SIGRIST BactoSense Brief Instructions

Brief Instructions
BactoSense Flow Cytometer

Safety pointers

It is absolutely necessary to read the Instruction Manual
before operating. It is particularly important that the sec-
tion "General safety pointers" is read and understood.
 Instruction Manual
The BactoSense and peripheral equipment are designed
to measure the concentration of microbial cells, in particular
bacteria in drinking water.

Switch on the BactoSense

WORKSTEP
1. Press the power button. The LED lights up in blue. Wait
few seconds until the welcome screen appears.
2. The home screen display depends on the last mode that
was used.
Manual mode
The main screen appears with the latest measurement
result.
Auto mode
A graph shows cell counts over time.
3. Press the Login button.
4. Choose your user role and then enter the corresponding
password.

Change language

1. Press the Home button.
Press the Back button as many
times as needed for the Home button
to appear.
2. Press the System settings button, then Language.
3. Choose the language and press the OK button.
4. The following message appears: "In order to change the
language the interface must reload".
Therefore, press the Reload interface button.
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User logout and power off

Performing manual measurement

The manual mode allows to start single measurements (or short
sequences of measurements). It can be used either with the man-
ual or the online sampling device.
Valid from: S/N 910020 / SW V1.2
WORKSTEP
1. Press the Logout button.
2. Choose one of the fol-
lowing options:
1: User logout (locks the
screen or change user)
2: Power off the device
WORKSTEP
1. Press the Home button.
Press the Back button as many
times as needed for the Home button
to appear.
2. Select Manual mode and confirm with OK.
3. Choose one of the listed analysis protocols.
Choose clean sampling device protocol in case
of commissioning or it was out of operation for several
hours.
4. Select the number of replications with the (+) and
(-) buttons.
5. Write the sample name into the text field.
Press on the field to pop up an on-screen keyboard.
6. Press the Next button.
The first page of the wizard will inform you of
any special steps that are required.
7. Press the Start button. The measurement starts.
A single measurement lasts 30 minutes. The state
is indicated on the upper toolbar of the user interface:
Initializing, Mixing, Analyzing, Processing, Cleaning.
8. After each measurement, the graph is updated.
For more details press the View Results button.
9. If no further measurement is planned for the next several
hours, clean the device to avoid internal contamination.
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