Menu system
BactoBox® comes with a menu system that lets users access extra features
Get to the menu
Press and hold Stop for 1 second to access the menu. The menu looks like this:
Get out of the menu
Press ← to return to the root menu, then select Home and press OK to go back to the home screen.
Menu screens
In this section we explain the purpose of selected menu screens.
History
View the results of your past measurements.
Programs
Apart from the main programs available from the buttons there are a few other specialized programs on the BactoBox®.
Click the tabs to read more about the available programs.
Pressing the “Conductivity” menu item will initiate a conductivity check program. EC is an abbreviation of electrical conductivity and the unit used by the device is µS/cm. Note that the conductivity measurement does not perform temperature compensation.
See Deep clean.
See QC test
Tailored phase shift and amplitude settings can be exploited for custom measurements of e.g. endospores. Custom programs are created in BactoBox Explorer and subsequently uploaded via Access.
In some cases, additional “contrast” is needed to separate intact cells from other components, e.g. dead cells and/or matrix background. The low conductivity program uses 1-in-20 PBS to improve the phase shift separation of these objects with the expense of losing some signal-to-noise ratio.
System info
Contains information on network, storage, legal and versioning.
Shows the ID of the BactoBox®, and also if the IP is connected to a network (only applicable at SBT service).
Shows how much storage space is left on the device.
The legal info menu item contains all licensing information relevant for the software used in BactoBox®.
Shows which HW, firmware and software version the BactoBox® has.
Time and date
It is possible to manually set time, date, and time zone.
To set the time choose the menu item “Set time”. Press the ∨ ∧ buttons to change the hour digits. Press OK to move to the minute digits. Press OK to submit.
To set the date choose the menu item “Set date”. Press ∨ ∧ buttons to change the year. Press OK to move to the month box and use ∨ ∧ buttons to change the value. Press OK to move to the day and use ∨ ∧ to buttons change the number. Press OK to move to the Submit box and press OK to complete setting the data.
To set the time zone press the “Set time zone” menu item. First use ∨ ∧ buttons to select continent, then press OK. Then select area or city and press OK. Finally, select the Submit box and press OK.
Service
The service menu contains maintenance features like the possibility of deleting all data if needed.
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