Agilent Technologies Velocity11 VSpin User Manual page 72

62 Chapter 4: Performing a Spin
VSpin User Guide
Checking the Home
Position
Checking the Spin
Time
Checking the Status
Lights
To check the home position:
1. Check the
Home position
page.
Diagnostics
You can monitor the duration of a spin with the two time displays in the
Time group box on the Control page.
displays the time that has elapsed since the VSpin started
Total time
spinning.
displays the time that has elapsed since the VSpin
Time at speed
attained its target speed during the spin.
To change the maximum speed, see "Setting the Maximum Velocity" on
page 52.
You can monitor the following states with the status lights on the Control
and Diagnostics pages:
Status light Color
Door open Red
Door closed Green
Door locked Green
Bucket locked Red
Bucket unlocked Green
box in the group box on the
Position
Illuminates when...
The door is open.
The door is closed.
This light is not on the Diagnostics page.
The door is locked.
The bucket position is locked. When the
bucket position is locked, the rotor and
buckets are locked.
This is important so that the plate-handling
robot does not move the bucket when it picks
or places plates.
The bucket position is unlocked.