Brookfield DV3T - II. GETTING STARTED; II.1 Power Up; II.2 AutoZero

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II. GETTING STARTED
II.1 Power Up
TheDV3TwillgothroughaPowerUpsequencewhenthepoweristurnedon.TheRheometer
willissueabeep,presentabluescreen,andnallyshowtheDV3TAboutscreenfor5seconds.
TheAboutscreenisshownbelowandincludesseveralcriticalparametersabouttherheometer
including;rheometertorque(LV,RV,HA,HB,orother),rmwareversionnumber,modelnumber
(DV3TLVforexample)andtheserialnumber.
Figure II-1
TheAboutscreencanalsobeaccessedthroughtheSettingsMenu (seeSectionV.1).
TheDV3TRheometerwillautomaticallytransitionfromtheAboutscreentotheAutoZeroscreen.
TIP:WhencontactingBrookeldoryourauthorizedBrookelddealerfortechnicalsupportor
repairservices,pleaserecordtheinformationontheAboutscreenandincludethisdetail
inyouremail.
II.2 AutoZero
TheDV3TRheometermustperformanAutoZeropriortomakingviscositymeasurements.This
processsetsthezeroreadingforthemeasurementsystem.TheAutoZerowillbeperformedevery
timetheinstrumentisturnedon.Additionally,youmayperformanAutoZeroatanytimethrough
theSettingsMenu
(seeSectionV.1).
TheAutoZeroscreenwillbepresentedautomatically,aftertheAboutscreen,duringapowerup.