Qc Smart Card Messages; Select Operator; Select Commercial Control Level - HORIBA ABX Micros 60 User Manual

The ABX Micros 60
date of the current card.
It is mandatory to verify that the Quality Control Smart card being used matches the
instrument type (ABX Micros 60) the Lot #, and expiration date of the Quality
Control material being used for this program!

1.2.1. QC Smart card messages

«NO SMART CARD... INSERT NEW CARD»: means that card has not been inserted, or incorrectly, or
there is technical failure with the reader.
«NEW QC» means that this card is being used for the very first time.
«XX QC RUN» When the card already has Q.C. data on it, the display will show the next sample run
for Quality control, i.e. 18 QC RUN inplace of new QC. This number indicates the next Q.C. run after
the stored runs.
For example: 1 complete QC RUN contains all 3 levels of controls, Low, Normal, and High analyzed 1
time each.
«QC DIFF» means that there is a difference between the QC index in the
the QC index on the QC Smart card. This usually occurs when there is confusion between 2 QC Smart
cards. If the operator presses the «Enter» key, the analyzer accepts the differences and automatically
equals the indexes. If the operator presses the «Esc» key, the analyzer requests a new card, reads
the new card information, and displays it.
«SMART CARD FULL» means that the QC Smart Card has reached its limit on stored QC data and
cannot store anymore on that specific card. A Maximum of 33 QC runs can be stored on QC Smart
Card. 1 complete QC RUN contains all 3 levels of controls, Low, Normal, and High, analyzed 1 time
each. When the card is full, you must insert a New Card and press the «Enter» key to accept the new
card information.

1.2.2. Select Operator

Once you have accepted the QC Smart card information, the display will prompt you to select an
Operator (OP):
Selecting operator
«Up» & «Down» arrow key to select one of 4 operators.
Press «Enter» key: The chosen operator is shown by a star (*).

1.2.3. Select commercial control level

Select level of commercial control you would like to analyze first. The display is as indicated:
Selecting Level
«Up» & «Down» arrow key to select one of 3 levels (Low, Normal or High).
Press «Enter» key to accept this level.
A message «LOADING LEVEL PLEASE WAIT» will be displayed. The information on the QC Smart card
is read at this time.
After the information is read off of the card,
level of commercial control selected as indicated on the display.
will automatically read the card and display the Lot # and Expiration
ABX Micros
ABX Micros
Quality Assurance
Quality Control
ABX Micros 60
60
will ask if you want to run the
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