Setting Up Procedure; Initial Setting Up For Use; General; Initialisation - Thermo Scientific SAM12 Manual

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Chapter 9

General

Initialisation

Setting Passwords

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Setting Up Procedure

Initial Setting Up for Use

After the initial installation and before switching on the SAM,
read Operating Instructions (page
properly closed. Connect the mains lead to the SAM12 and
turn the keyswitch clockwise until the unit switches on (a click
is heard after about 1-2 seconds) and then release it (see
Keyswitch operation (page
The SAM12 will power up and load up the Windows XP
operating system, followed by the SAM12 application. During
this time, the Thermo Scientific banner will be displayed (see
below).
Once the application has loaded, the application will initialise
(see Start Up Checks (page
automatically pass into the User Mode. In this mode, the user
will not have access to any operational parameters. In order to
set up the instrument the user requires a security dongle, which
should be placed in the USB port of the SAM12. When this
dongle is in place, the touch screen is activated, and the user
will have access to the
There are three user levels:(Technician, Health Physicist and
Thermo Fisher). The lowest level is Technician and allows the
user to view some parameters and undertake calibration checks.
The Health Physicist level gives access to all parameters that
are used for calibration and setup of the instrument. The top
level Thermo Fisher is reserved for the expert user since it
gives access to specialised calibrations settings that
fundamentally affect the performance of the instrument, and
should only be set at the Thermo Fisher factory or by a Service
5-1). Ensure the door(s) are
7-4)).
5-46)). The system will
Administrator Mode (page
Setting Up Procedure
5-1).
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