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cobas p 512 Part F - Appendix
Operator's Manual – Version 1.6 - 10/2015 6-19
Term
Explanation
Standby
System status: system operations have been halted; user intervention
in the sorting area is possible.
Button on the screen which causes the system to switch to Standby
status.
Startup file
File (program) that is executed during the startup of the computer.
Stepper motor control board
Electronic PCB for stepper motor control.
Submenu
A series of programs or commands under a main menu point.
System fluid
Fluid required for pipetting and rinsing the fluid system;
typically distilled or demineralized water.
Test allocation
Naming conventions for test abbreviations, between the system and
the lab host.
Throughput
Average number of primary samples processed per hour.
Tilt protection
Prevents the racks from tilting when being moved from the input
station to the rack transport.
Tip
A tapered plastic cone that fits on the end of a pipetting unit. Tips are
disposable and single-use only.
Total pipetting unit
Total volume of the disposable tip consisting of the application vol-
ume and dead volume.
Trace processing
Processing of logs.
Transfer position (input
position, feed-in)
Position at which the Hitachi five-slot racks are moved from the input
module onto the conveyor.
Transfer position (output
position)
Position at which the Hitachi five-slot racks are moved from the
conveyor into the output module.
Tray carrier
The attachment on the sorting area on which the rack trays stand.
Tube-recognition unit
Optical unit that recognizes if a tube is positioned in the rack.
Tubing system
System to transfer the system fluid within the aliquoter system.
Twin tube transport
The twin tube conveyor transports the newly produced twin tubes.
Upload
Transfer of data to another system.
User
Person who uses and operates the aliquoter system.
User interface
Equipment required to control the operations of the system.
User surface
Design of the application programs and computer communication on
the monitor.
Waste position
Physical position of the stepper motor, when the pipetting unit is
positioned in the waste tube for rinsing.
Waste tube
Part into which disposable tips are dropped by the pipetting unit.
Work cycle
Name of a work process which will be started by the user (see ‚Work
step‘ too).
Work program
Software program for executing specific tasks and process steps.
Work step
After switching on the aliquoter system, the work step [Work Cycle]
is displayed which depends on the status of the system that prevailed
before the system was switched off.