Thermo Scientific APEX 100 User Manual page 413

Photo Registration
For optimum performance, the photo
registration should be set to detect the middle
of your product.
1) Follow steps 1–5 of the "Photo Registra-
tion for Product Rejects" section on
page 4.
2) Press the Go button to select "middle" for
photo registration.
Middle Photo Registration
Enabling IXR
To enable the IXR function, do the following.
1) Make sure the Main Menu is displayed.
2) Highlight the system and tools menu.
3) Press the Go button.
4) Highlight the IXR menu.
5) Press the Go button.
6) Highlight the "Enable IXR" function.
7) Press the Go button. A checkmark appears
(as well as other IXR options), indicating
IXR in now enabled.
Enable IXR
8) Press the Back button repeatedly to return
to the Main Menu, which now looks like
this.
Product Name
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Calibrating the IXR Function
During the calibration, you must run the
conveyor at the same speed used in normal
production runs.
There are two parts to the calibration process.
• Learn the X and R noise thresholds.
• Learn the detect levels (for both the X
and R signals).
1) Make sure the Main Menu is displayed.
2) Highlight the frequency and gain menu.
3) Press the Go button and navigate to
page 2 of the menu.
4) Highlight the "Calibrate Noise Thresholds"
function.
Calibrate Noise Thresholds
5) Make sure the conveyor is running at
normal production speed. Press the Go
button, and a monitor screen appears (for
about 20 seconds) while the APEX
measures the X and R noise thresholds.
Auto-Calibrating the IXR
Function
To optimize the auto-calibration procedure
you should do the following.
• Run the conveyor at your normal
production speed.
• Have a gap between packages that is
at least as wide as the width of the
search head.
• Pass about 30–50 uncontaminated
packages through the search head.
1) Make sure the Main Menu is displayed and
that "Product Name" (or the product name
you entered previously) is highlighted.
2) Press the Go button and page 1 of the
"Full Product Calibration" menu appears.
3) Highlight the auto-calibration function and
start passing packages through the search
head. Press the Go button and wait until
the Main Menu reappears.
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