locked’:
•	Microtome plug loose,
	implausible values etc.:	????
•	Handwheel is locked:	LOCKED

Indication ‘LOCKED’ completely overlays digits 3 through 16,

i.e. while ‘LOCKED’ is displayed, no other parameters will be displayed in digits 3 - 16 of the lower line.

•Further indications: see chapter 6.1 ‘Error messages indicated in the display screen’

Digits 7 - 16

indicate the following parameters:

•Refrigeration status: Digit 15 = cryochamber Digit 16 = specimen Meaning of

-Refrigeration OFF

refrigeration

symbols:	￿	Refrigeration ON
		Defrosting active
	￿

•Section thickness (set value)

•Section counter (actual value)

•Indication of total section thickness (actual value)

•Preset counter

Digits 7 - 16:

Scroll via arrow buttons to display individual parameters

32 Instruction Manual V1.2 - 11/2006