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Theoperatormustensurethattherheometerislevel(seeSectionI.4)andremoveanyattached
spindleorcoupling.WhentheNextbuttonispressed,therheometerwilloperateforapproximately
13seconds.AftertheAutoZeroiscompleteandtheoperatorpressestheNextbutton,therheometer
willtransitiontotheCongureViscosityTestscreen.IftheAutoZerowasperformedfromthe
SettingsMenu,thentherheometerwillreturntotheSettingsMenu.
TIP:DonottouchtherheometerduringtheAutoZeroprocesstoensurethebestzerovalue.
II.3 Status Bar
TheDV3TRheometerwilldisplayastatusbaratthetopofthescreenatalltimes.
Thisstatusbarwillindicate:timeofday,date,andconnectionstatusforavarietyofconnection
devices.Thestatusiconsaredenedas:
USBIcon1,2,3: TheDV3TRheometercanstoredataandteststoUSBstorage
device(USBB)suchasaUSBFlashDrive.Therearethree
USBports.Theseportsarerepresentedas1,2and3basedon
theorderofconnection.
PrinterIcon: TheDV3TRheometercancommunicatetoalabelprinterfor
printingtestresults(seeSectionII.8).
ComputerIcon: The DV3T Rheometer can communicate with a computer
throughtheUSBAport.Communicationissupportedwith
BrookeldRheocalcTsoftware.
BathIcon: The DV3T Rheometer can communicate with a Brookeld
Thermosel(HT-106Controller)orTemperatureBath(SDor
APControllers)tocontrolsampletemperature.