Acea RTCA SP Instrument - Description of the RTCA SP Station

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RTCA SP Instrument Operator’s Manual
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Keypad and indicators:
 Power LED, solid green if power is on.
 Communication LED, blinks if communication between RTCA SP Station and RTCA
Analyzer is active.
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Status LED, indicates system status. Solid green if power is on, blinks green if measurement
is in progress, also blinks green once if self-test is passed. Red indicates a system error,
such as failed self-test, no station or communication error.
 Self-test button, the status LED will  ash green once if test is passed. It is RED if self-
test is failed.
Front
Panel
Power Status Self-testCommuniction
Figure 6: The RTCA Analyzer front panel.
RTCA Analyzer Cat. No. 05228972001
2.2 Description of the RTCA SP Station
 e RTCA SP Station is placed inside the incubator and used to connect E-Plates 96 to the
RTCA Analyzer. Appropriate connection and precision electronic switches in the RTCA
SP Station enable so ware control or selection of individual electrode sensors within an
E-Plate 96 to be measured by the RTCA Analyzer.
 e cradle pocket of the RTCA SP Station contains 120 individual, spring-loaded RTCA
Contact Pins 96, each for connecting to one of the 120 conductive pads on the back of an
E-Plate 96.
Cradle Pocket
Clamp Plate
RTCA Protector
Shield 96
RTCA Contact
Pins 96
Lock Handle
Status LEDs
Figure 7: The RTCA SP Station.
System Description
Description of the RTCA SP Station