Planmeca Compact I - Fibre Optic Light Intensity; Polymerization Light Exposure Time

Chapter B - CONTROL PANEL FUNCTIONS
B-6 Planmeca Compact i
PROGRAMMING MODE FUNCTION DETAILS
Technical Manual
4.4 Fibre optic light intensity
Since the adjustment is individual for each instrument, you must indicate which instrument to
program by picking it out from the holder. Obviously this mode is valid only for instruments
that can be equipped with a fibre light.
a) Press the program key.
b) Press the reverse rotation key. The text ‘L. nn’ or ‘L. oFF’ will appear on the display.
c) Change the light intensity with the help of the foot control pedal. Bringing the pedal to the right
will increase the light, taking it to the left side will decrease the light. Please note that the
instrument will not run during this programming operation. The light can be programmed to be
always off: after reaching the minimum value the light is switched off, indicated by ‘L.oFF’ on
the display.
d) Press the program key to exit and store the new light intensity into the memory.
4.5 Polymerization light exposure time
Since the adjustment is individual for each curing light, you must indicate which instrument to
program by picking it out from the holder.
a) Press the program key.
b) Press the instrument spray key. The text ‘t. nn’ will appear on the display, nn indicates the
current exposure time in seconds.
c) Change the exposure time with the help of the foot control pedal. Bringing the pedal to the
right will increase the time, taking it to the left side will decrease the time. The interval is 5
seconds. Please note that the curing light does not start during the programming.
d) Press the program key to exit and store the new setting.
NOTE The recommended exposure times (factory settings) for various lights are as
follows, and should not be set shorter than indicated to guarantee a good cur-
ing effect;
Demetron 30 seconds
Lysta 40 seconds.
L. 90
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t. 30
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