User-Adjustable Parameters; Oven; Up/Down Movement (Dips) - Leica Autostainer XL Instructions For Use Manual

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Operating the Instrument
5.5

User-adjustable parameters

The Leica Autostainer XL (ST5010) has multiple parameters that pertain to operation of the instrument
regardless of the selected
11.1 Adjustable parameters)):
• Oven temperature.
• Number of up/down movements (dips) of a specimen slide holder within a station.
• Time for one complete movement up and down (dip).
• Time for the process to remove a specimen slide holder from a station.
• Time for the process to insert a specimen slide holder into a station.
5.6

Oven

The oven temperature can be set between 35 and 65 °C, or the oven can stay turned OFF.
Note
The oven operates during the entire staining process with the respectively specified temperature
setting, even if it is not used.
To set, view or change this setting:
1. Press
[F3]
The current setting appears in the first line of the display.
To alter this setting:
2. Press [F1]
3. Press
[F1]
alter the programmed oven temperature.
4. Press [F4]
The new oven setting will now be displayed.
5. Press
[F4]
5.7

Up/down movement (dips)

The number of times the specimen slide holder moves up and down (dips) after being inserted into a
station can be set
Note
If continuous movement was selected, then only one specimen slide holder from the instrument can
be processed at a time.
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program. These parameters
SetUp in the
Main Menu.
Oven.
to turn the oven ON, or press
to return to the SetUp screen.
to return to the
Main Menu.
to OFF, in the range 1 - 20 or continuous.
can be set by the user (refer also to
to turn the oven OFF, or use the
[F2]
(→ p. 45 –
and keys to
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