32 Instruction Manual V1.2 - 11/2006
5. Operation
5.3.5 Status displayEach individual parameter is displayed in a certain area of the display screen.
Digits 1 and 2
indicate sectioning stroke position:
• Sectioning stroke
(outside sectioning window)
•
: Retraction stroke
•[ ]: Sectioning stroke
(inside sectioning window)
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’
Upper line
Lower line
Digits 7 - 16
indicate the following parameters:
• Refrigeration status:
Digit 15 = cryochamber
Digit 16 = specimen
Meaning of
refrigeration
symbols:
• 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
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)
Instruments with chamber cooling only
Standard indication upper line:
Instruments with chamber and specimen cooling
-Refrigeration OFF
Refrigeration ON
Defrosting active
Sectioning
stroke
Sectioning window [
]Retraction stroke