38 About the instrument
Roche Diagnostics
cobas
®
pulse · Software version 01.03 · User Assistance · Publication version 1.0
Battery
compartment cover
Cover by which the battery is
accessed.
Barcode camera
You use the integrated barcode
camera to do the following:
• Read user and patient IDs
• Read test strip container
barcodes
• Read QC material bottle
barcodes
• Read Linearity material
bottle barcodes
• Configure the instrument
Built-in flashlight
Illuminates the barcode for
scanning.
Instrument
information
Contains the following
information:
• Approval symbols
• Regulatory symbols
• Safety symbols
• Instrument specific symbols
• Technical data
• Barcode linking to additional
information
The information is laser etched
onto the instrument.
u Publication information (2)
u Symbols and abbreviations (9)
RFID reader
The RFID reader is used to read
the following:
• User IDs
• Patient IDs
2 Overview of the system