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Page 1: Appendix
Palintest ® SKW 400 Professional Soil Management Kit Operation Manual Palintest ® ZI INST SKW 400 EN... -
Page 2: Appendix
Our products are used in a wide variety of applications to protect the environment and safeguard public health. The Palintest Soil Kit range benefits from 30 years of experience in developing simplified soil testing methods for field and laboratory soil nutrient analysis. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
5.2 Taking Readings Troubleshooting the SKW 400 5.3 Set Up (General) Professional Soil Management Kit 5.4 Calibration 5.5 Sensor Replacement Appendix 3 5.6 Battery Replacement Technical Specifications Appendix 4 Spares and Consumables Appendix 5 Palintest Aqua Pal and the Palintest Portal V1-05/15... -
Page 4: Kit Layout
Kit Layout SKW 400 Professional Soil Management Kit - Layer 1 Fig 1. SKW 400 Professional Soil Management Kit opened to show contents. Coloured circles indicate the chapter colour in which their use is explained. - Page 5 Kit Layout Function Equipment Parameter Testing Using Soiltest 10 Bluetooth Soiltest 10 Bluetooth Cuvettes Cuvette Rack pH, Conductivity and Multiparameter Pocket Sensor Salinity Measurement Conductivity Standard (inside Dilution Tube) Sample Collection and Soil Sample Bags Preparation Accessories Dilution Tube/Sample Container 1ml/2ml Syringes (inside Dilution Tube) Crush/Stir Rods, Cuvette Brush (inside Dilution Tube) 20ml Syringe...
- Page 6 Kit Layout SKW 400 Professional Soil Management Kit - Layer 2 Underneath De-ion Pack Fig 2. SKW 400 Professional Soil Management Kit opened to show contents. Coloured circles indicate the chapter colour in which their use is explained.
- Page 7 Kit Layout Function Equipment Parameter Testing Using Light Cap Soiltest 10 Bluetooth Check Standards Waterproof USB Cable pH, Conductivity and pH Calibration Buffers Salinity Measurement Sample Collection and De-ion Pack Preparation Accessories Filter Papers 2ml Soil Scoop 10ml Soil Scoop 2.5ml Extract Scoop Soil Test Reagents Extract K...
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Page 8: Introduction
Energy) connection allows seamless data exchange Based on simplified and rapid soil test methods, the using the Palintest Aqua Pal app, available for iOS SKW 400 uses a number of analytical techniques and Android devices. See Appendix 5 for more details. -
Page 9: Taking A Soil Sample
Taking a Soil Sample 3.0 Taking a Soil Sample The first critical step in any analysis is taking a • When sampling large areas of agricultural land representative sample, especially when testing soil. take cores along the shape of an imaginary ‘W’ The effective management of soil fertility is subject covering the area being sampled. -
Page 10: Soiltest 10 Bluetooth
Soiltest 10 Bluetooth 4.0 Soiltest 10 Bluetooth - Setup and Operation 4.1 Soiltest 10 Bluetooth Layout USB Port Light Cap Adaptive Cuvette Holder (do not insert finger!) On/Off LCD screen with backlight Numerical keys for Navigation direct test access Keys and text entry 4.2 Soiltest 10 Interface 2 Dialogue screen - prompts and choices will be... -
Page 11: Starting Up The Instrument
See Section 4.6 for further information. Check Standard Mode Validate performance of your Soiltest 10 Bluetooth using Palintest Check Standards. See Section 4.8 for more information. The default start-up screen on power up is the ‘Choose a Test’ screen. -
Page 12: System Mode
Soiltest 10 Bluetooth 4.6 System Mode Clear - the entire log can be deleted from the Soiltest 10 Bluetooth if the instrument is not Personalise your Soiltest 10 Bluetooth and access locked (see System Lock). Selecting Clear the data log via the System Mode. produces the following screen: Scroll up or down using the appropriate keys Choose Yes to delete all data, No to return to... - Page 13 Soiltest 10 Bluetooth After entering a character, the cursor automatically Sample ID moves to the next position if no key is pressed. The Soiltest 10 Bluetooth offers the option to create Alternatively press the right key. up to 24 unique alphanumeric Sample IDs. Sample Up to 10 characters can be added for Operator IDs, IDs are added to the result data automatically but including spaces.
- Page 14 Energy or Bluetooth SMART) for wireless but the Soiltest 10 Bluetooth is not communication with external devices. connected to an external device The Palintest Aqua Pal app provides seamless data exchange with the Soiltest 10 Bluetooth, Bluetooth Communication Off provides data trend analysis and user-defined Selecting this option disables the Bluetooth action limits for key parameters.
- Page 15 Soiltest via the www.palintest.com\know portal. 10 Bluetooth and the Palintest Aqua Pal app. Downloading the result log is carried out by Creating and/or editing Bluetooth Device ID is dragging the LOG.txt to the local desktop and...
- Page 16 Access is limited User Defined Tests are stored in Phot Numbers to viewing the result log, adjusting the backlight, 900 - 929 to avoid confusion with standard contrast and Bluetooth settings. Palintest soil calibrations.
- Page 17 Delete remove the test from the instrument For more information regarding creation and upload of User Defined Tests please visit palintest.com\know Accessing User Defined Tests is carried out by Press OK when the correct date is set. scrolling through the list of tests or entering The Date Format can be set to DD/MM/YYYY or the required Phot Number.
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Page 18: Analysing Samples
Soiltest 10 Bluetooth. The stored calibration tables convert %T or A to results in a variety of units (mg/l, ppm etc.). Calibration tables are defined by Palintest based on the measurement of reference standards using Palintest reagents. To achieve the best quality... - Page 19 Soiltest 10 Bluetooth When the required test is selected the Soiltest 10 When accessing the test method the Soiltest 10 Bluetooth automatically selects the correct wavelength Bluetooth will request the user to Insert Blank. and sets additional method parameters as required. Test method protocols are defined in detail in Section 6, including the reagents and accessories that may be required.
- Page 20 Soiltest 10 Bluetooth Ensure the blank cuvette is being used, not the At the Insert sample prompt, insert the sample sample plus reagent cuvette. Sample colour can cuvette ensuring it is clean and dry and oriented be reduced by dilution with clean water; the correctly using the location mark.
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Page 21: Calibration/Validation
Your Soiltest 10 Bluetooth is delivered with a calibration certificate validating the performance Stop cancel the countdown timer of the instrument as it leaves Palintest. Exit exits the countdown screen and returns to the Insert sample We recommend annual service and calibration screen. - Page 22 If the Check Standard Mode reports a failure, to match the certificate see Appendix 2 Troubleshooting for guidance Check Standard insert the Check Standards or contact your local Palintest supplier. Measurement in the defined order to generate a validation report Enter Check Standard Values Each standard has two values assigned, for two individual wavelengths.
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Page 23: Multiparameter Pocket Sensor
Multiparameter Pocket Sensor 5.0 Multiparameter Pocket Sensor 5.1 Initial Use 5.3 Set Up (General) Specific settings within the Multiparameter Pocket The PT 162 Multiparameter Pocket Sensor is Sensor are accessed by entering the Set Up mode: delivered factory calibrated and can be used 5 Switch the sensor off. -
Page 24: Calibration
Calibration is best performed in a controlled environment such as an office or laboratory prior measurement mode or rinse the probe end to taking the SKW 400 into the field as care is with Deionised water and repeat with required to generate best results. -
Page 25: Sensor Replacement
Multiparameter Pocket Sensor 5.4.3 Conductivity Calibration 5.5 Sensor Replacement Items required: Conductivity calibration standard(s) The Multiparameter Pocket Sensor contains a replaceable sensor should the tip become Deionised water damaged or simply degrade over a period of time. 5.4.3.1 Automatic Calibration To remove the sensor part unscrew the lower collar of the Pocket Sensor and pull the existing NOTE: Use Conductivity Standards with values... -
Page 26: Soil Test Methods
Visual Specific sample preparation steps are required for each parameter, discussed further in the following section. The SKW 400 Professional Soil Management Kit features a fold-down worksurface for carrying out soil test methods conveniently regardless of environment. 6.2 Soil Extraction All soil test methods require an extraction step to ‘transfer’... -
Page 27: Soil Volume
6.3 Soil Volume/Sampling tips, or there may be no visual symptoms at all. Two soil scoops are provided in the SKW 400 Equipment Required: Professional Soil Management Kit: PT 162 Multiparameter Pocket Sensor... -
Page 28: Soil Lime Requirement (Including Liming Tables For Mineral Organic And Peaty Soils)
6.7 Soil Lime Requirement Liming Materials The Lime Requirement of a soil is the quantity of The result of the Palintest Lime Requirement test liming material required to raise the soil pH to a is given in terms of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO value defined by soil type and crop requirements. -
Page 29: Soil Conductivity
Soil Test Methods 6.8 Soil Conductivity The Palintest Soil Nitrogen test provides a combined value for soil nitrate and soil nitrite in a single test. Soil conductivity provides a simple electrochemical The nitrate and nitrite are extracted from the soil... -
Page 30: Soil Phosphorus
- do not cap the cuvette to algal blooms and pollution of local water sources. to prevent pressure build-up. The Palintest Soil Phosphorus method uses 0.5M 9 Select Phot 008 Phosphate-P or key ‘8’ and Sodium Bicarbonate solution (Extract P) to extract blank the Soiltest 10 photometer. -
Page 31: Soil Potassium
10 The soil potassium result is displayed as mg/l K. The Palintest Soil Potassium test uses 0.1M Magnesium Acetate (Extract K) to extract NOTE: potassium from soil; the extracted potassium is •... -
Page 32: Soil Calcium
PT 361 1ml syringe other cations. ST-2136 Extract A Tablets The Palintest Soil Calcium test uses 1M Potassium ST-2440 Magnecol S Tablets Chloride to extract soil calcium which is then determined using the Palintest tablet count visual Test Procedure titration method. - Page 33 Soil Test Methods 7 Add one Calcium S tablet and shake until the tablet dissolves/disintegrates. 8 Continue to add Calcium S tablets one at a time, keeping a note of how many are added, until the colour of solution changes from pink to violet. 9 Note the number of Calcium S tablets and calculate the result as follows: Calcium (mg/l Ca) = (Number of tablets x 250)
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Page 34: Hints And Tips For Soil Testing
Know portal at www.palintest.com/know/ can be used to improve performance. Palintest has focused on simplifying the test methods and equipment used for this technique 6 Ensure the photometer cuvette is clean, has... -
Page 35: Appendix 2
Ensure your device is Bluetooth SMART ready and Error 7 is caused by too much ambient light you are using the Palintest Aqua Pal app. Previous reaching the detector. Use the light cover versions of Bluetooth (also known as Bluetooth provided with the instrument. - Page 36 Battery/Power Issues The Soiltest 10 Bluetooth communicates seamlessly My batteries are running out too quickly with the Palintest Aqua Pal app. In the event of Use good quality batteries and always replace the any errors the Soiltest 10 Bluetooth will display batteries completely when indicated on the Info Panel.
- Page 37 Access Where do I find the COM port drivers? Screws The latest drivers are available at www.palintest.com COM port drivers are provided for Windows operating systems (Windows Vista, XP and 7). Replace all batteries at the same time. Ensure on replacing the battery cover that...
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Page 38: Technical Specifications
User control for Backlight and Bluetooth to minimise battery consumption Test Methods Tests Available Pre-programmed for Palintest soil reagents. Also operates in Absorbance and Transmittance modes User Defined Tests Up to 30 user calibrations can be entered. Up to 10 points per calibration... - Page 39 Appendix 3 - Technical Specifications Multiparameter Pocket Sensor Parameter Range Resolution (Accuracy) 0.00 - 14.00 0.01 (±0.01) Conductivity 0 - 199.9 µS/cm 0.1 µS/cm (1% FSD) 200 to 1999 µS/cm 1 µS/cm (1% FSD) 2.00 to 20.00 mS/cm 0.01 mS/cm (1% FSD) 0.0 to 99.9 ppm 0.1 ppm (1% FSD) 100 to 999 ppm...
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Page 40: Appendix 4
Appendix 4 - Spares and Consumables Hardware PT 301 Soil Sample Bags (100 pack) PT 302 Soil Scoop, 2ml PT 310 Soil Scoop, 10ml PT 311 2.5ml Extract Scoop PT 361 1ml syringe PT 362 2ml syringe PT 370 20ml syringe, Luer fitting PT 500 De-ion pack PT 501... -
Page 41: Spares And Consumables
Appendix 4 - Spares and Consumables Individual Reagent Packs ST-2106 Extract N Powder ST-2116 Extract P ST-2127 Extract K Powder ST-2136 Extract A ST-2146 Extract C ST-2210 Lime Buffer ST-2237 Nitratest N Powder ST-2240 Nitricol N ST-2260 Phosphate P ST-2275 Acidifying S ST-2280 Potassium K... -
Page 42: Appendix 5
Appendix 5 - Palintest Aqua Pal App and the Palintest Portal What is the Aqua Pal App? Connecting to the Aqua Pal App Generating reliable and accurate test data is only Enable Bluetooth on the Soiltest 10 Bluetooth. part of the process of managing soil nutrients The icon will appear on the Info Panel showing and environmental impact. - Page 43 Appendix 5 - Palintest Aqua Pal App and the Palintest Portal Connecting with the Palintest Portal Also included with the Aqua Pal app is the secure Palintest Portal found at https://palintestportal.com Data stored in the Aqua Pal app can be uploaded to the Palintest Portal when an internet connection is available.
- Page 44 22 Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100020, PRC Tel: +86 10 6588 6200 Fax: +86 10 6588 8311 china@palintest.com Palintest Middle East P.O. Box 27709, Engomi, 2432, Nicosia, Cyprus Tel: +357 22666080 Fax: +357 22660355 sales@palintest.me ZI INST SKW 400 EN...
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