Hitachi LAB-X5000 User Manual page 21

LAB-X5000 Series User Guide
3.4.4. Leaving secondary safety window in place inside the sample port, insert a sample cup
into the sample port on the top of the instrument as shown above.
3.4.5. Press the start button. It will have a lighted green ring around it when the instrument
is ready.
3.4.6. The sample will rotate out of the sample port and into the path of the X-rays. The
lighted ring around the start button will extinguish and the cancel button ring will light
red. This indicates that the X-Ray tube is powered and the sample is being analyzed.
3.4.6.1. Press the Cancel button to stop the analysis at any time, if necessary.
3.4.7. Wait for the analysis to finish and the results to appear.
3.4.7.1. Analysis progress will be displayed on the screen in a progress bar, with time
remaining on the right.
Remove glass cover and
insert secondary
window or sample cup into
sample port here.
When lighted
GREEN, instrument
ready to analyze. Press
this button to
analysis.
When lighted ring is RED,
instrument is analyzing and
X-rays are ON. Press this
button to STOP analysis.
safety
ring is
is
START