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Getting Started
Figure 1.3 Setting the Spin Safety Threshold
2. Remove the sample, or activate the sample lift, and annotate the “empty” spin volt-
age.
3. Insert, or lower the sample, and switch on the spin (either from the BSMS panel or 
from the Web server).
4. Repeatedly read the spin voltage and annotate the two values that can be read 
while the sample is spinning.
5. Set the “sample down threshold voltage” to about halfway between the lower of the 
two “black/white” spin voltages, and the “empty” spin voltage.
Everything is set correctly when the spin does not cut off during normal operation, but 
cuts off immediately when the lift is activated.
Note: The “Spin DC Voltage Counter” sets the number of times the value has to be 
below the threshold, before the safety shut off is activated. It should be set to 10 to avoid 
the spin cutting off with just a single bad reading.