-What do the LED's meanThe LED indicates a variety of instrument operation conditions:
Operation mode
- Solid Green- self-test passed and instrument is ready to be used
- Slow Flashing Green- waiting to read a strip, strip reading in progress, strip being read
- Fast Flashing Green- strip reading was attempted but the strip was not read successfully
- Flashing Amber/Green- a configuration barcode was scanned and the instrument is
Calibration mode
- Solid Amber- Calibration is required
- Slow Flashing Amber- instrument calibration in progress
- Solid Green after Amber- successful calibration performed
- Fast Flashing Amber- calibration attempt failed
Error/Reset Mode
- Solid Red, or Slow Flashing Red- a hardware error was detected, or the power-on self-test failed
- Fast Flashing Red- a factory reset is in progress
- Flashing Red/Green- New firmware is being loaded in the instrument
Note: When the instrument is first turned on the LED will be red while it performs its self-tests. The self-tests will complete in approximately 2 to 3 seconds, at which time it will turn green under normal conditions.