Rev. 1.2 (12.2021) MINI-CUBE | SERVICE MANUAL 35
Minimum bottom level position acceptable
Maximum bottom level position acceptable
Minimum bottom level position for pediatrics samples
Maximum bottom level position for pediatrics samples
Setting the point (number of steps) where to start the
backwards research of the bottom level with the MAP
tubes
Sample High Threshold: this is a light level in digits of the
A/D converter. If in the top half of the tube the light level
never goes over this limit, it is assumed that the blood level
is too high inside the tube. Therefore, the blood level cannot
be determined, being over the upmost position reachable
by the reading sensor.
A SAMPLE HIGH error is issued for this sample.
Notice that this condition could happen also if the number
of labels attached to the sample is too high, avoiding the
light to pass through
.
The method M1 to identify the point (steps n°) in which the
blood level begins (or sedimentation), uses the "filtered"
graph.
When the light value is less than M1.PERC_FILTER, the
percentage used to draw the filtered graph it is set equal
to this value.
Parameters used by the method M1 to find the points in
the filtered graph (blood level in the 1
st
reading or
sedimentation level in the 2
nd
reading).
Parameter used by M1 in the filtered graph to find the blood
level.
The graph of the readings is analyzed from left to right. And
it stops at the first point corresponding to the filtered light
value. Then it goes back 12 steps, checking for a progressive
increase in the light value, and the intermediate point (sixth)
is taken.
Sample Low Threshold: if in the first reading, the difference
between the measured blood level and the tube bottom
level is less than this value, the sample is marked as SAMPLE
LOW.
This value is the difference: Bottom level - Blood level
(BOT.L. – BLD.L.).
Default setting for the narrow moving average of the
control method (see paragraph 3.1.5 Reading Viewer - Page
4/4)
Default setting for the wide moving average of the control
method (see paragraph 3.1.5 Reading Viewer - Page 4/4)
Maximum difference admitted between the points found
by M1 and those found by the control method (level of blood
in the 1
st
reading and level of sedimentation in the 2
nd
reading). If the difference is above this limit, the sample is
marked with ERR (-14)
Corrects the ESR VALUE by increasing it by this percentage
Multiplication factor to adjust the ESR result for normal
tubes