Reasons For Coding; Coding Procedure - Merck RQflex 10 Instruction Manual

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Coding
When?
1 . With a new instrument.
2. With a new batch of Reflectoquant® strips.
3 . When overwriting an existing method.
4 . When loading a new method (test).
How?
1 . Remove the specific bar-code strip from the Reflectoquant® pack.
Certain tests require two bar-code strips.
2 . Switch on the instrument by pressing the ON/OFF button and open the lid.
The display of F:50 indicates that all 50 memory slots are available.
3 . Press the TEST button until the arrow points to the corresponding method
where you wish to store the new code.
4 . Insert the bar-code strip along the bar-code reader in one uninterrupted
movement from left to right (indicated direction) as far as it will go.
Then remove it.
5 . The coding process is successfully finished when the left-hand three digits of
the batch number are displayed. In addition a beeper sounds. The small arrow
in the display indicates the memory place (1– 5) where the test data are stored.
6 . Repeat this procedure until the beeper sounds. Entry is now complete.
7 . Return the bar-code strip to the Reflectoquant® pack. (Keep it safe, but do
not put the bar-code strip into the aluminium tube!)
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Important
Overwriting a method
• A coded (memorized) method is overwritten when a new bar code is scanned in.
• All measurement data stored for a given method is lost when it is overwritten.
• The blinking MEM in the display indicates that measurement data are stored.
If these data are still required they must be recorded separately by pressing
the MEM button (see data handling).
Methods that require two bar-code strips
• After scanning in the first bar-code strip, methods needing two bar-code
strips show the three-digit reference number and the symbol --- in the
display alternately.
• As soon as the second bar code has been scanned in (the sequence is of
no importance) only the batch reference number is shown.
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M E M S TA R T
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