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MB2
The MB2 provides a rich set of features to provide a flexible sampling solution with increased battery
life and sampling capacity.
To switch on, press ON/OFF once. The LCD display will show the product name followed by the first
menu option of "Take Sample?" Press ON/OFF again to switch off the MB2. The MB2 does not have
an auto power off facility. The MB2 has a simple menu structure to reach all functions. The options
are accessed by pressing the
screen,
START
is pressed to select it.
The main menu options are:
"Take
Sample?"
This function performs the sample taking of a given volume of air.
"Delayed
Start?"
This function adds a user definable time delay before starting a sample. This gives
the ability to leave the MB2 in a sealed environment to start once the operator has left
the room.
"User
Presets?"
The user can define six commonly used volumes of their own to save time in setting up
to take a sample.
"Unit
Status?"
This gives information about the MB2 regarding battery, samples taken and version
information.
To take a sample, insert a dish as explained earlier, select a volume of air to sample using "Take
Sample" and proceed to sample the air as described in the following section.
Note: DO NOT switch off the MB2 when sampling is in progress!
Take Sample
Before setting up to take a sample, remember to have a prepared dish ready in the sampling head.
When
Take
Sample is shown on the display, the user has the option to use one of six preset volumes
or manually set a volume. The MB2 remembers the last used manual volume. To toggle between
preset or manual mode, use
If in Preset Volume mode, use
volume, simply press
START
illuminate at the top of the sampler.
If in Manual Volume mode, use
between 25 and 10,000 litres of air in increments of 25 litres. Pressing
volume to 100 litres. When ready to take the sample, press START.
To exit from either manual or preset volume modes before having started a sample, press MENU. At
any stage to cancel sampling, press and hold MENU.
During sampling, the display will show the volume of air taken so far and how long to go, in seconds,
before sampling is complete.
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MENU
button and when the menu item required is displayed on the
+
and
-
buttons then press
+
and
-
to select one of the presets. When ready to use that set
again. Sampling will now start and the fan will run and a red LED will
+
and - to set the required volume of air to be sampled. This may be
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START
to select the mode.
+
and
-
together will set the
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