Main Menu & Joystick; Homing; Test Position 1 - Ametek BROOKFIELD HPQA Series Operation Instructions Manual

2.3 Main Menu & Joystick
The Main Menu of the Touch screen and Joystick are the primary control methods for the Helipath Quick Action
stand.

2.3.1 Homing

2.3.2 Test Position 1

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• The Home position is located at the very top of the stand and defines the zero position of
the travel of the instrument
• After the initial Homing of the instrument, a quick press of the Home button will cause the
head to move automatically back to the Home position
• Pressing and holding the Home button for 3 seconds will force the instrument to re-home
• The button will turn from dark blue to green whenever the HPQA head is at the
Home position
• Test Position 1 (Also referred to as P1) defines the top position of an oscillating
Helipath test. A Helipath test will travel between this programmed position down
to the mechanical stop location (section 2.3.8) and back
• A quick press of the Test Position 1 button will cause the head to move
automatically back to the programmed position
• Pressing and holding the Test Position 1 button for 3 seconds will force the
instrument to program the current location of the head as Test Position 1
• The button will turn from blue to green whenever the HPQA head is at the Test
Position 1 location
• Pressing the Play Button (section 2.3.4) automatically programs the current
position as Test Position 1. This is the quickest way to define the Top Position of
a Helipath test
H E L I PAT H Q U I C K A C T I O N L A B O R AT O R Y S TA N D - O P E R AT I O N A L M A N U A L
Touch Screen
Figure 2.3
Joystick
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