Operator`s manual

Operating the 100 4
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The basket stops dipping and lifts from the beaker immediately.
Multi-basket Operation
There are two benefits of multi-basket mode:
• You can program any combination of baskets to start and stop at
exactly the same time. This feature allows the 100 to function as a
conventional two- or three-basket apparatus.
• You can program the 100 to drop the baskets at staggered times
and to remove them at the same time. This feature is useful when
running different products with different test lengths
simultaneously without returning to the apparatus at different
times to view the end of each test.
For example, you can position baskets 1 and 3 to start and finish
their dip cycles at exactly the same time while Position 2 remains
idle, or baskets 1 and 2 start and finish while Position 3 remains
idle. Alternatively, you can have basket 3 start automatically 5
minutes after basket 1, with a test time 5 minutes less than that for
basket 1. This causes both baskets to finish at the same time while
Position 2 remains idle.
The screen under Position 3 acts as the display screen for programming
the 100. Create a programming sequence as follows:
1 Press SET PROG. In the display, the numeral 1 flashes, alternating
with the previously programmed test length for that position in
hhmmss format. For example, you may see the following alternating
displays:
NOTE
Press STOP to immediately stop all baskets.
1 003000
POSITION 3 POSITION 3