User manual MELAG MELAFLASH

[. . . ] Operating Manual CF Card Printer MELAflash Dear doctor: Thank you very much for the trust you have demonstrated by purchasing this unit. More than 55 years ago, MELAG began as a medium-sized family-run enterprise to specialise in the manufacture of sterilization equipment for medical practices. In the meantime our company has grown into one of the world's leading producers of sterilization equipment. Verification of it success has been the sale of more than 400, 000 MELAG units worldwide, attesting to the high quality of our sterilizers, which are exclusively made in Germany. [. . . ] Connect the RS232 interface of the serial cable to the serial data connection of the autoclave. We recommend you to tightly screw both the knurled screws on the serial connection to avoid them from getting loose or inadvertently being pulled out. For more detailed information about connecting the serial cable, consult the Operating Manual. Insert the MELAflash CF card Insert the delivered MELAflash CF card into the slot on the front of the MELAflash CF Card Printer. Warning! Make sure the card is facing the right direction and do not use force to insert it into the slot. If you do not observe this precaution, the CF card or the CF Card Printer can be damaged. Warning! Only remove the MELAflash CF card from the CF Card Printer when the red data LED is not lit up. If you pull the CF card out of the CF Card Printer while the red data LED is still lit up, data saved on the card can be lost. Format MELAflash CF card At delivery the CF card is already formatted, i. e. If it should nevertheless ever be necessary to format the CF card, always do so with the CF Card Printer. It formats the CF card in the format the device requires (FAT16). Insert the CF card into the slot as far as you can before it makes contact with the limit stop, but is faced in the right direction in the slot. Keep the "format" button pressed down (about 7 sec) until the red data LED begins to blink repeatedly. This signifies that the CF Card Printer is in formatting mode for a short time (about 5 sec). 6 Chapter 3 ­ Initial start-up MELAflash CF-Card-Schreiber While the red data LED is blinking, insert the MELAflash CF card completely into the slot of the MELAflash CF Card Printer until the limit stop. The red data LED lights up steadily during the formatting process. When the formatting is completed, the red data LED goes out. All saved data on the CF card is deleted during formatting. Warning! Initialise the MELAflash CF Card Printer on the autoclave In order to be able to save sterilization logs on the MELAflash CF Card via the CF Card Printer, you have to set the MELAflash CF Card Printer as output medium on the autoclave. The settings you make depend on which device software is installed on your autoclave. Settings for the autoclave software version up to V3. 34 Switch on the power at the autoclave and wait until the display shows the initial state. Select the setup menu Function by simultaneously briefly pressing the (+) and (­) KEYS. Press the (P) KEY to select the submenu Print ­ Data transfer. The display shows Data transfer ­ no printer, if a printer has not yet been set. Navigate with the (+) KEY until the display shows Data transfer ­ external PC. Press the (P) KEY to confirm the selection. The display returns to the men Print ­ Data transfer. Press the (S) KEY twice to exit the menu and return to the initial state. [. . . ] Save preferred path In order to rapidly open preferred folders for sterilization logs, it is possible to save the respective path as a favourite. Open and save logs with standard programs on the PC The sterilization logs are in ASCII format and can be read with simple text editors or other standard programs of any operating system. The extensions of the logfiles which you copy to the PC with the Card Reader make it initially impossible for a PC to open such files the first time you attempt to do so. You must first once allocate every possible file extension e. g. to the Text Editor of Windows as program. [. . . ]