Printing
•
Printing OFF: The instrument does not prompt
for printing. It is nevertheless possible to print
the result if one chooses Print from the Mea-
sure / Result screen.
•
Printing ON: After lifting the cuvette, the in-
strument asks "Print current result?". Accept
printing by choosing Yes. Cancel printing by
choosing No.
•
Printing ON + Automatic: The instrument
prints every measurement result automati-
cally.
LIS transfer
•
LIS transfer OFF: The instrument does not
send the results to the Laboratory Information
System.
•
LIS transfer ON: After printing, if activated, the
instrument asks: "Send result to LIS?" Accept
sending by choosing Accept. Reject by choos-
ing Reject. On the result card, select Com-
ment to add a comment to the result before
sending the result.
•
LIS transfer ON + Automatic: The instrument
sends the measurement result automatically
to the LIS.
Contact your supplier for more details about LIS
connection.
Saving Measurement flow and Personal
settings to Profiles for further use
The above Personal settings can be saved to
Profiles if desired (see more on Section "Pro-
files"). On the main menu screen choose Profiles.
Then choose Save as profile. Select a new profile
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and supply a name for it, or select a profile you'd
like to modify and supply a name for the profile
(if the existing profile is no longer needed), and
choose OK.
Maintenance settings
The instrument-specific settings can be configured
from the Maintenance menu: Settings → Mea-
surement flow → Maintenance.
Basic settings
Choosing Basic settings starts the instrument op-
erating in accordance with the basic settings made
with the set-up wizard. Changes made through
Basic settings are permanent.
Date and time
The date and time can be adjusted by choosing
Date and Time. To do this, follow the instructions
below:
1.
Choose Edit on the Time row.
2.
Adjust the time with the arrow buttons.
3.
Choose between a 12-hour and 24-hour clock.
4.
Accept the selection with OK.
5.
Choose Edit on the Date row.
6.
Adjust the date with the arrow buttons.
7.
Select the format for the date.
8.
Accept with OK, and confirm by choosing OK
on the next screen.
9.
Choose OK to continue working with the set-
tings.
Error log
The instrument's error log is saved in its memory.
Error records can be scrolled from the log screen
with the up and down arrows on the right. The user
can sort them by choosing Time or Error code as
the sort key.
The error log can be copied to USB storage.
1.
Choose Transfer to USB.
2.
Connect a USB storage device to a USB port.
Wait until the screen shows "Transferring
completed. You can now safely remove USB
storage."
3.
Choose OK and remove the USB device.
4.
Choose Back to return to the Maintenance
menu.
The Delete Error log button deletes all error re-
cords from the memory. Before deletion, confirma-
tion is requested.
1.
Accept with Yes, or cancel with No.
2.
Choose OK when the Error log deleted screen
appears.
3.
Choose Back and then Cancel to return to the
main menu.
Self diagnostics
The instrument performs operation checks to en-
sure its proper functioning. Start its self-diagnos-
tics by selecting OK. Return to Maintenance by
choosing OK.
Software update
QuikRead go software defines the instrument
operations. Software can be updated to the new-
est available version if desired. New software
will be delivered on a USB storage. Update the
instrument by choosing Settings → Measurement
flow → Maintenance → Software update from
the Main menu. Remove the battery pack before