Industrial Scientific MX6 iBrid Operation Manual page 11

K F
EY EATURES
Infrared (I/R)
Port
Clip/Connector Located on the back of the MX6 for hands-free gas monitoring.
Cradles
Color LCD
Menu-Driven
User Interface
Security
Alarm Events
The LCD backlight flashes as part of all alarm sequences,
except for the battery low condition. The visual alarm is also
used as the confidence indicator which, when enabled, blinks
the LEDs once every 30 seconds.
An optical media interface (per IrDA physical layer
specification) is located on the bottom of the instrument and is
used for infrared (I/R) data transmissions at speeds of 115200
bytes/second.
A wrist strap is also provided to protect against drops during
operation.
Three different cradles are available for use with the MX6 multi-
gas monitor.
 Charger: Charge the internal batteries
 Data link: Download data (e.g., events) to a host computer
 Charger/Data link: Combination of both.
TFT high-resolution, color liquid crystal display.
The user interface is menu-driven and contains the LCD,
Navigation Button, Audio Indicator, Vibrating Alarm, and Visual
Alarm. The menu system consists of two different root menus.
The background color of the LCD identifies the current menu.
 Operation Menu: white background on LCD
 Configuration Menu: yellow background on LCD.
Access to the Configuration Mode can be protected using a
security password. When activated, this password must be
entered in order to access and change the parameters within
the Configuration Menu.
Fifteen alarm events for the instrument are recorded into a
FIFO queue in nonvolatile memory and are time stamped. An
event is recorded any time that the instrument goes into alarm.
Event information (which can be downloaded from the
instrument) includes instrument serial number, sensor type,
sensor serial number, gas type, peak exposure level, alarm
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