Instructions For Use; Start-Up - Terragene Bionova IC10/20FRLCD Manual Del Usuario

Instructions for use

Start-up

All equipment is manufactured with the fo-
llowing settings:
- Time zone: UTC +0:00
- Printing language: English
If you wish to change language or time zone, go
to Settings located into Website of the equipment.
1-Place the auto-reader on a firm surface, free from vi-
brations, away from sunlight, currents of hot or cold air,
chemicals and corrosive or flammable substances. Do
not place the equipment in a way that disconnection
of the plug from the power supply could be difficult.
Leave a gap of at least 10 cm from the wall. Do not
move the auto-reader periodically or during its use.
Connect the auto-reader to a secure and stable elec-
trical power source.
Do not wet or heat the auto-reader. If liquid is
spilled on the auto-reader, disconnect it and dry
it immediately. Before turning on, verify that all
reading positions are empty.
2-Turn on the machine by connecting the end of the
AC power supply to the mains and then connect the
other end of the source (plug) on the rear of de IC10/
20FRLCD unit. The printer's paper light will turn on, if
this light becomes intermittent, this means that ther-
mal paper must be loaded or that the printer cover is
not tightly closed. Otherwise, the light remains statio-
nary.
3-Enter Website of the equipment and set language,
time zone and clock (see Settings located into Website
of the equipment section).
4- Select incubation program and desired temperature
for each readout position.
Bionova® IC10/20FRLCD allows the selection of
different incubation programs for each one of
the readout positions.
It also allows to configure the same program
for the 12 positions simultaneously. To do this,
press the icon
ce to when simultaneous configuration is
possible. For this, no position must have a rea-
dout in progress.
The device will start by taking the last incubation pro-
gram and temperature settings used. To change the
incubation temperature, press icon
to select 37 ºC or 60 ºC as appropriate. A screen will be
displayed informing that temperature has changed.
The incubation temperature can be modified
only when there is no reading program in pro-
gress.
To select an incubation program for each of the po-
sitions you must press the icon of the corresponding
position, ex. . A screen will be displayed informing
the current program of that position:
. It will change its appearan-
for 3 seconds
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To change it, press the icon
yed with the incubation program options:
Select the desired option. This configuration will be
stored for that temperature until the user resets it.
A change of incubation program can be made
only in the empty positions.
The auto-reader will keep the selected tempera-
ture (37 ºC or 60 ºC) during the reading process.
The system does not allow to modify the tem-
perature once the reading process has begun,
unless the reading is finished.
Since there is only one incubation program for
37 °C temperature, it will be automatically se-
lected for all positions when this temperature is
selected. Once selected the temperature of 60
°C again, the auto-reader will remember the last
incubation program used in each position for
that temperature.
5-Once the selected temperature has been reached
and remains stable, after turning on the equipment, a
one-time automatic check of the Biological Indicators
and Protein Pen incubation positions will be carried
out. Indicating lights of each position will turn on brin-
ging the result, a green light will show a satisfactory
result while a red light will indicate error.
When the equipment detects an error in any position,
a ticket indicating the day, time and position involved
will be printed. These positions will be deactivated,
thus preventing their use.
For a correct automatic check, the protective co-
ver of the auto-reader should be in its place and
all the positions empty.
Read BIs instructions for use. Before placing the vials in
the auto-reader, press the top to seal the tube. Crush
the ampoule (using the ampoule crusher within the
box of BIs or the one located within the incubation area
of the auto-reader) and make sure that the liquid has
completely wet the spore carrier placed at the bottom
of the biological indicator plastic tube.
. A screen will be displa-