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User ManualBOD ANALYST PRO® Software for BOD Testing Easy • Efficient • Accurate Windows® XP • Windows® Vista • Windows® 7

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 10 1.1.1 STARTING THE PROGRAM Double click on the Desktop BOD Analyst Pro software icon that was set up in

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 11 Submenu Displays File | New | Open | Archive | Print Bench Sheet | Exit | Read* | Initial | Final | Re

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 12 TIP – Many USB/serial converters require driver software. The driver is typically stored on CD with the c

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 13 a 4010-2 or 4010-3 make sure the OBOD probe is connected to channel 1, see instrument manual. 5. Click T

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 14 1.3 QUICK START GUIDE Once you install BOD Analyst Pro on your PC, make connections and communicate pro

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 15 General Settings (Setup / General) YSI Instrument Parameters (Setup / YSI Instrument) BOD Cri

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 16 Serial Number Setup (Setup / Serial Number) Serial numbers give each bottle a

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 17 4. Set up Samples. By default BOD Analyst Pro has three entries in the Sample Setup. They are DilBlank (

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 18 5. Set up a Batch (Build Batch). From the Bench Sheet screen click on the Calendar icon, select today’s

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 19 You may enter bottle numbers now by clicking on the appropriate field in the table. Type or scan in the n

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YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 20 To begin Initial DO readings click Read from the top line menu and then Initial. Take Readings Status di

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 21 7. Read Finals. Five days later restart BOD Analyst Pro software. Friday 07/01/2010 would appear as Curr

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 22 SECTION 2 SAMPLES 2.1 WHAT IS A "SAMPLE?" With YSI BOD Analyst Pro software you can organiz

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 23  QC Settings – as required set limits on a sample for alerting operator when out of range for Final BOD

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 24 2.2 USING SAMPLE SETUP The Sample Setup Form is used to add new Samples to the database or to change

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 25 Dilution Setup From Setup / General you choose the units of the dilutions. You may select ml or %. Once

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 26 Dilution Blank If checked this is a dilution blank test. Only the depletion is calculated for these tes

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 27 report of a Batch that includes a BOD of the "clarifier," the Sample Name would be reported as

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 28 2.6 DELETING A SAMPLE To delete a sample use the tool bar buttons to locate the sample (e.g., Efflu

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 29 SECTION 3 SEEDING SAMPLES 3.1 WHY SEED? Seeding is necessary when there are insufficient microbes pre

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual iii CONTENTS SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION ...

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 30 Sometimes the seed material is taken from a sample that is already being tested for BOD. As shown above a

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 31 If you decide at some point that it would be best to change your seeding method, you can change the se

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 32 SECTION 4 SAMPLE GROUPS 4.1 WHAT IS A "SAMPLE GROUP"? A Sample Group is a predefined, stor

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 33 4.3 ADDING A GROUP AND CHOOSING SAMPLES From the Group Setup form, click the Add New button. A blank f

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 34 SECTION 5 BATCHES 5.1 WHAT IS A "BATCH?" A group of samples set up and read on a specific d

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 35 You may search by Search Date icon if you know the date of a Batch or you may use the Open Batch icon to

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 36 An example of the 07/11/2010 Sunday Batch has been opened. The Initials have been read and the screen

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 37 5.3 THE BUILD BATCH FORM The Build Batch Form appears when you click on the Build Batch icon on t

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 38 The table on the Build Batch form describes the batch. Each row in the table is a Sample. Sample Names ap

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 39 remove one Sample at a time as described in 5.4.2 or use the Delete button on the Open Batch list. 5.4.4

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual iv SECTION 8 KEEPING YOUR DATA SAFE ...

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 40 The example below shows a step in the change from a seed sample simply named Seed to a predefined sample

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 41 As before the pop-up message warning that “previous data will be replaced” occurs, but once this is confi

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 42 Data may be entered from the keyboard in a spreadsheet fashion or entered via direct serial communication

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 43 5.6 READING INITIAL DO’S Once you build the Batch and load it into the Bench Sheet select Read / Init

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 44 The YSI 5100 system accommodates a serial barcode reader (optional accessory) that may be useful to speed

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 45 Enter the Sample Volume (ml) and the Seed volume (ml). Confirm with an Enter or Click to another field.

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 46 The Bench Sheet should now show the additional bottles under this added Sample Name (e.g., Above Outfa

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 47 NOTE: In the example above both the added bottles and the added sample are shown in the Bench Sheet table

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 48 Enter the sample date of interest. When the sample date is entered and you click on the Search Date icon,

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 49 Seed Volume (ml) This is the seed volume in milliliters introduced into BOD bottles that use seed. If t

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 5 SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION BOD Analyst Pro® software is PC Windows-based application software designed for u

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 50 DilBlank 300.00 Bot #001 Ready? Note: This does not affect the original Build Batch table or Group Setup

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 51 Effluent 60.00i 7.74 mg/L B#551 Effluent 60.00i Enter Bot #0 Move through the bottle number assignment p

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 52 numbers and DO readings will be added to the Bench Sheet. Below is an example of this screen about halfwa

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 53 When you finish the bottles in a Batch the program will display an “Initial Read Complete” message on the

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 54 NOTE: If using the YSI 5100 with barcode reader be certain that the codes are no more than 3 characters l

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 55 A second technique is Dual. Set this parameter as above under YSI Instrument Parameters. When you are rea

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 56 The default Supersaturation setting is 9.09 mg/L. You may change it if you like. Often altitude would be

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 57 In this example, one Influent bottle has been read. There are three total in the Batch. There tends t

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 58 bottle #109 is the selected bottle.

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 59 SECTION 7 TAKING FINAL DO READINGS 7.1 SELECTING A BATCH From the main menu (Bench Sheet) window en

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 6 The installation program will display the following screen. Please wait momentarily for the computer to in

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 60 The July 16 batch will appear as shown below. This example of an Open Batch containing 13 bottles will b

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 61 Effluent 100.00 Bot #11 Ready? Effluent 100.00 5.81 mg/L B#11 If the bottle is ready then press eith

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 62 Auto: The program automatically stores the DO reading when it meets DO stability criteria (green light i

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 63 The Bench Sheet related to Criteria is discussed in more in Section 10, Customizing Your Program. A few

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 64 7.3 CORRECTING MISTAKES If you need to correct a Final DO reading that was stored you can retake Final D

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 65 SECTION 8 KEEPING YOUR DATA SAFE 8.1 DATE The BOD Analyst Pro software depends on the correct date to

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 66 during installation. Check the upper left corner of the main screen (Bench Sheet) for the field labeled D

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 67 To open an existing database file select File / Open to begin with the following window. Click on the

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 68 8.4 BACKUP You may also want to save your data.mdb file periodically on a portable memory device like a t

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 69 SECTION 9 GRAPHING 9.1 INTRODUCTION The graphing function provides you the ability to produce time-se

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 7 The next screen will indicate what is about to be installed. Click Next >> to formally start th

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 70 file. You may choose one or two Samples to compare. The length of time may be days to years depending on t

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 71 There are icons that function to size and position the plot to fit your needs. The use of these icons is v

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 72 The graph now compares two parameters over the same time period. The Blue line (top) is the Standard and

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 73 size and orientation. Below is the printed graph. Note that the graph adds Facility information that is s

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 74 When you click on the Export Data icon the Choose File Name screen appears as shown to the right. Note t

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 75 From the spreadsheet data you can format data to make reports or tables that suit your needs. In addition

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 76 As mentioned above if you need additional statistics functions for analysis consider exporting sample da

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 77 SECTION 10 CUSTOMIZING YOUR PROGRAM The BOD Analyst Pro software has significant flexibility to cover

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 78 After storing a reading to one bottle be sure that you move the DO probe to the next bottle immediately. O

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 79 Below are brief descriptions of each criterion listed in the Criteria Setup form shown above. Maximum Dil

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 8 To complete the installation process you will be prompted to restar

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 80 The percentage depletion is defined as Final DO / Initial DO * 100. This criterion is checked only for sam

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 81 NOTE: Criteria may be changed anytime after the test is complete and results are shown. Use Setup / Crite

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 82 10.3.1OPTIONS WHEN SEED SAMPLES DO NOT MEET “TAKE 2 – LEAVE 1” If you encounter a situation where none o

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 83 In Option 1 the Bench Sheet line remains unmarked (no highlight), “2.000” is entered for O2 depletions, an

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 84 values would be visible for the seed samples, but no seed corrections would be applied to any sample to wh

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 85 As seen in the figure above the 3 seed sample lines are no longer marked, the BOD values are all calculate

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 86 10.4 THE GENERAL SETTINGS FORM The General Settings form is used for a variety of BOD Analyst Pro se

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 87 the measured dilutions to derive the others. The default value is unchecked (OFF). Blank compensation

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 88 10.5 THE YSI PARAMETERS FORM This form works with your YSI DO instrument to establish stability criteria

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 89 Stabilize timeout This time in seconds is the max time the program will wait for the reading to become st

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 9 A BOD Analyst Pro icon will appear on your Desktop upon restarting your computer. Double click the icon to

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 90 Final Low Temp Limit If the temperature of your final DO is below this temperature (C) the program will d

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 91 Instrument Type Select the DO instrument with which BOD Analyst Pro will communicate. The list includes t

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 92 10.7 SERIAL NUMBERS Serial Numbers can be used to uniquely define a particular BOD test bottle or sampl

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 93 Last Serial Number This field displays the Last Serial Number that was assigned by the software. This fi

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 94 SECTION 11 CONTACT INFORMATION For questions regarding BOD Analyst Pro® software, or any YSI equipment, p

YSI BOD Analyst Pro® User Manual 95 SECTION 12 ACCESSORIES INSTRUMENTS  5000-115 Oxygen Instrument, Digital, Lab-115V  5100-115 Oxyge

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