User`s guide

Rockhopper 38 – User’s Guide
Page 106 AP-75038, Rev. 1.0. – 27/05/04
5.5. CONTROLLING THE HEATERS
5.5.1 Mode selection menu
This mode gives you the opportunity to control the heaters.
Pushing the two left sided keys to enter the “Mode Selection Menu”
Following message will be displayed.
Following modes are available:
OFF
When the system is not printing, the heaters will be OFF! During this time the lower display line shows:
“Heater Standby”.
As soon as the system starts printing, the heaters will start heating towards the set temperature as long as
the printing continues. During this time, the lower display line shows: “Heater Active”
When printing stops, the heaters will continue to heat up to 7 minutes, after that time period they will switch
off. This time period is called the “Postheat Time”
During this time, the lower display line shows the remaining time: “Postheat: 7m59s”
15 min
After selecting this mode, the heaters will start heating towards the set temperature an remain at that
temperature for as long as 15 minutes. This time period is called “Preheat time”.
During this time the lower display line shows the remaining time: “Postheat: 14m59s”
As soon as the system starts printing the heaters will remain at that temperature as the printing continues:
“Heater Active”
When the printing stops, the heaters will continue to heat up to 15 minutes, after that time period, they will
switch off. This time period is called the ‘Postheat Time”.
During this time, the lower display line shows the remaining time: “Postheat: 14m59s”