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OsmoTECH XT Single-Sample Micro-Osmometer User Guide
Contents
Contacting Advanced Instruments ............................ 5
Supplies, standards and controls
............................... 6
Quality control
................................................................ 7
Safe use
............................................................................ 9
Foreword
.........................................................................12
Chapter 1: Installation and setup...............................16
1.1 Selecting a location for the instrument ................................ 16
1.2 Unpacking the shipment ............................................................ 16
1.3 OsmoTECH XT components ..................................................... 17
1.4 Placing a test kit on the instrument ....................................... 17
1.5 Connecting to a network (optional) ...................................... 18
Setting the installation date (Administrators only) ....... 18
1.6 Configuring the OsmoTECH XT settings ............................. 19
Chapter 2: User interface ...........................................20
2.1 Touchscreen ...................................................................................20
2.2 Common screen elements ........................................................20
2.3 Home screen ................................................................................... 21
Understanding the status icons ........................................... 22
Viewing instrument assistance information .................... 23
2.4 Main menu ....................................................................................... 24
2.5 User interface icons ..................................................................... 25
Chapter 3: Configuring settings ...............................26
3.1 The Settings screen ..................................................................... 26
3.2 Setting the date and time ......................................................... 26
Synchronizing to a network time server .......................... 26
Entering the date and time manually ................................ 27
3.3 Changing the language .............................................................. 27
3.4 Setting up user accounts .......................................................... 27
Adding a user .............................................................................. 28
Editing a user .............................................................................. 28
Deleting/disabling a user ....................................................... 28
Configuring Service account access (Administrators
only)................................................................................................ 29
Connecting to an LDAP server ............................................. 29
3.5 Changing hardware options ..................................................... 30
Changing the audio click tone .............................................30
Changing the screen brightness .......................................... 30
Turning on the barcode scanner ..........................................30
3.6 Changing the probe resistance ................................................ 31
3.7 Establishing control limits .......................................................... 31
Editing a control ........................................................................ 32
Deleting a control ...................................................................... 32
Displaying and exporting control data ............................. 32
Setting up warnings for a control ....................................... 33
3.8 Setting up networking communications ............................. 33
Configuring a LAN connection............................................. 33
Enabling OPC-UA on the instrument .................................34
OPC-UA implementation ........................................................ 34
OPC-UA communication with the instrument ...............34
Requirements .............................................................................. 34
Supported OPC Features ...........................................................34
Enabling the web server ......................................................... 38
Viewing and printing data from the webserver............ 38
Connecting to a LIS .................................................................. 39
Send-results mode ....................................................................40
3.9 Managing instrument data ........................................................40
Configuring data export .........................................................40
Exporting data manually ......................................................... 41
Backing up the database ......................................................... 41
Backing up databases manually .......................................... 42
Viewing backup data with the AI Database Viewer
software ........................................................................................ 43
Configuring data recording (Administrators only) .......43
Importing/restoring database records (Administrators
only)................................................................................................43
Preparing to import from a USB drive...................................44
Preparing to import from a network folder
.........................44
Importing the data
.......................................................................44
Exporting a single result ........................................................45
3.10 Assigning user restrictions .......................................................46
Changing password settings .................................................46
Configuring testing access .................................................... 47
Configuring audits of test results (approvals, reviews,
and comments) .......................................................................... 48
Setting timeouts ........................................................................49
3.11 Updating the instrument (Administrators/authorized
supervisors only) ......................................................................... 49