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

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Leica CM3050 S instruction manual Status display, Stop