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Description
TheSCal‐400isamulti‐unitchargingandcalibrationstationforSensitP400gasdetectioninstruments.Itcanbumptestand/or
calibrateuptofiveP400unitsconsecutivelywhilesimultaneouslyrechargingthebatterypacks.TheSCal‐400alsodetectsifa
P400requirescalibrationorabumptestwhenconnectedandautomaticallyperformstherequiredtest.Duringconnection
anymanuallyperformedcalibrationandbumptestsintheinstrumentmemorylogwillautomaticallytransferfromP400to
SCal‐400.DatamanagementfortheSCal‐400requireseitherSCal‐DorSCal‐Nsoftwarepackages.AllSCal‐400stationscome
standardwithSCal‐Dsoftwarefordesktopapplication.
Thelocationtoplaceanyinstrumentisreferredtoasa“slot”.Foreachslottherearechargerandcommunicationconnections
aswellasLEDstoindicatethestatus.Alltestingfunctionsrequirenouserinteraction.
Thedisplayisatouchscreen.Instrumentandstationinformationcanbeaccessedbyusingyourfingerortheincludedstylus.
TheSCal‐400scanseachslot,updatestheLEDstatus,andrefreshesthedisplayscreenforeachsloteverythreeseconds.During
communication,theSCal‐400completesanylogtransferbeforescanninganotherslot.
LED Status
EachslothastwoLEDsindicatingthestatusforthedockedinstrument.ThefollowingtabledescribesthevariousLEDstates:
SCal‐400IndividualSlotLEDStatus:
GreenLEDRedLEDDescription
1OFFOFFNothingonslot
2ONOFFReady(alltestdone,fullycharged/alkalineOK)
3OFFONFailcalibration/bumptest/alkalinelowbattery
4BLINKON/OFF/BLINKCharging
5ON/BLINKBLINKTestinprogress/pending