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1. 500139A 022699 Figure 10 7 Stop Test dialog box While a test is paused the label in the Pause button will change to read Resume When a tablet test is paused it is possible to change the current magazine configuration by selecting the Magazine button in the upper right of the screen as described in another section of this manual Select the Resume button to continue testing from the point it was paused the Resume button now changes back to Pause When running in single test mode the Tablet Testing Module will also pause if the tablet feeder has run out of tablets no tablets have been fed for 40 sec onds Should this occur a message box indi cating this condition will appear figure 10 6 Load more tablets into the tablet feeder and se lect the OK button in the message box to contin ue testing A tablet test can be stopped by selecting the Stop button Once again the Tablet Testing Module will finish up whatever operation it may be doing before it actually stops The Stop Test dialog box will appear figure 10 7 listing which tests have not yet been completed their status active or pending and the product batch and setup associated with the test When running in single test mode only one test will be displayed but several could appear when a magazine is being used If a magazine is being used the first vial of each test will also be shown The Stop Test dialog bo
2. i 500002B 022599 Figure 2 1 General components and connections Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 3 2 1 Tablet Testing Module 2 1 1 Tablet Feeder 2 1 2 Tablet Indexer Ethernet networking adapter are provided for convenient access to the ElizaTest 3 data base Figure 2 1 shows the components and their connections The Tablet Testing Module occupies the top portion of the Tablet Testing System The Tab let Testing Module performs the actual thick ness weight and hardness tests on the tablets The Tablet Testing Module houses the tablet feeder tablet indexer thickness encoder bal ance and hardness testing mechanism It also contains the camera and ring light used to illumi nate the tablet during the hardness test Inside the Tablet Testing Module are the mechanical components needed to perform the testing func tions The Tablet Testing Module also contains provisions for attaching an optional magazine tablet feeder Using a magazine allows multiple preconfigured tablet tests to be run consecutive ly with no operator intervention required be tween tests The tablet feeder receives and ho
3. 19 4 Appendix D General Cleaning and Maintenance 19 4 1 Tablet Feeder Routine cleaning is required to keep the in strument functioning properly and accurately The thickness gauge should be cleaned approx imately every 200 tablets Other cleaning can be done every 1000 tablets The actual interval depends on how dusty the tablets being tested are Some products may require the equipment be cleaned more frequently while others can extend the interval Remove the tablet feeding screw by pulling the feeding screw straight out from the black alu minum shell The inside of the feeding screw may be blown out with compressed air or may be wiped clean with ammonia glass cleaner or isopropyl alcohol pad Wipe clean the outside of the feeding screw as well as the inside of the aluminum shell paying particular attention to the slot in the rear of the feeding screw and the pin inside the rear of the shell After the feeding screw and aluminum shell are clean replace the feeding screw in the shell by aligning the pin in the rear of the shell with the slot in the rear of the feeding screw then push the feeding screw firmly into the shell Brush the tablet trigger clean with a soft nylon brush Us ing compressed air blow clean the entire top of the tablet tester 1 CAUTION When removing or replacing the feeding cup apply force straight along the axis of the feeding cup and hold the shell securely to prevent the shell from mo
4. ccccccccsssseeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 58 WAGAZING Vial LIS Mei ccicctiscscttag ace teo bh cetectnai deaneeasuedsaesucetedenndeigens 58 Defining the Test Identification Information for a Magazine Vial 59 Enabling a Vial to be TeSted accscseccsencastunseetevereceeuctdenedeeseossceas ceedees 60 Vial COMMMUAUI ON jeaccteccecnscees iteecvanauadsndidneiaialantiiauieieeieemecaeehiess 61 Magazine OPS Atl acekachcacscs see scetecetice etait 63 Saving Magazine Configurations cccccccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 63 Creating New Magazine Configurations eeeeeeeeeeeeee 65 Renaming MAGE AUN CS acacia creeds ts coc acczcndecs deatatassensetsecetencuediitens 66 Deleting Magazines xis iccs2s2 scccccecccectsieeesitentdenneeccceccuececenstencensee 67 Opening Existing Magazine Configurations ee 68 Printing the Current Magazine Configuration seeee 69 Magazine Fill Controls is saccsec casiceconectieseacveds asesasebberttersdadeadscueseertes 70 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page III Table of Contents con t The Tablet Test Run SCreen ccccccccceesseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenes 73 Test Identification Information cccccccccsseeneeeeeseeesseeeeeeeeeeess 74 View Setup BUttOrn sin
5. Hew Delete Exit Help 500048C 030999 Figure 7 9 Batches dialog box Any product can be deleted from the data base if it is no longer needed When a product is deleted all of the test data associated with this product will also be deleted This includes all batches assigned to the product and all tab let tests run on these batches Use caution when deleting products deleted products can not be recovered To delete a product select the product from the list in the Products dialog box then select the Delete button A confirmation message box figure 7 8 will appear Choose the OK button in the message box to perform the deletion or choose the Cancel button to return to the Prod ucts dialog box without deleting the product Each tablet test to be run must also be asso ciated with a batch To choose an existing batch for running a tablet test in single test mode se lect the down arrow at the right of the Batch field in the Tablet Test Setup screen A list of existing batches assigned to the currently selected prod uct will then appear Choose the desired batch by selecting it from the list The name of the batch just chosen then appears in the Batch field This batch will remain the current batch for single test mode tablet tests until another one is chosen to replace it To add a new batch or to delete or rename an existing batch choose the Batch button in the
6. Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 70 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala the desired name visible The chosen magazine configuration will now become the current mag azine Existing magazines can also be opened by choosing the Magazine Open menu option which will then display the Open Magazine dia log box Choose the magazine to open from the list in the dialog box then select the Open but ton Select the Cancel button to return to the Magazine screen without opening a magazine If opening a magazine is attempted while there are any unsaved changes in the currently displayed magazine configuration a message box will appear asking if these changes should be saved or discarded Choose the Yes button to save the changes made to the current maga zine using the Save function previously de scribed or choose the No button to discard any changes and proceed with the opening of the magazine Choosing No will only discard changes made to the magazine The magazine still exists on the computer s hard disk drive but any changes made to it since it was last saved will be lost In addition to opening a magazine as de scribed above the Magazine menu option con tains a list of the four most recently used magazine configurations figure 9 12 The magazines listed here can be opened directly by selecting them from the Magazi
7. In order for the contents of a particular vial to be tested it must first be marked as enabled Along the left side of the vial list is a series of Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 63 8 7 Vial Continuation check boxes that are used to enable or disable individual vials When a vial is enabled a check mark will appear in the box and the vial s row in the list will have a white background Vials that are not enabled will have no mark in the box and will have a gray background To change a vial s enabled disabled status select the En abled check box to toggle it between enabled and disabled When a vial is marked as enabled the con tents of the magazine vial will be tested in nu merical order by the Tablet Testing Module during the test run As each vial is completed it will automatically be marked as disabled in the vial list When all vials have been disabled ei ther by manually disabling them or by stopping them during a test cycle or because all the vials have been tested the tablet test cycle is com plete It is possible to pause a test and return to the Magazine screen in order to re enable a pre viously tested vial The section Magazine Op erations Available During a Tablet Test Run describes how to use the Magazine
8. Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Cling ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 117 Only persons experienced in database adminis tration and networking should make changes to ODBC information either directly or indirectly through the registry Improper ODBC informa tion can cause the system to fail to operate as specified 1 WARNING Deviations from the default factory ODBC set tings and database configurations can result in the TabSys Tableting Press software being un able to properly recognize remove and restore the ElizaTest 3 database information Exer cise caution when changing the ODBC settings The ODBC Connection String is used by the ODBC database driver when establishing the database connections This string is dependent upon the specific database driver selected The Microsoft Access database the standard data base used by the ElizaTest 3 tablet tester and TabSys tableting press interface require only a data source name DSN to be specified Other databases may require additional information such as log in names or read write access re quests The Native Table Name item at the right side of the dialog box displays the name of the actual table as it is defined in the database containing it for the highlighted table identifier This will change as different table id
9. Select the Learn button to cause the tablet tester to analyze the current image of the tablet and use this reference image for aligning tablets during future hardness tests When Learn is se lected the Vision Status indicator will read Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 37 Perimeter blue Bisect Detection Contours magenta OFF to indicate that the displayed image is no longer in real time but is instead a snapshot of the tablet As the computer is analyzing the image it will draw certain lines that indicate where the computer has found the tablet A red rectangle bounding box will appear around the entire tablet A small red crosshair will appear at the center of the bounding box If bisect detection is turned on purple magenta lines will appear that indicate concentric contours of the tablet If bisect detection is off a single blue outline will appear that indicates the outer edge of the tab let and other lines will be drawn from the center of the tablet to the outer edge See figure 5 2 Please note that because of the way the com puter image is displayed not all of the lines may be visible particularly those of the bounding box The line of text below the Vision Status in dicator will indicate if any problems were detect
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12. Open Magazine dialog box 68 Open Setup dialog box 44 Opening Setups 44 operating system 5 9 16 Operations Batch menu option 51 Operations Magazine menu option 55 Operations Product menu option 49 Operations Run Test menu option 73 Operations Setup menu option 57 Operator access 95 operator access 91 Operator field 19 P Pause button 83 pixels per inch 104 plausibility setting 24 power on self test 12 Previous Vial 71 136 145 Print dialog box 45 46 69 120 121 Print Preview 120 Print Status message box 46 69 121 printer 2 5 11 45 69 Process Errors 150 process errors 150 Product Description 50 51 Product list 58 product list 50 116 Product Batch Cross Reference Re port 128 Product Batch Cross Reference re port 128 Product Batch cross reference report 119 Products dialog box 49 50 51 58 program initialization 13 Purge Door 136 purge door 71 72 144 145 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page d ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala Index con t R Recover Test Setup feature 116 Relationship Between Products Batches and Tests 47 relationship between products batch es and tests 47 Remote Procedure Calls 148 Rename Batch dialog box 52 Rename Magazine dialog box 66 Rename Product dialog box 50 Rename S
13. When the correct vial is active choose the product batch and setup desired by selecting them from the appropriate lists The items may be selected either by double clicking on them or by selecting the item and while holding down the primary button on the pointing device drag the item onto the desired vial in the list Release the button to drop the item on the vial Please note that a dragged item can be dropped onto any vial not just the highlighted active vial As the item is being dragged the cursor will change appearance to indicate if the item can be dropped at the cursor location A slashed circle cursor indicates that the item cannot be dropped This prevents accidentally dropping the wrong type of item such as a setup name into a Batch field If a batch name is selected or dragged the batch s associated product will also be carried with it It is not necessary to use all the vials of the magazine or to use the vials in consecutive or der Information for a vial can be cleared by making the vial active then pressing the Delete key on the keyboard When a tablet test is not currently running any item in the vial list can be freely changed subject to certain restrictions described later It is possible to pause a test and return to the Magazine screen in order to make limited changes to a magazine configuration which is described in the section Magazine Operations Available During a Tablet Test Run
14. www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 67 Magazine Error The following vials referenced a deleted product batch or setup Vial The invalid references have been cleared 500130A 022599 Figure 9 4 An invalid reference has been de tected 9 2 Creating New Magazine Configurations New Magazine Humber of Vials x 500122A 022599 Figure 9 5 New Magazine dialog box However if a magazine error is detected when opening the configuration figure 9 4 any in valid references to products batches or setups will be cleared from the vial list Invalid referenc es occur when a magazine configuration con tains items that are no longer available for use such as a setup or batch that has been deleted When these types of errors occur the informa tion in the vial list will be cleared from the dis play but the configuration saved on the computer s hard disk is not changed Thus if the magazine configuration is not re saved after the invalid information has been cleared the same error will occur the next time the configu ration is used There are two basic options that be used to create new magazines The first has already been described above editing a template mag azine configuration then saving the magazine under a different name The second is by creat ing anew magazine from scratch using the New Magazine command S
15. 0 4012 35 6 8 Set Point 88 0 4000 50 TI T2 B4 78 0 3988 0 3970 32 0 5 Max Min Max Min Avg Std Dev Rel Dev 12 ooo 12 0 000 O0 D D D 0 0 112 0 D ii 0 1241 0 1237 0 0004 0 1239 0 0002 024 18 0 0 15 Oo 0 8 418 T1 Range T2 Range Outside T2 00g O0 100 0 oo O0 100 0 oig BB 2 r Calibration Weight Thickness 1 28 98 1 9 98 Hardness 11 12 97 Camera 7 1 97 Figure 10 3 Statistics window 500062B 022599 10 5 Printing Test Results lt lt Tablets that have failed the plausibility check will be shown in white prefixed with the symbol lt gt until they are discarded The lower section of the test results table dis plays the setpoints and summary statistics about the results gathered so far The average standard deviation and percent relative devia tion are calculated and updated as the test pro ceeds Please note that standard deviation and relative deviation cannot be computed for fewer than 2 tablets and cannot be displayed until at least 2 tablets have been tested When a test has been paused stopped or completed select the View Statistics button at the bottom of the test results table to display a pop up window that lists more detailed test sta tistics figure 10 3 The Statistics window shows the actual val
16. AM Product Batch H 500072B 022599 Setup Comment Figure 7 3 Tablet Test Setup screen Test Identification area The Test Identification area figure 7 3 in the Tablet Test Setup screen and the Product and Batch buttons in the Magazine Screen figure 7 4 provide access to controls that are used for creating and editing the products and batches The Magazine screen is described in detail in the section Magazine Screen To choose an existing product for running a tablet test in sin gle test mode select the down arrow at the right of the Product field in the Tablet Test Setup screen A list of existing products will then ap pear Choose the desired product by selecting it from the list The name of the product just cho sen then appears in the Product field This prod uct will remain the current product for single test mode tablet testing until another one is chosen to replace it To add a new product or to delete or rename an existing product choose the Product button in the Tablet Test Setup or Magazine screens or select the Operations Product menu op tion The Products dialog box will appear figure 7 5 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 51 Edit Products Ek Prod
17. Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 115 500092B 032299 Figure 13 9 This dialog box allows specifying where the archive is to be stored to return to the Archive Database dialog box where the archive selections can be modified When the Yes button is selected another di alog box will appear asking where the archived data is to be stored figure 13 9 When the da tabase is archived the selected tests are re moved from the active database and copied into another off line database file This dialog box allows choosing the name and location for the archive database file Under normal circum stances the default settings are to be used The default settings provide for a Microsoft Access database named ET3_ ARCHIVE with a dates tamp appended stored in the Archive folder on the computer s internal hard disk More ad vanced users may change this to another name or to a network disk drive Generally speaking the default settings should be accepted unless the operator is experienced in networking and database operations To continue with the archiving process se lect the Make Archive button The selected data will be removed from the active database and stored in the chosen archive databa
18. Discard 1 ide to quit testing HIGHLIGHT ALL PROCESSED TESTS YOUWANT TO discarded ther test results will be discar Savs Discard Resume Test Help Figure 10 11 Test Recovery dialog magazine test mode 500149A 022699 box the test cycle and some tests are still pending have not yet been run these will also be listed figure 10 11 The results of the processed tests may be saved or discarded as described above High light the tests that are to be saved then choose the Save Discard button in the dialog box to record the selected results as finished tests Clear the highlight from all the tests in the list if none of the results are to be saved If the abort ed test cycle occurred while a magazine was be ing used the option will also be given to allow the magazine run to be resumed from the point it was aborted the test that was in progress when the interruption occurred cannot be re started however Select the Resume Test button to display the Tablet Test Run screen where the magazine test cycle may be contin ued with the configuration that was in use when the test aborted When the test cycle is finished the results of the entire test cycle may then be saved or discarded using the usual process as previously described Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www ar
19. ala results table The tablet feeder will then insert a second tablet into the now empty receiving sta tion The tablet indexer will push the first tablet to the weight testing station and the second tablet will be placed in the thickness testing station If weight tests are to be performed the first tablet is now weighed the second tablet is measured for thickness and the measurements are en tered into the test results table The tablet feed er will then insert a third tablet into the now empty receiving station The first tablet will now be pushed onto the hardness testing platform If hardness tests are to be performed the camera will send a picture of the tablet to the computer where it will be an alyzed and compared to its stored reference alignment image If the orientation of the tablet does not agree with the alignment image the tablet will be rotated until it does Should any problems be encountered during the alignment a message will be displayed above the camera image describing the prob lem These messages are described in the ap pendix Vision System Errors After the tablet has been oriented according to its alignment image the ram and anvil will move rapidly from their retracted home positions towards the center of the hardness platform The anvil will stop just short of the tablet The ram continues to move at its slower working speed for 5 seconds during which time the tab let will be frac
20. figure 8 1 is used to aK configure the optional magazine for running multiple tests With a magazine installed on the Tablet Testing Module it is possible to run sev eral consecutive tests and each test may use a different product batch or tablet test setup The Magazine screen is used to select the prod ucts batches and setups to be used in each magazine vial and allows for saving magazine configurations for reuse at a later time The Magazine screen is accessed by selecting the Magazine button in the Tablet Test Setup screen or by choosing the Operations Maga zine menu option from the Tablet Test Setup screen It is also available during actual tablet testing by selecting the Magazine button in the 2 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Magazine Untitled Magazine Tools Operations Security Help Product Batch Acetaminophen Acetaminophen 350 mg Antacid Acetaminophen 500 mg in Antacid Ca Aspirin 25 gr Aspirin 25 gr buffered Ibuprofen 250 mg Ibuprofen 400 mg Multivitamin Multivitamin Chewable Continued gt Vial 1 Vial 2 Vial 3 Vial 4 Vial 5 Vial 6 Vial 7 Vial 8 Rename Fill 500119A 022599 Figure 8 1 Magazine screen Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 58 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing Syst
21. the Tablet Testing Module and the red circle at the 12 o clock position indicates the location of the purge door where a vial may emptied through a chute into the excess tablet bin locat ed at the rear of the machine Selecting the Next Vial and Previous Vial buttons will rotate the magazine until the next or previous adjacent vial is centered over the feed door Selecting Next Vial will rotate the maga zine clockwise and selecting Previous Vial will rotate the magazine counter clockwise Since the magazine is circular the highest numbered vial is adjacent to vial 1 The Go To Vial button allows for moving to a specific vial Enter the number of the vial to move to into the field then select the button Please note that only valid vial numbers can be entered This group of controls allows for emptying any or all of the vials by means of the purge door and chute located at the rear of the Tablet Test ing Module Selecting the Current Vial button will empty the vial the that is positioned over the purge door The purge door will open for a few seconds to empty the contents of the vial then close If a vial is not centered over the purge door this button cannot be selected Selecting the All Vials button will open the purge door Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 74 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing
22. use of the Test Notes is entirely optional The Test Notes have no impact on the tablet test All the items listed above except the Test Notes are displayed for reference only None of these items can be changed from the Tablet Test Run screen Selecting the View Setup button at the bot tom left of the screen displays a pop up window that shows the values of the current setup defi nition less the alignment image figure 10 2 If a magazine is being used the setup definition of Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 77 10 3 Test Results Table the current magazine vial being tested is dis played Select the OK button in the pop up win dow to close the window and return to the Tablet Test Run screen The View Setup button can be used before a test is started while a test is paused or stopped or after the test is complet ed It cannot be used when a test is actually be ing performed The remainder of the left portion of the Tablet Test Run screen contains the test results table This area of the screen is filled in with the results of the individual tablet tests as they are per formed The measurements are shown in what ever unit was specified in the tablet test setup definition When using a magazine the test re sults table is clea
23. 0 000 15 011 E 5amples El Plaus 500067B 030999 Figure 4 5 Setpoint tip 4 11 Units Selection 4 12 Set Point When the mouse pointer is positioned over one of the data fields for a moment a box will appear below the mouse pointer that shows what the valid range and formatting for the se lected field currently is figure 4 5 The Thick ness Weight and Hardness Setpoints are given wide latitude with respect to the allowable range the T1 and T2 values are more limited The Setpoint Tip will also indicate when a range violation of the field has occurred Thickness and hardness may be expressed in different units of measurement Tablet thick ness may be measured in either inches in or millimeters mm The conversion factor used is 1 000 inch 25 400 millimeters Tablet hard ness may be measured in kiloponds Kp Strong Cobbs Sc or Newtons N The con version factors used are 1 0 Kp 1 4 Sc 9 81 N Tablet weight can only be expressed in grams g This cannot be changed To change the unit of measurement select the radio button the circle next to the desired thickness or hardness unit The radio button for the selected unit will have a dot in the center Changing the unit of measurement will cause an immediate conversion in the displayed Setpoint T1 and T2 values The Thickness Unit also changes the Tablet Advance and Break Axis Length setting The setpoint is used to define the measur
24. 16 8 2 16 8 3 16 8 4 16 8 5 All Home Reset Drives Rotate Table Crush and Feed Do DAQ Selecting this button will cause the indexer thickness encoder feeder ram and anvil to move to their home positions Selecting this button will send a reset signal to the stepper motor drives When selected this button will cause the hardness platform to rotate one complete revo lution Selecting this button will cause a hardness test and tablet feeding operation to occur simul taneously Select this button to cause a load cell data acquisition cycle to be performed Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 148 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdt ala No L Ls Be 17 Magazine Diagnos The Magazine Diagnostics screen figure RES tics 17 1 provides a set of controls for testing the functions of the optional magazine By using the controls in this screen the magazine can be ro tated to any position vials can be emptied and the magazine doors may be opened Each con trol in the Magazine Diagnostics screen is de scribed below Select the Exit button in the Magazine Diagnostics screen to leave the screen 17 1 Magazine Schematic The right side of the screen contains a top view schematic of the magazine shown in its current position This schematic is updated a
25. 1999 Print Exit Help 500077D 100600 Figure 14 5 Tests Report dialog box 14 1 1 Product and Batch Selection close and the Reports dialog box appears De pending on the complexity of the report this may take a few minutes This report shows the results of tablet tests that have been run and also can generate sum mary type reports for batches figure 14 5 Re ports can be printed for individual tests for entire batches or products or according to the date they were run depending on how the op tions are set up in the Reports dialog box All the options except Batch Report options are cumulative they add together and only tests meeting all the selected criteria are printed For example if all batches for a certain product are selected and a date range is also specified only the tests for the product that fall within the date range are printed even if tests before or after the specified dates have been run Likewise if a test range is specified tests that are not within the given range will not be printed It is possible for options to be selected for which no test meets the criteria This will result in an empty report By carefully choosing the options exact ly the tests that are wanted can be printed All products or an individual product can be selected for the test report To choose all prod ucts select the All radio button the small circle in the
26. Batch Report Summary Example 2 5 10 16 20 Tablet Source Example 10 25 1 4298 2 20 1999 Print Exit Help 500077D 100600 Figure 14 1 Reports dialog box Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 123 a gt Test List Report Preview the appropriate tab in the Reports dialog box The options for the selected type of report will then be shown Each type of report has 4 common controls at the bottom of the Reports dialog box Select ing the Preview button will cause the report to be displayed on the screen instead of being sent to the printer The preview can be used to verify that the options for the report have been properly selected The Print Preview contains controls for viewing specific pages of the report for controlling the size of the view and a Print button that can be selected to print the report while previewing it figure 14 2 The four but tons at the upper left can be used to page for ward or backward or to move to the last page or first page of the report To view a specific page Pave 1d 4 X gt dL A Fw TE SS Figure 14 2 Print Preview window Seg Coma nee 500080B 031099 Pagelof2
27. Before archiving can occur the batches to archive and dates the tests were run must be se lected To archive tests in all batches choose the All radio button above the product batch list To individually select the batches choose the Select radio button then pick the desired prod uct batch combinations from the list To pick several batches from the list hold the Control key CTRL or Ctrl on the keyboard and choose each batch as desired Selected batches are highlighted in the list Select a highlighted batch again to deselect it A range of batches can be selected by choosing the first batch in the range Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 114 USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 D The following data will be All tests Do you wish to continue archived Archived data is permanently remo database and stored in an offline BE AVAILABLE AFTER IT 1S ARCHIVED ved from the active ElizaT est 3 atabase THIS DATA WILL NOT Yes No Figure 13 8 Verification of the archive list is required 500091B 022699 then hold the Shift key and select the last batch in the range All batches between the two will be selected highlighted After the batches to archive have been se lected it is necessary to cho
28. EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 143 16 3 4 Raise Vertical 16 3 5 Advance Tablet 16 4 Encoder Controls 16 4 1 1 Cycle Slow 16 4 2 1 Cycle 16 4 3 1 2 Cycle let indexer is flush with the top plate of the Tablet Testing Module The home position can be ad justed by changing the value in the Offset field Decreasing this value will raise the height of the tablet indexer Select the Raise Vertical button to move the vertical indexer to the top of its stroke where it will remain until it homed Raising the indexer in this manner can be of assistance in cleaning the wiping blade and table Selecting the Advance Tablet button will cause the tablet indexer to perform a single in dex move as if it were indexing a tablet during a test The current Tablet Advance Distance val ue that is set in the Tablet Test Setup screen will be used for the final push of the indexer This area of the Advanced Diagnostics screen contains buttons that can be used to test the movement sequences that involve the thick ness encoder Each item s function is briefly de scribed below Selecting the 1 Cycle Slow button will cause the thickness encoder to move through one complete cycle at one sixth of its normal operat ing speed Selecting the 1 Cycle button will
29. Product area The selected button will have a dot inside of it To choose an individual product select the Select radio button then pick the product from the drop down list of prod ucts The drop down list will appear when the small down arrow at the right of Product box is selected If an individual product has been chosen the option to specify individual batches or all batch es for that product is also allowed If all products are selected all batches are also selected by Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 126 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Cling ala 14 1 2 Test Selection 14 1 3 Date Selection default Again select the All radio button to choose all the batches associated with the se lected product or choose the Select radio but ton to pick an individual batch from the list of batches To pick several batches from the list hold the Control key CTRL or Ctrl on the key board and choose each batch as desired Se lected batches are highlighted in the list Select a highlighted batch again to deselect it A range of batches can be selected by choosing the first batch in the range then hold the Shift key and select the last batch in the range All batches between the two are then selected highlighted Reports may be printed for all tests by select ing the All radio but
30. Production Testing 18 3 1 Remote Procedure Call RPC Basics 18 3 2 The Tablet Testing Sequence lish the appropriate connections to the database tables on the ElizaTest 3 in preparation for tab let testing If these connections cannot be made such as will be the case if the ElizaTest 3 is not present or is not turned on the opera tor will be notified of the problem and inline pro duction tablet testing will not be performed Remote Procedure Calls RPCs are a meth od of carrying out interprocess communications communications between two or more sepa rately executing programs The programs may reside on the same computer or may reside on two physically separate computers This is the case when the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing Sys tem is integrated with the tablet press The Tab Sys Interface uses RPCs carried via the Ethernet link between the two machines to in struct the ElizaTest 3 to begin testing Like wise the ElizaTest 3 uses RPCs to inform the TabSys Interface about its state and to supply the TabSys Interface with the final test results Remote Procedure Calls provide the means to invoke functions of other programs exactly as if the function was initiated by the program itself When an inline production tablet test is re quired the TabSys interface will request permis sion from the ElizaTest 3 to begin testing Ifthe ElizaTest 3 is in a state that allows it to accept and test tablets permission will
31. System Clnghdh ala 9 7 4 Open Doors and while the door remains open the magazine will rotate one revolution briefly pausing as each vial passes over the open door to give the vial time to empty After all vials have passed over the door the purge door will close The Empty Vial button allows for emptying a specific vial Enter the number of the vial to be emptied into the adjacent field then select the button Please note that only valid vial numbers can be entered When the Empty Vial button is select ed the desired vial will move over the purge door which will then open for a few seconds These buttons can be selected to manually open either the feed door or purge door The door will open for as long as the button is select ed Please note that the doors cannot be opened if the magazine is currently rotating Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 75 Res I J Le js 10 The Tablet Test Run The Tablet Test Run screen is used for both wS Screen the single test and magazine modes of opera tion To perform a single tablet test a valid tab let test setup must first have been created or opened in the Tablet Test Setup screen and the test must have been assigned to a product and batch If the system is being operated without the optio
32. Testing System uses the Windows NT operating system Work station Version 4 0 The operating system is re sponsible for coordinating the operations of the computer system such as gathering keyboard Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 6 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala and mouse data displaying information and managing the hard disk and optional network connection The Windows NT 4 0 operating system also manages the computer level secu rity This user s manual is not intended to act as a tutorial for the Windows NT operating system networking operations or the Microsoft Access database For information beyond the scope of this manual refer to the Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft Access User Guides or on line doc umentation shipped as part of the system docu mentation package i WARNING All functions of and data maintained by the Elizabeth Hata ElizaTest 3 Vision Tablet Test ing System is intended to be accessed only by the methods provided expressly by the ElizaT est 3 and or TabSys Tableting Press Interface software Elizabeth Hata International makes no guarantee concerning the validity or consis tency of data that has been altered outside the scope of the ElizaTest 3 software USERS ARE STRONGLY CAUTIONED AGAINST DIRECTLY ALTERING ANY DATA CONTAINED
33. The tablet press has exclusively connected to the tester in preparation for an inline tablet test XXX is the name of the computer associated with the tablet press The tablet press has requested that the current test be aborted The tablet tester has disconnected itself from the tablet press This occurs when an operation must be terminated prematurely due to unusual conditions This also occurs when tablet tests are aborted XXX is the disconnect code and YYY is the name of the computer associated with the tablet press The tablet press has released its exclusive con nection to the tablet tester XXX is the name of the computer associated with the tablet press An operator has attempted to enter the manual mode of operation from the inline production mode An operator has entered the manual operating mode Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 169 19 1 92 Test results sent to press XXX 19 1 93 Notified press test is complete XXX 19 1 94 Locked for remote DB maintenance XXX 19 1 95 P T2 violation Tablet is too Side n 19 1 96 P Too few tablets tested x out of y Side n The results of the last tablet test have been sent to the tablet press XXX is the name of the com puter associated with the tablet press The tablet press has been informed t
34. This check box is used for enabling or dis abling the Microsoft Windows NT task switching feature When task switching is enabled a check will appear in the box the computer can switch between the ElizaTest 3 software and other programs When task switching is dis abled only the ElizaTest 3 software can run It is suggested that task switching be disabled for all normal operations Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 120 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 13 3 3 2 Inline Production Testing ElizaT est 3 Changing the inline mode of the tester will cause the ElizaT est software to restart immediately DOYOU WANT TO CHANGE THE INLINE MODE Yes No Help 500153A 030999 Figure 13 12 It is necessary to restart the ElizaTest 3 software when changing Inline Mode Identify Press Computer What is the network name of the tablet press computer OF Cancel Help 500155A 060500 Figure 13 13 Choose the name of the com puter that the tablet tester is connected to This check box is used to inform the ElizaT est 3 that it is being used as an inline produc tion tablet tester in conjunction with an Elizabeth Hata tableting press system To use the ElizaTest 3 as an inline produc tion tester check the In
35. and the bottom of the thickness gauge foot before trying to correct this problem Make sure there are no tablets or fingers in the thicknesss station Zero Calibrate End Test Help 500138A 022599 Figure 10 5 The thickness encoder is not properly homed If the tablet feeder has not been properly homed a dialog box will appear alerting the op erator of the problem figure 10 4 At this point there are two options that can be exercised The test may be ended by selecting the End Test button the opportunity will be given to save any tests that may have already been per formed or the tablet feeder can be homed now by selecting the Fix Feeder button in the dialog box When this button is selected the Tablet Testing Module will attempt to home the feeder angle motor and the feeder door which will cause any tablets that may be in the tablet feed er to be dumped into the excess tablet bin at the rear of the machine If the attempt to home the feeder succeeded the Tablet Test Run screen will appear and the test may now be started or resumed If the tablet feeder could not be homed a message box will appear stating this fact Choose the OK button to close the mes sage box If the door cannot be homed after three attempts the test cycle will automatically end When the feeder door cannot be properly homed this usually indicates that the tablet feeder must be disassembled and cleaned If t
36. are correct the Log On dialog box will close and ei ther the Tablet Test Setup screen or the Maga zine screen will be visible depending upon the system configuration If either the name and or password was not correct a message box will appear describing the situation figure 3 5 Se lect the OK button in the message box and re type the user name or password If any difficulty logging onto the system is experienced consult a person with Administrator access privileges to confirm that the user name and password are valid A note about security Throughout the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System software some functions are available only if the current user has the appropriate secu rity level Functions that cannot be used at low er security levels will appear grayed or dimmed on the screens if they cannot be used at the cur rent user s security level If such an item is se lected it will have no effect A similar instance exists when a function cannot be used because of the current state of the machine For in stance it is not possible to pause a test before it has started so the Pause button will appear grayed or dimmed and cannot be selected When no user is currently logged on no function except the Security Log On menu item and help is available Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S M
37. be granted to the TabSys interface The TabSys interface will then log on to the ElizaTest 3 and synchronize the tester s time with its own At this point the ElizaTest 3 is then locked to the press If permission could not be granted to begin testing tablets such as may happen when the ElizaTest 3 is busy operating in manual mode or locked by another tablet press the ElizaTest Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 154 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clingbeth lat 18 3 3 Tablet Tester Hard ware Errors 3 will deny TabSys permission to begin testing and TabSys will not be allowed to sample or test tablets until the ElizaTest 3 notifies it that it is no longer busy The ElizaTest 3 tablet tester keeps track of which presses request permis sion to test tablets and will then notify each of them when it is no longer busy The press may then try again after it receives notification that the tester is free if desired Once permission has been granted to the TabSys interface the sampling gate in the tablet chute will open and remove as many tablets as is requested by the Test Settings definition be ing used for this side of the press The tablets are then delivered to the ElizaTest 3 s tablet feeder TabSys then commands the ElizaTest 3 to begin its test After the tes
38. box then select the De lete button A confirmation message box figure 7 12 will appear Choose the OK button in the message box to perform the deletion or choose the Cancel button to return to the Batches dia log box without deleting the batch When any tablet test is started the informa tion from the tablet test setup definition used to run the test is stored along with the data gener ated from the test itself In this way every test can be associated with a specific setup even if that setup is later deleted This method allows unsaved or unnamed setups to be used since the setup definition data becomes part of the test itself and remains part of the test even if the setup definition is deleted at a later time The Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 56 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clinabeth lat setup definition data used at the time of the test can be printed by using the Test Reports feature described later This data is permanent and does not change even if the setup is later changed or deleted Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 57 Mo Ko 8 Magazine Screen The Magazine screen
39. button on the physical operator panel or the Stop button in the Tablet Test Run screen on the ElizaTest 3 itself When a test is aborted the ElizaTest 3 will be unlocked from the press To resume test ing it will be necessary to begin the tablet test ing sequence as described above again If a test is aborted before it finishes any tab let test results obtained for the test will be dis carded and no record of the test will be kept in the database Results from tests that ran to completion prior to the abort will be kept in the database and any adjustments to the press that are required will be made Any tablet press machine stop alarm that oc curs while the ElizaTest 3 tablet tester is locked to the press will cause an abort request to be sent to the tester Whether or not the tab let test results are recorded in the database will depend on the time that the machine stop alarm occurred Machine stop alarms that occur dur ing a testing cycle or re testing cycle if a ma chine adjustment was made will end the cycle Magazines cannot be used while the ElizaT est 3 tablet tester is operating in the inline pro duction testing mode If the ElizaTest 3 detects that a magazine is present during its start up initialization a message box will appear Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page
40. catch this problem before the alignment is performed for the hardness test These errors are most often caused by im proper lighting They are generated when the vi sion system cannot correctly determine the edges of a tablet The computer drawn bound ing box and lines that are superimposed on the image can aid by showing where the system thinks it has found the tablet edges Tablets made using tooling with very deep cup depths are most susceptible to this Often times a small change in light intensity will correct this error or at least minimize its frequency If changing the lighting does not help it may be necessary to adjust the F stop and or focus and relearn the Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 172 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 19 2 4 Vision library C exception Unknown vision error Error code x 19 2 5 Tablet area mis match image with the new settings The Setup Com ment field should note the new settings be cause they will also need to be manually adjusted before testing these tablets These errors indicate some form of software error Contact Elizabeth Hata if these errors oc cur This error occurs when the perceived area of the tablet is significantly different than the area calculated from the learned image This causes of this error a
41. ed during the analysis If all went well the message will read ElizaTest 93 Vision Ready Should a problem be encountered a Spokes green amp yellow Perimeter blue Center Crosshair red Bounding Box red T500006A 022599 Figure 5 2 Computer drawn tablet image analysis lines Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 38 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 x Could not find tablet 2 11 ANGM DUTTON Figure 5 3 Any vision problems will be shown in a message box fe f D A A a S f D N message box will appear indicating the trouble figure 5 3 The appendix Vision System Er rors describes the types of problems that can occur and how to rectify them The computer drawn tablet analysis lines can aid in this proce dure Select the OK button to close the mes sage box The Align button can be used to simulate the tablet orientation phase of the hardness test without actually breaking the tablet The align ment simulation will use the most recently learned alignment image for this test To simu late the tablet orientation first place the tablet to be aligned onto the hardness platform This may be more conveniently done by first placing the tablet into the weight testing station then us ing the Advance function pr
42. encoder 3 4 80 98 thickness testing station 4 81 82 98 title bar 56 63 74 Tools Align Tablet menu option 31 Tools Calibrate menu option 97 Tools Fill menu option 70 Touch button 35 units of measurement 22 Unsaved Test Results report 76 User List report 119 129 V vertical slide 4 131 Vial Continuation 61 vial continuation 61 vial list 58 59 60 61 64 65 85 86 87 126 Vision Status indicator 32 36 37 38 39 WwW warm up time 14 Weight Calibration 99 weight calibration 100 weight testing station 36 37 38 82 167 Windows NT 4 0 6 9 13 Z Zero button 80 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com A rtisan Artisan Technology Group is your source for quality TecmoogyGroup new and certified used pre owned equipment FAST SHIPPING AND SERVICE CENTER REPAIRS WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT DELIVERY Experienced engineers and technicians on staff Sell your excess underutilized and idle used equipment TENS OF THOUSANDS OF at our full service in house repair center We also offer credit for buy backs and trade ins IN STOCK ITEMS www artisantg com WeBuyEquipment 7
43. following tests have been processed Product Batch Ibuprofen JY95 12 MERE Curent Selection Save 2 Discard 1 Save Discard Help HIGHLIGHT ALL PROCESSED TESTS YOU WANT TO SAWE The results of highlighted tests will be saved Other test results will be discarded Figure 10 10 Test Recovery dialog box sin gle test mode 500150A 022699 carded The dialog box will change to indicate how many tests are selected for saving and how many are selected for discarding Select each test as needed to toggle the save discard state Multiple tests can be chosen by holding the Shift or Control keys on the keyboard as they are selected When the tests are marked as de sired select the Save Discard button in the dia log box to save the highlighted tests and discard the non highlighted ones At this point a mes sage box will appear showing how many tests have been saved and how many have been dis carded Select the OK button in the message box to continue When a test is discarded no sample data generated by the test will be saved to database A record of discarded tests is maintained in the database but there will be no measurements re corded for any of the tablets in the test Discard ed tests can be identified in the Test Results reports by the phrase Test canceled by oper ator appended to the Test Notes item in the report An important feature of
44. indexer Selecting the Center Jaws button will move both the hardness ram and anvil to the center of the hardness testing station This function al lows checking the clearnace between the hard ness platforrm and the ram and anvil and also to verify that their faces are parallel The Anvil Offset and Ram Offset values are also indirectly checked by this function When the offset val ues are correct there will be a gap of approxi mately 0 010 inch between the hardness jaws Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 137 15 1 12 Home Feeder Door 15 2 Analog Inputs 15 3 Digital Inputs 15 4 Scale Diagnostics ElizaTest 3 Scale Diagnostics Scale Response a Ol 2 00 2 00 oo ata 12 A AB54 51 0090 g 13A 1 21 1 20 26512132 fig A 1114270918 55 0 0000g PASS Help 500143B 033099 Figure 15 2 Scale Diagnostics dialog box Selecting the Home Feeder Door button will cause the tablet feeder to dump any tablets re maining in the feeder and move the door in the feeder to its home position The tablet feeder door is properly homed when it is facing upright These items show the voltages present on the 5 volt and 24 volt powe
45. is a Setup This area is used to specify optionally the side or layer of the press that the tablets associ ated with this setup were created on You may choose from side A or B or layer 1 2 or 3 by se lecting the desired assignment from the drop down list The Not Applicable option the default setting can be used if it is irrelevant where the tablets were produced such as from a single sided tablet press The middle left portion of the screen contains the tablet test setup data figure 4 2 Most of the data is entered from the Tablet Test Setup screen a few items are entered from the Tablet Alignment screen The items set in the Tablet Alignment screen are always shown with a gray background since they cannot be directly changed from this screen They are shown here for reference as they are considered part of the tablet test setup definition Each item that com prises a setup will be explained one at a time in the sections that follow Briefly speaking a tablet test setup also called a setup definition is the entire set of data needed to perform a tablet test and classify the resulting data A setup consists of 4 broad cat egories thickness weight hardness and tablet alignment The first three categories have the properties of setpoint ideal or target value a unit of measurement tolerance limits and the number of measurements to be made The alignment image is used to orient the tablet dur ing a hardness
46. kept in the proper testing chamber This is accomplished by the thickness measurer moving only partially up af ter a thickness measurement is taken instead of fully up While in this position the horizontal slide of the tablet indexer moves forward and will knock any tablet that may be stuck to the bottom of the thickness foot off into the proper testing chamber The thickness measurer then moves to its fully up position and the tablet in dexer continues as usual The modified motion is used only during the actual tablet testing pro cess If this feature is not turned on tablets that stick to the thickness measurer will end up being pushed rearward when the horizontal slide re tracts at the end of its cycle instead of forward to the next station The Break Axis Length is the length of the tablet along the axis it will be broken on during a hardness test This value is used to position the anvil to a point just short of touching the tablet As the ram continues to move and applies force to the tablet having the anvil positioned immedi ately behind the tablet will prevent the tablet from turning or slipping between the jaws as the tablet is broken The Break Axis Length is measured in the same unit as is set by the Thickness Unit in the setup definition The value can range from 0 010 to 1 375 inches or from 0 254 to 34 925 millimeters depending on the chosen unit Al though not required for entry the value will al ways b
47. on the locating step Snap the load cell cable back into the clips After this has been done select the OK button in the message box The ram will then Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 105 Calibrate Hardness O Remove the Calibration Weight and replace the Load Cell Assembly Figure 12 14 Replace the load cell assembly after calibration 500103A 022699 12 4 Camera Calibration Camera image Adjust the camera so that the circle and cross hairs are centered on the hardness platform and are the same size ag the hardness platform Next gt gt Cancel Figure 12 15 Camera calibration step 1 5001 10A 022699 move to its home position Double check that the ram is parallel to the bottom of the hardness testing station and that the ram is not dragging on the bottom Lower the camera and ring light assembly carefully then tighten the small thumbscrew through the cover plate To calibrate the camera and vision system select the Calibrate Camera button in the Tester Calibration screen The upper right half of the screen will show the first instruction for calibrating the camera figure 12 15 Through out the camera calibration procedure the light intensity will be controlled automatically b
48. otherwise the box will not be marked Bisect detection is turned on or off by a control in the Tablet Align ment screen It is shown in the Tablet Test Set up screen for reference only When the bisect detection feature is turned on the Tablet Testing Module will include the tablet s bisect line or other surface features as it orients the tablet for the hardness test No such surface features are used for tablet alignment purposes when the bisect detection feature is turned off Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 29 4 21 Adhere 4 22 Break Axis 4 23 Setup Comment This item is an indicator that shows whether or not the adherent tablet modified indexer mo tion is enabled A check mark will appear in the box when this feature is enabled When this modified tablet indexer motion is turned on the thickness measurer and indexer motion is al tered in such a way that tablets that might have a tendency to stick to the bottom of the thickness measuring foot are scraped off by the horizontal indexer slide and kept in the proper testing chamber If this feature is not turned on tablets that stick to the thickness measurer will end up being pushed rearward by the indexer instead of forward to the next station Adherent tablet in dexer motion is tur
49. printer manufacturer s documentation for specific details not addressed here When the Print dialog box appears several settings are pre selected as default settings These settings should not be changed from their default values or the format of the printed re ports may not be correct The only setting that should be changed is the number of copies if more than one copy of a report is desired To change the number of copies either enter the number desired directly into the Number of Cop ies field or select the small up and down arrows in the field until the correct number of copies is displayed To print the Current Magazine report select the OK button in the Print dialog box The Print Status message box appears briefly indicating the report is being prepared and sent to the printer After printing is complete the Print dia log box will close and the Magazine screen will appear Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 72 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 9 7 Magazine Fill Controls Select the Fill button in the Magazine screen or choose the Tools Fill menu option to display the Magazine Fill Control dialog box figure 9 13 This feature is only available if the magazine is actually installed on the Tablet Tester Module This dialog box is used to rotate the magazine
50. prior to receiving this error The database was compacted without incident Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 164 19 1 36 Failed Database compaction 19 1 37 Archiving database XXX 19 1 38 Initiating backup phase of archive operation 19 1 39 Initiating delete phase of archive operation 19 1 40 Archive operation complete 19 1 41 Closing archive database 19 1 42 Low disk capacity 19 1 43 Access error while determining disk capacity 19 1 44 Event log cleared 19 1 45 Unable to clear the event log Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala The database could not be successfully com pacted No data has been lost If the database is part of a network connection make certain the network is running and all connections are phys ically secure If the error occurs frequently con tact Elizabeth Hata and be prepared to state the sequence of events prior to receiving this er ror An archive of the listed primary database was started A copy of the data in the primary database is be ing sent to the archive file The data that was copied to the archive file is being deleted from the primary database The archive is finished The archive database file is closed The computer s hard disk is running out of re quir
51. section Alignment Screen for information on creating alignment images and aligning a tablet for hardness test ing If the current setup has not yet been given an alignment image the ElizaTest 3 logo will appear here The upper right portion of the screen is the Test Identification area Before a single test mode tablet test can begin the setup definition that will be used for the test must be associated with a batch name and that batch name must be associated with a product When the ElizaTest 3 program is started the product and batch identifiers displayed will be the ones that were last used Refer to the section Creating and Maintaining Product and Batch Information for complete information concerning products and batches Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 20 USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 4 6 Tablet Source 4 7 Tablet Test Setup Data Units Set Point 5 amples Plaus TI T2 Feeder Angle Tablet Adv Light Intensity Thickness in D mm Weight Hardness 0 000 a 0 00 od 1 190 0 0 Align Bisect Adhere Break Asis 0 000 in 500068B 033199 Figure 4 2 Tablet test setup data 4 8 What
52. setup definition with its cur rentname The Save As function allows the op erator to give a different name to an already named setup effectively making a new copy of it The Save As is also used when saving an un titled setup in order to give an initial name to the setup To save an as yet untitled setup select ei ther the Save button in the Tablet Test Setup screen or choose the Setup Save menu option The Save Setup dialog box appears figure 6 1 The Save Setup dialog box contains a list of all currently saved setups in the lower portion of the dialog box To save the current setup type the name desired for the setup into the Setup Name field in the Save Setup dialog box then select the Save button in the dialog box Setup names can be up to 32 characters and can contain any keyboard character except single quote double quote I or left right square bracket and grave accent Also leading and trailing spaces are not permitted Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 42 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 G Setup Acetaminophen 350 mg saved Pax 500047B 022599 Figure 6 2 The setup has been saved but spaces in the middle of names are perfectly acceptable Setup names are not case sensi tive upper case and lo
53. tablet indexing motion in order to test the offset value Select this button to cause the tablet indexer to perform the first stage of adherent tablet in dexing motion This will cause the indexer to move forward to the end of its stroke Select this button to cause the tablet indexer to perform the final stage of adherent tablet in dexing motion This will cause the indexer to move back to the start of its stroke Select this button to cause a complete ad herent tablet motion modified tablet indexing motion These areas of the Advanced Diagnostics screen contains buttons that can be used to test individual motors and movement sequences that involve the hardness ram and anvil jaws This area also contains settings that control the final positioning of the jaws for homing Note that the offset values have been properly set pri or to shipment of the equipment These values normally do not require readjustment unless a Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 146 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 16 6 1 Home 16 6 2 Open 16 6 3 Close 16 6 4 Offset 16 7 Ram Crush Rate and Load Cell Display 16 8 Functions limit switch or mechanical component has been replaced Both the Ram and Anvil areas contain identical controls Each item s function is briefly described below
54. the program is started or after one hour has elapsed informing the operator that a scheduled compaction has not been performed and will give the operator the choice of perform ing the compaction now or postponing it again Choose the Compact button in the dialog box to perform the compaction now or choose the Wait button to postpone the compaction for one hour If no selection is made in one minute the compaction will automatically take place Dur ing the database compaction a temporary dupli cate of the database is made during which time the holes in the database are removed Suffi cient free disk space must be available for this copy to made A database cannot be success fully compacted if there is not enough free space The Compact button may be selected at any time to force a database compaction to occur This should be done when large amounts of data are deleted from the database such as when products with large numbers of tests are removed As the compaction is taking place a message box will appear showing that the com paction is occurring This may take many min utes for a large database Archiving the database removes test data from the active ElizaTest 3 database and moves this data into another off line database Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing
55. the system is its abil ity to recover test results from an interrupted test cycle As a single test mode tablet test or a magazine test cycle progresses the results from each tablet in the sample are immediately written to a temporary disk file If a power failure or other interruption occurs that causes the test or magazine run to abort these partial results will not be lost During the start up of the Eliza Test 3 program the system checks to see if an incomplete test cycle is found Should it find one the Test Recovery dialog box will appear after an operator has logged on which will indi cate the product batch and test number of each test that was processed prior to the interruption figure 10 10 If a magazine was used to run Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 92 USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala Test Recovery Resume the test cycle or x An aborted test cycle has been detected You have two choices Quittesting and save results that were recorded prior to shut down The following tests are pending Vial Status Product 6 Aborted Ibuprofen The following tests have been processed Product Batch Ibuprofen J Y96 12 If you deci SAVE The results cf highlighted tests wil be saved Current Selection Save 2
56. their numbers appear at the left side of the list If a magazine with more than 8 vials is being used use the scroll bar on the right side of the list to bring the desired vials into view The Page Up Page Down and arrow keys on the keyboard may also be used to scroll through the vial list Before a vial can be tested it is necessary to supply the product batch and setup information that is to be associated with the tablet test As with the single test mode of operation every tablet test run using a magazine must also be associated with these items To set the test identification for a magazine vial or to change the existing information make the desired vial active by selecting it with the pointing device or by using the keyboard as de scribed above The active vial is indicated by being highlighted with a blue background Only the active vial is affected by changes in the prod uct batch or setup lists As the active vial is changed the product batch and setup lists in Continued Oo K Multivitamin Chewable 0 0 i O K 500133A 022599 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 62 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 8 6 Enabling a Vial to be Tested the upper portion of the screen will also change to reflect the information that is contained in the vial
57. time to reach a stable oper ating temperature This will reduce any drift in the measurements The ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System re quires that all operators log onto the system pri or to using it with both a name and password This allows the software to track which operator has entered or changed setups and magazine configurations and who has performed any tab let tests calibrations or other functions It also ensures that only authorized persons can use the system and restricts the functions each class of users can perform After the ElizaTest 3 initialization com pletes the Log On dialog box will appear on the monitor figure 3 4 The Log On dialog box will initially show the name of the last user To log on type the user name into the Name field in the Log On dialog box Then type the pass word into the Password field As the password Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 15 ElizaTest 3 x Logon Failed g D A A to D no Figure 3 5 The name and or password was not correct is typed asterisks are displayed instead of the actual characters This prevents others from viewing the password When both the name and password are entered select the OK button to log on If both the name and password
58. to be saved un der another name To use this feature select the Magazine Save As menu option Again the Save Magazine dialog box will appear as if the current magazine is untitled Instead of be ing blank however the Magazine Name field will contain the magazine s current name Type Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 66 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 Do you want to replace the existing magazine OC lab check Cancel Help 500128A 022599 Figure 9 2 Confirmation is required to re place an existing magazine Magazine Error The following vials contain an undefined product batch or setup Vial 1 Vial 3 fou must correct the problem before you can start the test 500121A 022599 a Figure 9 3 Magazine Error dialog box a new name for the magazine in the field and select the Save button in the dialog box The current magazine will now be saved under the new name with the original configuration re maining unchanged under its initial name This allows for maintaining a basic magazine config uration template with one name then modify ing and saving the changed magazine configuration under a different name keeping the original configuration intact To sav
59. user sajones 500059A 022699 dialog box will appear figure 11 9 Type the new name for user into the dialog box then se lect the OK button to return to the Configure Us ers dialog box Note that only the user name is changed the password and security access lev el remain as they were The name change will take effect the next time the user logs on An existing user can be deleted from the user list To delete a user select the user name from the list or type the name directly into the User Name field then select the Delete button A message box will appear asking to confirm the deletion figure 11 10 Choose the OK but ton in the message box to delete this user name from the list of authorized users and return to the Configure Users dialog box Select the Cancel button in the message box to return to the Con figure Users dialog box without deleting the us er Figure 11 10 Confirmation is required to de lete a user Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs LET Mo AR K TOOLING Ress ES pre USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 99 i 12 Tester Calibration Tester calibration is accomplished by follow ing the on screen step by step instructions that appear in the Tester Calibration screen Each instrument thickness encoder balance ha
60. vial into position and load its contents into the tablet feeder The next test will automatically begin The magazine test will stop after all enabled vials have been tested or if the operator manually stops all pending tests Refer to the section Magazine Opera tions Available During a Tablet Test Run of this manual for details on changing magazine con figurations while testing is in progress Once a test has been started it may be paused by the operator at any time by selecting the Pause button in the upper right corner of the Tablet Test Run screen When the test is paused the Tablet Testing Module will finish performing whatever operation it may doing a hardness test will not be interrupted an indexing move will complete etc Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 86 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 Feeder i ott of samples Please refill and hit OF to continue 500087A 022599 Figure 10 6 The tablet feeder has run out of tablets Stop Test The following test is not completed ial oduct ate l 1 All highlighted tests will be stopped when you press the OK button If the active test is stopped it can NOT be resumed Clear the highlighting from any tests that should not be stopped now OK Cancel Help
61. 022699 space requirements for each disk in use 13 1 3 Compaction Sched ule solution the database will need to be archived or some unneeded products and or batches will need to be deleted Select the Check Space button to see how much disk space is available and how much is currently required by the database A pop up window will appear showing the disk space re quirements for each disk in use figure 13 5 The Volume is the name of the disk drive or net work drive On the basic stand alone unit there is only one drive named C In cases where the database is stored on more than one drive such as in a networked database each drive will ap pear The Required value is the amount of disk space including the reserve capacity needed for the database The Available value indicates the amount free space on the disk drive The Data Source is the name of the database as it is registered with the ODBC Data Source Ad ministrator on the listed drive The standard data source name for the tablet testing system is ElizaTest3 The Required Capacity reflects not just the current size of the database but also the amount of space that is needed to perform the compacting and archiving operations The Re quired Capacity shown will be approximately twice the physical size of the database plus the amount that is reserved This area sets the automatic database com paction schedule As items are entered into and deleted from the data
62. 14 5 1 Product Batch Cross Reference Report Tests Setups Magazines Log DA Select Product Batch Cross Reference User List Tablet Tester Parameters Exit Help 5001 18B 022699 Figure 14 9 Miscellaneous reports dialog box 14 5 2 Tablet Tester Param eters Report The Product Batch Cross Reference report contains a list of products and the batches that are associated with them Select the Product Batch Cross Reference radio button to gener ate this report Any or all products may be selected for in cluding in the cross reference report To choose all the products select the All radio button in the Products area To print a report for one or more specific products choose the Select radio but ton then choose the individual product s from the displayed list To pick several products from the list hold the Control key CTRL or Ctrl on the keyboard and choose each product as de sired Selected products are highlighted in the list Select a highlighted product again to dese lect it A range of products can be selected by choosing the first product in the range then hold the Shift key and select the last product in the range All products between the two are then selected highlighted The Product Batch Cross Reference report will list all selected products in alphabetical or der Under each product
63. 158 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 18 4 2 Maintenance Admin istration 18 4 3 Inline Production Idle Screen and Manual Operation alerting the operator that an invalid hardware configuration has been detected and the soft ware will not be allowed to start until the maga zine is removed When the ElizaTest 3 is being used as an inline production tablet tester a few differences are apparent in the operation of the Mainte nance Administration dialog box While operat ing in this mode the Archive Disk Space Monitor and Compaction items are disabled The database archive and compaction schedul ing are set through similar items in the TabSys tableting press interface The ElizaTest 3 will still maintain its own event log While the ElizaTest 3 is being used as an inline production tester the Inline Production Idle screen will be shown while no tablets are actually being tested Select the Manual button in the Inline Production Idle screen to enter a manual mode of operation where it is possible to run single test mode tablet tests create and edit setups configure users or nearly any other operation that can be performed As always it will be necessary to log on to the system before using it The ElizaTest 3 will not be able to per form inline production testing until manual mode is exited Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guarant
64. 22699 Figure 12 4 Thickness calibration failed image from the camera This area is used when the camera is being calibrated Select the Exit button at the bottom of the screen to return to the Tablet Test Setup or Magazine screen as appropriate To calibrate the thickness encoder select the Calibrate Thickness button in the Tester Calibration screen When the Calibrate Thickness button is se lected the thickness encoder will move down to contact the bottom of the testing station This will determine the zero point The thickness en coder will then move back up A message box will appear on the screen instructing the opera tor to place the thickness calibration gauge in the first station figure 12 2 Place the supplied thickness calibration gauge in the first station of the Tablet Testing Module at the bottom of the tablet chute then select the OK button in the message box The tablet indexer will move the calibration gauge to the thickness testing station The thickness en coder will then move down to measure the thick ness of the gauge then will move back up If the measured thickness is correct the monitor will display a message box stating that the calibra tion was successful figure 12 3 Select the OK button in the message box and the tablet index er will push the calibration gauge out of the Tab let Testing Module into the waste bin on the right of the machine The current date will be record ed
65. 3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 171 19 2 2 Could not find tablet 19 2 3 Too many spokes found Fewer than 2 spokes found Tablet too round No tablet edges found The camera must be in proper focus and the aperture F stop setting must be correct The camera has been properly adjusted prior to shipment If the images appear fuzzy and lack detail adjust the focusing ring while viewing the supplied camera calibration disk The edges of the disk and the printing on the disk should ap pear sharp The F stop setting should range be tween 2 and 2 8 Testing tablets using a different F stop than the reference alignment im age was learned with may cause problems since the images will be of different overall brightness This error occurs when there is no tablet to find or the image is of such poor quality that the tablet cannot be identified Check to see that the light source is functioning Tablets that have a tendency to roll may end up rolling out of the field of vision or out of the hardness testing sta tion entirely If this is the case reduce the Tab let Advance Setting It is also possible that the tablet bounced out of the receiving station after being fed causing an empty station to be ad vanced Plausibility checks performed on thick ness or weight will
66. 4 Deleted operator XXX 19 1 65 Renamed operator XXX gt YYY 19 1 66 Saved operator XXX 19 1 67 Test aborted p b s m v Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala The listed magazine was renamed m internal magazine ID XXX original magazine name YYY new magazine name The listed magazine was saved to the database m internal magazine ID XXX magazine name The listed product was deleted from the data base p internal product ID XXX product name The listed product was renamed p internal product ID XXX original product name YYY new product name The listed product was saved to the database p internal product ID XXX product name The listed setup was deleted from the database s internal setup ID XXX setup name The listed setup was renamed s internal set up ID XXX original setup name YYY new setup name The listed setup was saved to the database s internal setup ID XXX product name The listed operator was deleted from the autho rized user list The listed operator was renamed XXX origi nal operator name YYY new operator name The listed operator was saved to the database A tablet test was aborted due to an error p in ternal product ID b internal batch ID s inter nal setup ID m internal magazine ID v vial number Artisan Technology Group Quality Inst
67. 6 characters in length When all three password fields have been entered choose the OK button in the Change Password dialog box If all three fields have been entered correctly a message box will appear stating that the pass word has been changed figure 11 4 Choose the OK button in the message box to return to the Tablet Test Setup screen The new pass word will take effect at the next log on of the us er If the old password was incorrectly entered a message box stating this fact will appear and the password will not be changed figure 11 5 Choose the OK button in the message box and reenter the old password If the Password and Verify Password fields did not match another message box will appear and again the pass Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 96 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 11 4 Configuring Users Edit Users User Name Password e verify Password Access Level 3000 600042B 100300 Figure 11 7 Configure Users dialog box 11 4 1 Adding New Users word will not be changed figure 11 6 Choose the OK button in the message box then reenter both password fields Administrators have the capability to assign user names and access levels to persons who will be using the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Select the
68. 8 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 134 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdt ala Mo L l Koi 15 Diagnostics Screen The Diagnostics screen provides controls for aK testing and monitoring the individual compo nents and sensors used in the ElizaTest 3 Tab let Testing System The Diagnostics screen figure 15 1 is accessed by selecting the Tools Diagnostics menu item from the Tablet Test Setup or Magazine screens A security access level of Supervisor is required to use the Diag nostics screen 15 1 Motor Control This area of the Diagnostics screen contains buttons that can be used to test individual mo tors and movement sequences Each item s function is briefly described below ElizaT est 3 Diagnostics Motor Control Magazine Analog Inputs Digital Inputs 5 Volt Power Supply 4 98 Feeder Angle 24 Volt Power Supply 23 59 Tablet Trigger Hardness Load Cell 0 05 Horizontal Back Ram Back Anvil Back Advanced Diagnostics Scale Diagnostics 5001 42A 022699 Figure 15 1 Diagnostics screen Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 135 15 1 1 Home Horizontal 15 1 2 Home Anvil 15 1 3 Home Feeder 15 1 4 Reset Drives 15 1 5
69. 91 T T1 value 27 75 T2 value 23 Tablet Advance Value 28 Tablet Advance value 28 35 Tablet Alignment Screen 31 Tablet Alignment screen 20 28 29 32 39 172 tablet feeder 3 14 71 80 131 tablet indexer 3 14 29 33 36 tablet orientation 37 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page e Index con t U Tablet Source drop list 124 Tablet Test Run Screen 73 Tablet Test Run screen 73 74 75 76 78 79 80 81 83 85 87 88 124 152 165 Tablet Test Setup Screen 17 Tablet Test Setup screen 20 28 29 38 39 41 46 Tablet Tester Information 117 Tablet Tester Parameters Report 128 Tablet Tester Parameters report 128 129 Tablet Testing Module 2 3 TabSys 146 147 148 149 150 151 task switching 117 Test 89 Test canceled by operator 89 Test Identification 69 test identification 59 61 74 Test Identification area 19 47 48 Test Notes 74 89 test numbers 47 122 Test Recovery dialog box 89 Test Results report 76 89 Test Results Table 75 test results table 24 25 26 33 75 76 81 82 83 test statistics 76 Tester Calibration screen 97 98 99 100 103 Tests Report 121 Thickness Calibration 98 168 Thickness calibration 168 thickness calibration 98 99 168 thickness calibration gauge 98 thickness
70. AL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 119 13 3 2 Tablet Tester Infor mation 13 3 3 Interface Options 13 3 3 1 Allow Task Switch ing field provided When all three items are set as desired select the Get Setup button If the set up could be recovered the Save Setup dialog box will appear prompting the operator to give the setup aname If the setup could not be re covered a message box will appear explaining why This is normally caused by the alignment image not being available To conserve disk space only unique align ment images are stored and the image itself is not saved with the test results Instead the saved test results only contain a reference to which image was used If all setup definitions that use a particular image are deleted that im age is also deleted and setups which used the image cannot be recovered In this case it will be necessary to recreate the setup from scratch This area allows an optional description to be assigned to the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System that will appear on all the printed re ports The use of this description is entirely op tional and in no way affects any of the operations The description can be used to identify which reports were generated by which tablet testing system if more than one system is in use To enter or change the description type the description into the field using the back space or delete keys to correct any errors
71. AL Page 138 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Cling ala Test button in the dialog box can be selected to perform to the test again Choose the Exit but ton to return to the Diagnostics screen Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 139 eo L Ls Be 16 Advanced Diagnos The Advanced Diagnostics screen provides RES tics additional controls for testing and monitoring the individual components and sensors used in the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Some of the controls in the Diagnostics screen are dupli cated in the Advanced Diagnostics screen for convenience The Advanced Diagnostics screen figure 16 1 is accessed by selecting the Advanced Diagnostics button in the Diagnos tics screen A security access level of Adminis trator is required to use the Advanced Diagnostics screen The Advanced Diagnostics button in the Diagnostics screen will not be visi ble if the current operator does not have Admin istrator access privileges ElizaTest 3 Advanced Diagnostics Indexer Home Door Feed 1 Tablet Home Horizontal Enable Angle Digable Angle Advance Horizontal Home Vertical Magazine Encoder a r Functions Positions Up 15986 inches i Co Reset Drives Crush and Feed Dw 1 2 Cycle ue ero Count Rotate Table Do DAQ Tot
72. ANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 131 14 4 2 Date Selection 14 5 Miscellaneous Reports Reports may be printed for all magazines re gardless of the save date by selecting the All ra dio button in the Dates area Magazine configurations saved on an individual date or range of dates may be specified by selecting the Select radio button and entering the desired range in the Dates field To specify individual dates type the dates separated by commas To print a range of dates type the first date in the range a hyphen then the last date in the range Dates must be in the form of MM DD YY or MM DD YYYY month day year If the year is not entered the current year is assumed Individual dates may be combined with date ranges Example To print reports for magazines saved on October 9 1998 type 10 9 98 in the Dates field To print all magazines saved between September 5 1997 and January 20 1998 type 9 5 97 1 20 98 in the Dates field Three different types of miscellaneous re ports are available in this dialog box figure 14 9 To choose which report to generate se lect the appropriate radio button in the Miscella neous Reports box at the right of the dialog box Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 132 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala
73. ANUAL Page 16 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 3 1 4 Shutting Down the System Shut Down Windows G Are you sure you want to EAT y t4 P Shut down the computer Restart the computer Close all programs and log on as a different user Help 500115A 022599 Figure 3 6 Shut Down dialog box To exit the ElizaTest 3 software select ei ther the Setup Exit menu option in Tablet Test Setup screen or the Magazine Exit menu option in the Magazine screen The ElizaTest 3 soft ware will stop running To actually shut down the computer itself select the Start button at the lower left of the screen Select the Shut Down button at the bottom of the Start Menu bar The Shut Down dialog box then appears as shown in figure 3 6 Choose the Shut Down Computer option then select the Yes button to begin the shut down process The computer will take a few moments to prepare for shutdown When the message box stating It is now safe to turn off your computer appears the system may be powered off 1 WARNING Do not turn off the main power switch of the unit without first shutting down the Windows NT op erating system Failure to perform this opera tion can result in degraded performance or corrupted data Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com
74. Delete menu option When the Delete command is chosen the De lete Magazine dialog box will appear figure 9 9 The Delete Magazine dialog box contains a list of all saved magazine configurations Choose the name of the magazine to delete by selecting it from the list The selected magazine will be highlighted Then select the Delete but ton Select the Cancel button at this point to re turn to the Magazine screen without deleting any magazine configurations A message box asking to confirm the deletion will then appear figure 9 10 Select the Yes button confirm the deletion and erase the magazine from the hard disk or select the No button to return to the De lete Magazine dialog box without deleting the selected magazine Deleted magazine configu rations cannot be recovered Magazine configurations that have been pre viously saved can be recalled for use by opening them Opening a magazine retrieves the maga zine configuration data from the hard disk and makes it available for running tablet tests or for editing To open a magazine select the Maga zine Name drop list at the bottom center of the Magazine screen The Magazine Name list will then expand to show the names of all the avail able magazine configurations figure 9 11 To choose a magazine to open select the name from the list If the name is not visible in the list use the scroll bar at the right of the list to make Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO
75. IN THE ELIZATEST 3 DATA BASE OR TABSYS DATABASE WHEN THE UNIT IS PART OF AN INTEGRATED TABLET ING PRESS SYSTEM USERS ARE STRONGLY CAUTIONED AGAINST MOVING DELETING OR RENAMING OF ANY FILES EXECUTABLE PROGRAMS CONFIGURA TION FILES WINDOWS NT SYSTEM REGIS TRY ENTRIES AND OTHER ELIZATEST 3 SOFTWARE COMPONENTS THAT COULD RENDER THE SOFTWARE UNABLE TO PER FORM ITS INTENDED TASK Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 7 2 2 2 Analog Input and Out put 2 2 3 Digital Input and Out put ELIZABETH HATA INTERNATIONAL AS SUMES NO LIABILITY FOR THE LOSS OF USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR SYSTEM PRO DUCTION OF UNSELLABLE PRODUCT CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AND ALL OTHER CLAIMS ARIS ING FROM THE UNAUTHORIZED ALTER ATION OF SOFTWARE COMPONENTS BOTH DATA AND EXECUTABLE THE END USER ASSUMES ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNAUTHORIZED ALTERATION OF THE ELIZATEST 3 SOFTWARE COMPO NENTS DATA FILES AND CONFIGURATION FILES INCLUDING SYSTEM REGISTRY EN TRIES OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE ELIZATEST 3 SOFTWARE An analog circuit card gathers the signal from the load cell used during the hardness test This analog signal is converted to a digital form that the computer can use by the circuit card The opposite occurs to control the in
76. Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 18 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 4 1 Title Bar 4 2 Menu Bar and Hot But tons The title bar is the blue bar at the very top of the screen It shows the name if any given to the current tablet test setup as well as other in formation The first time the system is used an empty untitled setup will be displayed After that the last setup that was used will be the first one displayed when the system is started Directly below the title bar is the menu bar The menu bar allows access to the other fea tures of the system To choose a menu item first select one of the general menu categories which are Setup Tools Operations Securi ty and Help When a menu item is selected a drop down menu list appears that shows each of the options available under that general cate gory Select the item desired by moving the mouse to the item the selected item is highlight ed on the monitor then click the primary usu ally the left mouse button to invoke the command For convenience 7 common menu com mands may be invoked by selecting their corre sponding hot buttons in the screen These commands are e New same as Setup New e Open same as Setup Open e Save same as Setup Save e Magazine same as Operations Magazine e Reports same as Operations Reports e Run Test same as Operation
77. J Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 124 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 500070A 022599 Figure 14 3 Print dialog box Printing Records Copy 1 Printing Page 1 Cancel Printing 500154A 031099 Figure 14 4 Print status window type the desired page number in the box Select the Close button in the Print Preview to leave the preview and return to the Reports dialog box The Print button when selected will cause the report to be sent to system printer Selecting the Print button will cause the Print dialog box to appear figure 14 3 This dialog box indicates the type of the system printer the location of the printer and other items The discussion that fol lows applies to the Hewlett Packard LaserJet series printer supplied as standard equipment If another printer is being used refer to the print er manufacturer s documentation for specific details not addressed here Q NOTE The Print dialog box and Print Status dialog box will not appear if printing was initiated by select ed the Print button in the Report Preview win dow Instead a simple print status window will be displayed figure 14 4 When t
78. Jog CCW counter clockwise will rotate the magazine one encoder count each time the buttons are select ed Selecting the Go Home button will cause the magazine to rotate to the position that has been identified as the home position Selecting the Set Home button will register the current po sition of the magazine as the home position This will not necessarily be the zero count posi tion The Set Home button cannot be selected while the magazine is moving For consistency it is recommended that home position always be set so that vial 1 is centered over the feed door If another position is registered as the home po sition the numbered vials in the schematic view will not match the numbers stamped into the magazine itself and the wrong vials will be test ed Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 150 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 17 4 Rotate Controls 17 5 Empty Controls 17 6 Open Doors Selecting the Next Vial and Previous Vial buttons will rotate the magazine until the next or previous adjacent vial is centered over the feed door Selecting Next Vial will rotate the maga zine clockwise and selecting Previous Vial will rotate the magazine counter clockwise Since the magazine is circular the highest numbered vial is adjacent to vial 1 The Go To Vial button allow
79. Magazine Diagnos tics and Current Position 15 1 6 Home Vertical Selecting this button will cause the horizontal slide of the tablet indexer to move to its home position The horizontal slide is properly homed when the right edge of the pockets of the indexer are aligned with the right edge of the tablet thick ness testing platen and the circular balance pan Selecting this button will cause the hardness anvil to move to its home position The hard ness anvil is properly homed when the vertical face of the anvil is flush with the sides of the hardness testing station Selecting this button will cause the tablet feeder to pivot to its home position If the tablet feeder is already at the home position no action will occur The feeder is properly homed when it is approximately 10 degrees above the hori zontal Select this button to reset both stepper motor controller cards If the optional magazine is installed on the Tablet Testing Module selecting this button will display the Magazine Diagnostics screen which is covered in the section Magazine Diagnos tics The Magazine Diagnostics screen con tains its own group of controls to test functions involving the magazine The number in the box to the right of the Magazine button displays the current rotational position of the magazine and can range from 0 to 255 Selecting the Home Vertical button will cause the vertical slide of the tablet indexer to move to its home po
80. O SINGS sys aa ited dduaeaesacmendiducda 133 Advanced Diagnostics si tcciscissiicnctiecteesgeseencsteceeseeiaxcinednetetnestnsienis 134 Feeder ContrOlS ieaie knea aese ae E 135 Magazine Oy 0 1 16 bc een eee nee ee nee eran acre eye crete neemee ree 136 Indexer Controls eccerre seier ee ee en ar iacaa Erte 137 Encoder Controls aerer a 138 Adherent Motion a aanaaannnnnnnnnnnnnonennnnnnnrnnnttnnnnrnnrnnnnnnnnn nnna n nenne 139 Ram and Anvil COMMONS iis2scscsnscescsiaraacnassenccadaasicsansdeaatdeedsanncandadeons 140 Ram Crush Rate and Load Cell Display ccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 141 FUMCUONS arene nerrenn oaeenc ae een ne ene e eerste ever er erence 142 Magazine Diagnostics siciceicncectee aes eine eee 143 Magazine Schematic scdgencteeddasscscecececesecsetes wesesaveerseeredaseadsoncsencses 143 Encoder POSION gesiusinsisimurceeerrsauionsnererncieomineueeumienconmeneens 144 Home Controls sty cines wo tatnadasdiansatiansnaieanimonensasuniadaeeassaiaeuaamieneauens 144 PROMS GS OMG Bia cscccsnscitantersdasdtepacanaeeruadsdodduivanssauacdalaieesdcnandsunuiices 145 Empty Controls iets oacsatencudiasasedcocneecdredsiuuratatoiuoddanledsienaducsoamdduidantelen 145 Open DUS asta a ascidian tar ein aree street nat ha i aa EA E EREE A 145 Integrating the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System with the TabSys Tableting Press Interf Ce scosse ane aeo aea ea ea E Naara E 146 Database Locations and Contents c seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
81. Security Configure Us ers menu option to display the Configure Us ers dialog box figure 11 7 Select the Exit button in the Configure Users dialog box to close the dialog box and return to the Tablet Test Set up screen or the Magazine screen as appropri ate To add a new user to the system select the New button at the right of the dialog box This will clear all the existing data shown Type the name of the new user into the User Name field This is the name that will be requested during log on Auser name may be up to 14 characters in length and can contain any keyboard charac ter except single quote double quote E or I left right square bracket and grave ac cent Also leading and trailing spaces are not permitted but spaces in the middle of names are perfectly acceptable User names are not case sensitive upper case and lower case char acters are treated the same Assign the user a password by entering it into both the Password and Verify Password fields Passwords may be up to 16 characters in length and cannot con tain any spaces Thirdly assign a security ac cess level by entering a number into the Access Level field The access levels range from 0 to 9999 and are assigned the following meaning Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3
82. Selecting the Home button will cause the ram or anvil hardness jaw to move to its fully re tracted home position A jaw is properly homed when its vertical face is flush with the side wall of the hardness testing station Selecting the Open button will cause the ram or anvil to retract a small distance away from the center of the hardness testing station Selecting the Close button will cause the ram or anvil to advance a small distance toward the center of the hardness testing station This value is used to adjust the final home position of the hardness jaws Decreasing this value will position the jaws more toward the cen ter of the hardness testing station Increasing the value will retract the jaws further into the ma chine This item can be used to set the speed that the ram will move during the final portion of the hardness test as the tablet is actually broken The value is expressed in millimeters per sec ond and can range from 0 1 to 5 0 The factory setting is 0 5 mm sec Changing this setting will affect the apparent hardness of tablets The Load Cell value shows the current force being applied to the hardness load cell It is ex pressed in kiloponds only and cannot be changed Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 147 16 8 1
83. System Page 113 lyk Hs Help Archive Dates O No date restrictions Tests before 172371998 Tests in range 10 25 1 2 97 2 20 98 500090B 022699 Figure 13 7 Archive Database Options dia log box This off line database is then removed from the computer where it can be stored as a perma nent record if desired The Archive database every field sets how often the database or a selected portion of it is to be archived The archive scheduler will dis play a reminder message when it is time to ar chive the database The actual archiving procedure requires an operator to be present it will not begin automatically The Archive button can be selected at any time to perform an un scheduled archive The Reset button is used to restart the archive scheduler timer at day zero The next scheduled archive will then occur the number of days in the future as set by the Ar chive database every field effectively skipping the archive period When an archive scheduled or unsched uled is to occur the Archive Database Options dialog box will appear figure 13 7 This dialog box allows the selection of which tests to ar chive Tests may be archived according to batches dates or a combination of each All the options are cumulative they add together and only test results meeting all the selected criteria will be archived
84. Tablet Test Setup or Magazine screens or select the Operations Batch menu option The Batches dialog box will appear figure 7 9 The Magazine screen is described in detail in the section Magazine Screen The Batches dialog box allows for adding new batches deleting existing batches or re naming batches Before any operations can be done on batches the product which the batch is Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 54 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 7 1 8 Creating a New Batch 7 1 9 Renaming Batches Rename Batch Enter new name for the batch OK Cancel 500051B 022599 Figure 7 10 Rename Batch dialog box to be associated with must first be selected This is done by selecting the down arrow on the right of the Product field in the Batches dialog box A list of available products will appear Choose a product by selecting it from the list The Batches dialog box then displays a list of all currently available batches assigned to the se lected product When finished with the Batches dialog box select the Exit button in the dialog box to return to the Tablet Test Setup screen or the Magazine screen as appropriate To create a new batch select the New but ton at the right of the dialog box Type the name of the new batch into the Batch Name
85. Tablet Testing System Page 97 ElizaTest 3 amp A user named jamith already exists S500060A 022699 Figure 11 8 User names must be unique 11 4 2 Updating User Infor mation e Levels 1000 to 1499 provide Operator access privileges e Levels 1500 to 1999 provide Extended Oper ator access privileges e Levels 2000 to 8999 provide Supervisor ac cess privileges e Levels 9000 to 9999 provide Administrator ac cess privileges Levels less than 1000 provide no access but may be assigned if desired This could be used for instance to temporarily prohibit access by a certain operator without deleting their account More than one user may have the same access level Select the Add button in the Edit Users di alog box to add the user to the list User names must be unique If a name is added that already exists a message box will appear stating this fact figure 11 8 Choose the OK button in the message box and assign a different name to the user NOTE If the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System is in tegrated with an Elizabeth Hata tableting press it will be necessary to make the same changes to the user list maintained by the TabSys Tablet ing Press Interface There is currently no auto matic method of keeping the two user lists synchronized Each tablet press user must also be a tablet tester user The passwords and access levels of existing users can be changed at any time To change an ex
86. The Rename Setup dialog box will appear fig ure 6 8 The current name of the setup will be shown in the dialog box To rename the setup type a new name for the setup into the dialog box then select the OK button The Cancel but ton may be selected before renaming to return to the Tablet Test Setup screen without chang ing the setup s name Setup names must be unique If a setup is given an existing name a message box will ap pear stating that the name already exists Se lect the OK button in the message box then enter a unique name for the setup Note that changing a setup s name will not affect any test runs that may have been performed using the original name but any reports printed after a setup name has been changed or any maga zine configurations that may use this setup will show the new name not the original name Tablet Test Setup definitions that have been previously saved can be recalled for use by opening them Opening a setup retrieves the setup definition data from the hard disk and makes it available for running tablet tests or for editing To open a setup select the Open but ton in the Tablet Test Setup screen or choose the Setup Open menu option The Open Set up dialog box will appear figure 6 9 The names of all saved setups appear in a list in the dialog box To choose a setup to open select the name from the list then select the Open but ton in the dialog box The chosen setup will now b
87. US 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 151 LE R OTA 18 Integrating the see ElizaTest 3 Tablet Test ing System with the Tab Sys Tableting Press Interface TOOLING 18 1 Database Locations and Contents This section describes the highlights of using the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing system as an in line production tester in conjunction with an Eliz abeth Hata tableting press When the two are integrated tablet tests are initiated by com mands from the tablet press The tablet press specifies what product batch and tablet test setup to use as well as the frequency of testing After tablet tests are run by the ElizaTest 3 the press is notified of the results of the tests so that it may use this information to make any needed adjustments in the tablet making process Oth er details of integration and inline production testing can be found in the TabSys Tablet Press Interface User Manual Both the ElizaTest 3 Vision Tablet Testing System and the TabSys Tableting Press Inter face maintain their own independent databases However when the ElizaTest 3 is integrated with the tableting press they must share their databases with each other forming a single dis tributed database This is required in order for the TabSys interface to be able
88. al 15986 31 97 Offset Encoder 598 05 mm sec Home Open Clase Offset 4100 indexer Load Cell 0 41 Kp Anvil 500144B 032299 E Motion r Ram Crush Rate Ram Figure 16 1 Advanced Diagnostics screen Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 140 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Cling ala 16 1 Feeder Controls 16 1 1 Home 16 1 2 Angle and Angle Set ting 16 1 3 Home Door 16 1 4 Feed 1 Tablet 16 1 5 Enable Angle This area of the Advanced Diagnostics screen contains buttons that can be used to test individual motors and movement sequences that involve the tablet feeder Each item s func tion is briefly described below Selecting the Home button will cause the tablet feeder to pivot to its home position If the tablet feeder is already at the home position no action will occur The feeder is properly homed when it is approximately 10 degrees above the horizontal Selecting the Angle button will cause the tab let feeder to pivot to the angle that is set in the number field to the right of the Angle button The angle value is measured in degrees and can be set to any value between 10 and 40 Changing this value will not affect the value in the current tablet test setup definition Selecting t
89. ally be set to the Angle state feeder angle relay on hardness table relay off This area of the Advanced Diagnostics screen contains buttons that can be used to test movement sequences and actions that involve the optional magazine Each item s function is briefly described below The items in this area are disabled and cannot be selected if the op tional magazine is not installed Selecting the Next Vial button will cause the magazine to rotate clockwise to the next vial po sition Selecting the Previous Vial button will cause the magazine to rotate counter clockwise to the previous vial position Selecting this button will cause the Feed Door of the magazine to open for as long as the button is selected Selecting this button will cause the Purge Door of the magazine to open for as long as the button is selected Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 142 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Cling ala 16 3 Indexer Controls 16 3 1 Home Horizontal Offset Value 16 3 2 Advance Horizontal Offset Value 16 3 3 Home Vertical Offset Value This area of the Advanced Diagnostics screen contains buttons that can be used to test individual motors and movement sequences that involve the tablet indexer This area also contains settings that control the final position ing of the indexer
90. alog box The data base will then be compacted as described in the section Compaction Schedule If compacting the database produced suffi cient free disk space operation of the system can continue normally If there is still insufficient disk space the Low Capacity Warning dialog box will reappear At this point if it is possible attempt to reduce the amount of reserve disk ca pacity needed by selecting the Adjust Re serve button in the dialog box Selecting the Adjust Reserve button will display the Adjust Reserve Capacity dialog box figure 13 4 The dialog box shows the present value of the reserve capacity and the setting that is required to alleviate the current low disk ca pacity problem To change the reserve capaci ty enter a new value into the Change Reserve Capacity To field Then choose the OK button to register the new setting Please note that compacting the data and changing the reserve capacity are only tempo rary solutions to the problem For a permanent Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 111 lyk Hs Capacity Requirements Volume Required Available Data Source Ec 28 MB BOO MB ElizaTest3 Figure 13 5 Pop up window showing the disk 500089A
91. and resuming tests is covered in a later section After the tablet feeder has been loaded select the Start button in the Tablet Test Run screen Magazine mode is available only if the op tional magazine has been installed on the Tablet Testing Module Prepare for the magazine test run by ensuring that the correct magazine con figuration has been selected in the Magazine screen Load the sample tablets into the maga zine vials paying careful attention that the cor rect tablet samples are placed in the proper vials The top cover plate of the magazine may Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 81 10 10 Hardware Checks Performed Prior to Each Test be rotated by hand to place the tablet loading funnel in the proper position over the vials or the Fill button in the Magazine screen can be se lected to display a dialog box containing controls that can be used to move the magazine Each vial should contain only enough tablets to en sure that the tablet feeder will not be overfilled when the vials empty into the tablet feeder As described in the section pertaining to the Maga zine screen if more tablets need to be tested than will fit in the tablet feeder two or more con secutive vials can be linked together in a contin ued chain which is tr
92. anges to magazine OC lab check 500134A 022599 Figure 9 6 Changes have been made to the Choosing No will only discard changes made to magazine but those changes have not been the magazine The magazine still exists on the saved computer s hard disk drive but the changes made to it since it was last saved will be lost 9 3 Renaming Magazines If the current magazine configuration has been given a name by saving it it may be given a new name by selecting the Rename button or by choosing the Magazine Rename menu Rename Magazine option The Rename Magazine dialog box will Enter new name for the magazine appear figure 9 7 The current name of the ac tive magazine will be shown in the dialog box To rename the magazine type a new name for Cancel the magazine into the dialog box then select the OK button The Cancel button may be selected Soins before renaming to return to the Magazine screen without changing the magazine configu ration s name Tablet Press 03 15 min samples Figure 9 7 Rename Magazine dialog box Magazine names must be unique If a mag azine is given an existing name a message box will appear stating that the name already exists ElizaTest 3 figure 9 8 Select the OK button in the mes ix A magazine nanied Tablet Press 03 30 min samples ahead sage box then enter a unique name for the l magazine config
93. anual The only option asso ciated with the log report is date selection Se lect the All radio button to print the contents of the entire log or choose the Select radio button to enter a date or range of dates to print Dates must be in the form of MM DD YY or MM DD YYYY month day year If the year is not en tered the current year is assumed Individual dates may be combined with date ranges Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 130 USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Cling ala 14 4 Magazine Report Magazines Log Miscellaneous l ine OAI Select hi heck 2 al 32 15 min samples al tess 037 30 min samples al ness 237 30 min samples Dates all O Select Example 10 25 1 2 98 2 20 1999 Figure 14 8 Magazine Report dialog box 500148A 022699 14 4 1 Magazine Selection Example To print a report for log entries made on May 19 1997 type 5 19 97 in the Dates field To print all entries made between Decem ber 1 1998 and December 31 1998 type 12 1 98 12 31 98 in the Dates field This report shows the vial list and other infor mation for the selected magazine configurations figure 14 8 All the information contained in the magazine configuration including the enabled and conti
94. as the Calibration Date for the thickness en coder Should the measured thickness not equal the expected actual thickness of the calibration gauge a message box will appear stating that the thickness calibration failed figure 12 4 The supplied thickness encoder measures Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 101 Calibrate Thickness amp Thickness calibration incomplete 500105A 022699 Figure 12 5 Thickness calibration was not completed 12 2 Weight Calibration Calibrate Weight D Calibrate the balance according to the manufacturer s specifications Specity OF when successtully calibrated Select Cancel to cancel calibration OK Cancel Help 500097A 022699 Figure 12 6 Calibrate the balance according to the manufacturer s specifications 0 375 inches Select the OK button in the mes sage box then another message box will ap pear stating the calibration was not completed successfully figure 12 5 Select the OK button in the message box and the tablet indexer will push the calibration gauge out into the waste bin on the right of the machine Refer to the appen dix Resolving Calibration Errors of this manual for information on why an unsuccessful calibra tion may have occurred and possib
95. auto Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 14 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 x No Vision is available 9 fiz 10 N A z oO 3 D a Figure 3 3 A message box will appear if problems are detected during initialization 3 1 3 ElizaTest 3 Operator Log On Log On Hame administrator Password Cancel 500037A 022599 Figure 3 4 Log On dialog box matically The tablet feeder will find its home position and the tablet feeder will attempt to empty any tablets that may be present The thickness encoder will move to its full up home position The ram and anvil will then move to their retracted home positions Finally the tab let indexer cycles a total of 4 times to clear any residual tablets that may be present The thick ness encoder will then perform a zeroing opera tion Finally either the Tablet Test Setup screen or the Magazine Configuration screen will ap pear on the monitor depending on whether or not a magazine has been installed Q NOTE For the most accurate measuring it is suggest ed that the system be allowed to warm up for ap proximately 30 minutes prior to performing any tablet tests This warm up time is required to give the balance hardness load cell and ampli fier and light source
96. ave no special markings when shown in the test results table and the printed re ports Measurements that fall outside of this range but inside the T2 range discussed be low are indicated in yellow color when shown in the test results table Values less than the T1 range are prefixed with the symbol lt and val Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 26 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 4 16 T2 Value ues greater than the T1 range are prefixed with the symbol gt in both the test results table and on the printed reports Values outside of the T1 range generally indicate marginally acceptable product the tablets are still considered accept able but some factor in the tablet making pro cess may require adjustment The T1 values are absolute values they are not percentages of the setpoint The T1 value is set in the same way with the same number of decimal places as the corre sponding setpoint is but the T1 value is more re stricted in its range Specifically the maximum value of T1 is approximately one half the maxi mum range of the measurement T1 must be less than T2 described later and T1 must be greater than zero The Setpoint Tip shown be low the mouse pointer will display the currently acceptable ranges for the T1 value The T2 value sets an upper a
97. base the database can develop holes in it that use up disk space but do not contain any actual information Com pacting the database removes these holes and frees up the unused disk space The controls in this area determine how often and at what time to automatically compact the database Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 112 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala Scheduled Compaction Notice Ibis time to compact the database The period between scheduled compactions has expired COMPACTION WILL BEGIN AUTOMATICALLY UNLESS OU POSTPONE THE OPERATION Compacting the data may take several minutes Time until compaction 57 seconds Do you want to compact the data now or wait Compact Wait Help 500093A 022699 Figure 13 6 A scheduled compaction is about to be performed 13 1 4 Archive Schedule The Compact database every item sets the number of days between compactions Once every 7 to 14 days is adequate for most uses The Begin compaction at field sets the time of day to perform the compaction The ElizaTest 3 program must be running for the automatic compaction to occur If the system is not run ning or if the compaction has been otherwise postponed a dialog box will appear figure 13 6 the next time
98. be lifted up out of the way Unscrew and remove the small thumb screw on the cover plate and swing the cover plate upright Caution Do this gently as not to disturb the camera alignment The load cell is now exposed When this is completed select the Retract Ram button in the Calibrate Hardness dialog box When the Retract Ram button is selected the ram will move back ap proximately one half inch When it stops select the Remount Load Cell button A message box will appear stating to make certain the load cell assembly is mount ed in an upright position figure 12 9 To re mount the load cell assembly for calibration use a 3 8 open end wrench and loosen the nut that secures the load cell to its mounting plate figure 12 10 Remove the load cell cable from the clips carefully pull the load cell off its mounting plate and snug up the nut against the rear of the Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Cling ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 103 load cell Place the load cell vertical by inserting the pin on the rear of the load cell down into the hole on the top of the mounting plate as far as it will go Select the OK button in the message box when this is complete Selecting the Can cel button will stop the calibration procedure Now select the Calibrate button in the Cali brat
99. beth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 47 Print Status Sy Printing the Current Setup on printer HP Lasenet 5L Cancel 500082A 022599 Figure 6 12 Print Status message box more than one copy of a report is desired To change the number of copies either enter the number desired directly into the Number of Cop ies field or select the small up and down arrows in the field until the correct number of copies is displayed To print the Current Setup report select the OK button in the Print dialog box The Print Sta tus message box appears briefly indicating the report is being prepared and sent to the printer figure 6 12 After printing is complete the Print dialog box will close and the Tablet Test Setup screen will appear Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 48 USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdt ala 7 Creating and Main taining Product and Batch Information 7 1 Products and Batches ElizaTest 3 x You must specify a product ID and a batch ID before running a test OK Help 500071A 022599 Figure 7 1 Each test must be associated with a product and a batch 7 1 1 Relationship Between Products Batches and Tests This section of the ElizaTest 3 User s Man ual describes
100. bin at the right of the Tablet Testing Module The Accept button will cause any changes that have been made in the Alignment screen to be incorporated into the current setup and then return control to the Tablet Test Setup screen The most recently learned image will be shown in the lower right portion of the Tablet Test Setup screen An image must be learned before it can be accepted The Cancel button will cancel any changes that have been made in this screen in cluding changes to the Tablet Advance Dis tance Light Intensity and Break Axis Length settings and will return to the Tablet Test Setup screen Any changes to the settings or any new alignment image will not be recorded as if the Alignment screen was never entered Begin the procedure by placing the tablet to be aligned into weight testing station then close the cover on the Tablet Testing Module If the tablet has a bisect or other surface feature that is to be considered during the alignment be sure that the tablet is facing right side up Select the Advance button to push the tablet into the hardness testing station The tablet should now be visible in the camera view area of the Align ment screen Adjust the Light Intensity to a setting that provides the highest contrast the difference be tween the brightest and darkest areas of the im age The tablet should be as bright as possible without appearing to be washed out The bot tom of the hardness testin
101. cated drive x You have the following choices Reduce the disk capacity reserve Attempt to compact the data or Exit the program and correct the problem manually Required Available Data i eg 616 ME ata Source 591 MB ElizaTest3 Compact Data Help S500116A 022699 Figure 13 3 Low Capacity Warning dialog box Adjust Reserve Capacity Current capacity reserve Capacity reserve that eliminates the current problems Change the capacity reserve to Cancel Figure 13 4 Adjust Reserve Capacity dialog box 500117A 022699 and the operator will be prompted to either ad just the spare capacity setting or compact the database This dialog box displays a list of the options that are currently available that can be tried to correct the low disk capacity problem and also which disk drive or drives in case the database exists on multiple drives is experiencing the low capacity Depending on the circumstance that caused the warning all of the options may not be available To correct this problem either the amount of free reserve space may be reduced the data base can be compacted or some type of manu al file removal must be performed Compacting the database is suggested as the first option to try To compact the database select the Com pact Data button in the di
102. cause the thickness encoder to move through one com plete cycle at its normal operating speed Selecting the 1 2 Cycle button will cause the thickness encoder to move through one half a complete cycle at its normal operating speed Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 144 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 16 4 4 Home 16 4 5 Jog 16 4 6 Zero Count 16 4 7 Position Displays 16 5 Adherent Motion Selecting the Home button will cause the thickness encoder to move to its top dead cen ter home position Selecting the Jog button will cause the thick ness encoder to move a small distance Note that when the thickness encoder is close to the top or bottom of its stroke the movements may be too small to see Selecting the Zero Count button will zero both the up and down counters This operation should only be performed when the measuring foot of the encoder is resting flat on the bottom of the thickness measuring station Zeroing the counters at any other time will result in errone ous thickness values There are two counters associated with the thickness encoder that measure the distance the encoder has traveled One counter will re spond when the encoder is moving up and the other will respond when the encoder is moving down When the down counter is subtracted from the
103. contains a list of all saved setups Choose the name of the setup to delete by selecting it from the list The selected setup will be high lighted Then select the Delete button Select the Cancel button at this point to return to the Tablet Test Setup screen without deleting any setups A message box asking to confirm the deletion will then appear figure 6 7 Select the Yes button to confirm the deletion and erase the setup from the hard disk or select the No button to return to the Delete Setup dialog box without deleting the setup In some circumstances de leted setups can be recovered Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 45 6 4 Renaming Setups Rename Setup Enter new name for the setup OK Cancel 500147B 010799 Figure 6 8 Rename Setup dialog box 6 5 Opening Setups Open Setup Setup Name Acetaminophen 350 mg Open Acetaminophen 500 mg Antacid Ca Cancel q Aspirin 25 gr buffered Ibuprofen 250 mg Ibuprofen 400 mg Multivitarnin Multivitamin Chewable Multivitamin Fe Help 500043B 022599 Figure 6 9 Open Setup dialog box If the current setup has been given a name by saving it it may be given a different name by selecting the Setup Rename menu option
104. d could not be inserted proper ly If the database is part of a network connec tion make certain the network is running and all connections are physically secure If the error occurs frequently contact Elizabeth Hata and be prepared to state the sequence of events pri or to receiving this error A database record could not be updated proper ly If the database is part of a network connec tion make certain the network is running and all connections are physically secure If the error occurs frequently contact Elizabeth Hata and be prepared to state the sequence of events pri or to receiving this error No next database record was found when one was expected to be present If the database is part of a network connection make certain the network is running and all connections are phys ically secure Ifthe error occurs frequently con tact Elizabeth Hata and be prepared to state the sequence of events prior to receiving this er ror ODBC information for database operations could not be found If the error occurs frequent ly contact Elizabeth Hata and be prepared to state the sequence of events prior to receiving this error A group of related database records could not be deleted properly If the database is part of a network connection make certain the network is running and all connections are physically se cure If the error occurs frequently contact Eliz abeth Hata and be prepared to state the sequence of events
105. ded un der the table preventing the platform from rotat ing easily The hardness platform can be cleaned by wiping the top of platform with an al cohol pad Separate the upper portion of the hardness platform by carefully inserting a flat blade screwdriver in to the slot at the end of ta ble the angled portion and gently prying up ward to separate the top and bottom sections Use an alcohol pad or foam swab to clean the entire platform Rotate the hardness platform several times cleaning away any dust that be comes dislodged Replace the upper section of the hardness platform when finished Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 178 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 19 4 5 Indexer Wiper 19 4 6 Magazine A synthetic rubber wiping blade is located on the bottom surface of the leading edge of the horizontal indexer This wiping blade assists in clearing the hardness platform of crumbs that result when tablets are broken during the hard ness test The tablet tester must be turned off while cleaning the wiper To clean the wiping blade lift the camera assembly up out of the way allowing it to rest on its hinge Push the horizontal indexer forward then lift the indexer to expose the wiping blade Clean the wiping blade with glass cleaner or an alcohol pad Ifthe wiping blade is
106. defined in the setup for the current test Force is measured along the vertical axis of the graph and time is measured along the horizontal axis The graph displays a total of 2 5 seconds The vertical axis of the graph is automatically scaled to provide the best resolution and easiest interpretation of the values NOTE If the current operator has logged onto the sys tem with a security level of Administrator a check box labeled Save Graph will appear above the Break Force graph When this box is checked the Break Force graph data will be saved as a text file on the computer s hard disk drive where it may be used for later analysis The text file contains a list in standard text for mat readable by most word processor type pro grams and spreadsheets of each point in time and the corresponding hardness value All measured points are stored in the folder Temp Hardness Data All Points and the points that are actually displayed in the graph are stored in the folder Temp Hardness Da ta Displayed Points A timestamp is used as the filename for the data It is recommended that this feature not be used except when it is expressly desired to save the graph data This function can rapidly consume large amounts of disk space Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 80 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testi
107. e ments of an ideal tablet They represent the tar get thickness weight and hardness that the T1 and T2 tolerance bands and plausibility values will be based on Each setpoint is independent of the others Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 23 4 13 Samples Number of Samples The Thickness Setpoint has a range of 0 000 to 15 011 millimeters or from 0 000 to 0 591 inches depending on the chosen unit Up to 3 decimal places can be entered Although not required for entry the value will always be displayed to 3 decimal places and will have a leading zero for values less than 1 The Weight Setpoint can vary from 0 0000 to 50 0000 grams Although not required for en try the value will always be displayed to 4 deci mal places and will have a leading zero for values less than 1 The Hardness Setpoint may range from 0 0 to 45 0 kiloponds 0 0 to 63 0 Strong Cobbs or 0 0 to 441 6 Newtons depending on the chosen unit Although not required for entry the value will always be displayed to 1 decimal place and will have a leading zero for values less than 1 Even though the setpoints can be assigned any value in the ranges listed above the set point value plus the T2 value cannot exceed the maximum range of measurement nor can the se
108. e 33 Adherent Tablet Motion ois es dee cece ernst estedeeeauitecontececceteedent 33 Break AXis Length ss cicgeercsicatseccdasccctidacscocaacicnsdceeceusuneedeedseadcusutesearee 34 Touch and Home ButtonS eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssrereerrrrrrrrrrreeneee 35 Tablet Advance Distance and Advance Button eee 35 Learn B ttOM sasia ieena eee eo a a E E Na 36 Aligri BUON iiaeia a 37 Accept and Cancel Buttons wisisciiwstincsncccantsnevstuinsiiniactandchassiansaeeeadccas 38 Setting a Tablet s AlignMent 1 2 20606 cecceeneeensnoneeseeenanennnceeseees 38 Setup Operations se sienccscscecccosscnes crstececcerecstarsticnesnemetenssomineceminess 40 Saving SS UU Sg ecw ee E ee 40 Creating New SQW S scepccsssceccce sds sees cos ccecaicbincecdeedetauecaeeeuedeye 42 Deleting Setups siegis poredati eE Oaa aE eddies 43 Renaming Setups sisii aaeei e 44 Opening SUNS ise fasion nto hareton ox rsatndu aan aernanduadsuinannnhentondahesusiounetandiens 44 Printing the Current Setup Report c seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 45 Creating and Maintaining Product and Batch Information 47 Products and Batches sneren eee 47 The Setup Test Relationship cccccccccccssccseneeeeseeeeeseeeeeeeeeess 54 Magazine Screen ssssssssnnnnnnnsesnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 55 Me Bamia e a tA 56 Menu Bar and Hot BUTS as cdccccccccantcenrteeltielo sie ets ie 56 Product Batch and Setup Lists
109. e 89 invalid references 65 K keyboard 2 9 12 21 L Learn Button 36 Learn button 36 39 Light Intensity Slider 32 Light Intensity value 28 103 165 load cell 7 14 97 100 101 102 169 Log On dialog box 92 Log Report 126 Log report 119 Low Capacity Warning dialog box 107 108 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page c Index con t M Machine Stop Alarm 152 machine stop alarm 150 151 152 magazine connector 11 Magazine Diagnostics screen 131 143 Magazine Error dialog box 64 Magazine Fill Control dialog box 70 71 Magazine Name drop list 68 Magazine Report 126 Magazine report 119 126 Magazine Schematic 71 143 magazine schematic 71 Magazine Screen 48 55 Magazine screen 15 16 49 57 58 60 63 64 66 68 69 Magazine Delete menu option 67 Magazine Exit menu option 16 Magazine Open menu option 68 Magazine Print menu option 69 Magazine Rename menu option 66 Magazine Save As menu option 63 mechanical initialization 13 monitor 2 12 mouse 2 9 12 21 22 N New Magazine command 65 New Magazine dialog box 65 New Setup command 42 Next Vial 71 136 145 number of copies 45 69 121 number of vials 65 71 144 Numeric fields 21 O ODBC 10 106 109 On line help 19 57 Open Doors 72 145
110. e Hardness dialog box A message box will appear stating to make certain the 5 kg calibra tion mass supplied is placed on the upright load cell assembly To do this carefully position the calibration mass on the face of the ram When the calibration mass is properly posi tioned select the OK button in the message box Selecting the Cancel button will stop the calibration procedure L500010C 022699 Figure 12 10 Remounting the load cell for calibration Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 104 USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala Calibrate Hardness A Hardness Calibration successtully completed 500104A 022699 Figure 12 11 Hardness calibration was suc cessful Calibrate Hardness Calibration Weight is out of tolerance Ret hardness calibration 500109A 022699 Figure 12 12 The calibration mass was mea sured incorrectly Calibrate Hardness Hardness Calibration Incomplete 500106A 022699 Figure 12 13 The hardness calibration was not completed When the OK button is selected the comput er will read the current value of the load cell as 5 kg and if this value is within a preset toler ance the calibration is successful and the value will be used to compute future tablet hardness readings A message box will also appea
111. e alignment image are in cluded in this report The report also shows the operator time and date of the last save Setup reports can be generated for all setups selected setups or setups saved according to date by choosing the appropriate options in the Reports dialog box All the options are cumulative they add together and only setup definitions meeting all the selected criteria are printed It is possible for options to be selected for which no setup meets the criteria in this case an empty report will be generated Any or all setup definitions may be selected for printing To choose all the setups select the All radio button in the Setups area To print one or more specific setups choose the Select radio button then choose the individual setup s from the displayed list To pick several setups from the list hold the Control key CTRL or Ctrl on the keyboard and choose each setup as de sired Selected setups are highlighted in the list Select a highlighted setup again to deselect it A range of setups can be selected by choosing the first setup in the range then hold the Shift key and select the last setup in the range All setups between the two are then selected highlighted Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 129 14 2 2 Date Sel
112. e chang es to a magazine configuration under its original name simply select the Save button without supplying a different name All magazine names must be unique Should the attempt be made to save a magazine using a name that already exists a confirmation message box will appear asking if the new mag azine should replace the old one figure 9 2 Select the Yes button to cause the new maga zine configuration to replace the original one Select the No button if the original magazine is not to be replaced Selecting No will return to the Save Magazine dialog box Select the Can cel button to cancel the save attempt and return to the Magazine screen When a magazine is saved the configura tion is checked for inconsistencies in the vial list and any errors that are found will be shown in the Magazine Error dialog box figure 9 3 A common cause of this error is enabling a vial for testing without supplying all of the product batch and setup information required to run the test The Magazine Error dialog box will list which vials contain incorrect data Select the OK button in the dialog box then make the nec essary corrections to the magazine configura tion A similar check is performed prior to running tablet test using the magazine and also when a magazine configuration is first being opened Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE
113. e could not be proper ly opened before use If the database is part of a network connection make certain the network is running and all connections are physically se cure If the error occurs frequently contact Eliz abeth Hata and be prepared to state the sequence of events prior to receiving this error A table in the ElizaTest 3 database could not be properly opened before use If the database is part of anetwork connection make certain the network is running and all connections are phys ically secure Ifthe error occurs frequently con tact Elizabeth Hata and be prepared to state the sequence of events prior to receiving this er ror A database record could not be deleted proper ly If the database is part of a network connec tion make certain the network is running and all connections are physically secure If the error occurs frequently contact Elizabeth Hata and be prepared to state the sequence of events pri or to receiving this error Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 163 19 1 30 Database error insert record 19 1 31 Database error update record 19 1 32 Database error next record 19 1 33 Database error unable to obtain ODBC field info 19 1 34 Database error delete query failure 19 1 35 Successful data base compaction A database recor
114. e displayed to 3 decimal places and will have a leading zero for values less than 1 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 35 5 8 Touch and Home But tons 5 9 Tablet Advance Distance and Advance Button To determine the value to enter for the Break Axis Length measure the tablet using calipers or micrometers along the axis that will be used to break the tablet when the hardness test is performed and enter that number in the Break Axis Length field These buttons allow for simulation of the hardness test without actually breaking the tab let When the Touch button is selected the ram and anvil will move out towards the tablet as they would during the actual hardness test but will stop short of actually breaking the tablet provided that the Break Axis Length value is set correctly This can be used to verify that the system sees the tablet correctly and that the Break Axis Length is appropriately set After the Touch operation is performed it will then be necessary to select the Home button which will move the ram and anvil back to their retracted home positions The Tablet Advance value sets the distance required to push the tablets to the center of the tablet testing stations during the testing process The tablets should be p
115. e recorded Tablet test process errors are those that are generated due to problems with the tablets be ing tested Tablet test process errors also gen Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 156 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 18 3 5 System RPC Errors erate a machine stop alarm Process errors are unique in the fact that they can be enabled or disabled by checking the appropriate options in the Test Settings definitions in the TabSys inter face specifically T2 violations for weight thick ness and hardness and excessive weight percent standard deviation can be selected to stop the machine Refer to the TabSys Tablet ing Press Interface User Manual for complete in formation on Test Settings definitions When a tablet test process error occurs a tablet press machine stop alarm will be generated and the results of the tablet test will be discarded Tablet test T2 errors will cause the machine stop alarm to occur immediately However because the weight percent standard deviation cannot be computed until the entire test has been run this error can only be generated at the end of the test sequence System errors occur when there is some type of trouble with the Remote Procedure Call mechanism The RPC system performs exten sive error checking on each communication that is
116. eated as one test When the tablet feeder runs out of tablets supplied by one vial when no tablets have been fed for 40 seconds the vial just tested will be marked as disabled in the Magazine screen the next vial in the continued chain will be automatically moved into position and its contents will be loaded into the tablet feeder continuing the test without the need for operator intervention Once the maga zine vials have been loaded with the correct sample tablets select the Start button in the Tablet Test Run screen Before the start of each tablet test including tests run as an inline production tester a hard ware check is performed to ensure that the tab let feeder door and the thickness encoder are in their proper positions Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 82 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 10 10 1 Feeder Positioning Error Feeder Positioning Error amp The feeder is not in the proper state to start atest Do you want to correct the problem or end the test now 500137B 030999 Figure 10 4 The tablet feeder has not been properly homed 10 10 2 Encoder Position Error Encoder Position Error The thickness encoder is not in its home position The encoder must be homed before you can run a test Note Clean dust and debris from the platen
117. ecome the current setup If the Open command is selected while there are any unsaved changes in the currently dis played setup a message box will appear asking Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 46 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 Setup Acetaminophen ete Toos Operations Security Hel Hew Oper Save Save As Delete Print CtP Printer Setup 1 Acetaminophen 350 mg 2 Ibuprofen 400 mg 3 Multivitamin Fe 4 Aspirin 25 gr Exit 500069B 030499 Figure 6 10 The four most recently used set up names 6 6 Printing the Current Setup Report HP Lasenet 5L atus Ready HP LaserJet 5L 500070A 022599 Figure 6 11 Print dialog box if these changes should be saved or discarded Choose the Yes button to save the changes made to the current setup using the Save Save As functions previously described or choose the No button to discard any changes and pro ceed with the Open command Choosing No will only discard changes made to the setup The setup still exists on the computer s hard disk drive but any changes made since it was last saved will be lost In addition to the Open command the S
118. ect Detection Off Layer 3 Break Length 10 000 mm Indexing Motion Standard Tablet Source Figure 10 2 View Setup dialog box 10 2 View Setup Button Ca SS eee eee 500064D 101200 lecting the Run Test button or the Opera tions Run Test menu item available in that screen The Tablet Test Run screen contains the controls necessary to start stop pause and resume tablet tests and displays the data gen erated from each tablet tested during the test cy cle The following is a discussion of the major items associated with this screen The upper left portion of the Tablet Test Run screen contains test identification information for the current tablet test The product batch and setup name that are assigned to the current test or magazine vial are displayed The test number displayed is automatically assigned and updated by the software as each test begins If a magazine is being used the name of the mag azine and the current vial will be shown The magazine name current vial and the name of the operator is also displayed in the title bar of the Tablet Test Run screen The Test Notes field may be used to give an optional comment to the test run This comment will appear on the printed reports When running in single test mode the Test Notes may be entered or changed any time prior to saving the test results If using a magazine the Test Notes can be changed at any time during the current test The
119. ection 14 3 Log Report Tests Setups Magazines L Dates All Select Example 10 25 1 2 98 2 201 999 Exit Help 500079B 022699 Figure 14 7 Log Report dialog box Reports may be printed for all setups regard less of the save date by selecting the All radio button in the Dates area Setups saved on an individual date or range of dates may be speci fied by selecting the Select radio button and en tering the desired range in the Dates field To specify individual dates type the dates separat ed by commas To print a range of dates type the first date in the range a hyphen then the last date in the range Dates must be in the form of MM DD YY or MM DD YYYY month day year Ifthe year is not entered the current year is assumed Individual dates may be combined with date ranges Example To print reports for setups saved on October 9 1998 type 10 9 98 in the Dates field To print all setups saved between Sep tember 5 1997 and January 20 1998 type 9 5 97 1 20 98 in the Dates field The Log Report is a tabular listing of signifi cant events that occur during the use of the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System figure 14 7 Events such as when the system was started and stopped operator log ons and sys tem errors will be recorded in the log An exten sive list of logged events is contained in an appendix to this m
120. ed on The box is blank when bisect detection is turned off Bisect detection should be used only when the tablet s bisect must be considered when the tablet is aligned for the hardness test Bisect de tection alignment is not as fast as shape only perimeter alignment This is due to the fact that it takes longer to analyze the tablet s entire sur face than it does to analyze just its outline and also the possibility that tablets may enter the Tablet Testing Module upside down so a bisect cannot be located thus increasing the time nec essary for the entire test to run Any tablet that cannot be aligned properly during a hardness test will be treated as if the tablet had a hard ness of zero If the hardness plausibility check is being used it will fail the plausibility check and its data will be discarded from the test results ta ble Check this box to enable or disable the Ad herent Tablet modified indexer motion When this modified tablet indexer motion is turned on the thickness measurer and indexer motion is altered in such a way that tablets that might Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 34 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 5 7 Break Axis Length have a tendency to stick to the bottom of the thickness measuring foot are dislodged by the horizontal indexer slide and
121. ed space The operator has been given a chance to correct or ignore the problem One or more disk drives could not be examined for the amount of free space it has left If the da tabase is part of a network connection make certain the network is running and all connec tions are physically secure If the error occurs frequently contact Elizabeth Hata and be pre pared to state the sequence of events prior to re ceiving this error The Event Log was manually cleared immedi ately prior to this entry The event log could not be manually cleared If the database is part of a network connection make certain the network is running and all con nections are physically secure If the error oc Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 165 19 1 46 Deleted events prior to XXX 19 1 47 Unable to delete events prior to XXX 19 1 48 Calibrated camera 19 1 49 Calibrated scale 19 1 50 Calibrated thick ness encoder 19 1 51 Calibrated hardness load cell 19 1 52 Added batch p b XXX 19 1 53 Deleted batch p b XXX 19 1 54 Renamed batch p b XXX gt YYY 19 1 55 Deleted magazine m XXX curs frequently contact Elizabeth Hata and be prepared to state the sequence of events prior to receiving this error The automatic deletion of the events listed was performed The aut
122. eed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 159 peel My L l R Ko 19 Appendices PAO 1 19 1 Appendix A Event Log This appendix describes the various mes Entries sages that are reported in the Event Log main tained by the system The Event Log lists both error messages and procedural events Most of the error messages that are logged have also appeared on the monitor at the time they oc curred This appendix does not cover error messages generated by the vision sub system 19 1 1 Analog board initial An error was encountered during the start up of ization errors numerous the ElizaTest 3 program Information shown in variations the error message should be supplied to Eliza beth Hata to assist in determining the cause and corrective actions to take 19 1 2 Analog board read An error was encountered as information was errors numerous variations being read from the analog circuit card Infor mation shown in the error message should be supplied to Elizabeth Hata to assist in determin ing the cause and corrective actions to take 19 1 3 Analog board write An error was encountered as information was errors numerous variations being transferred to the analog circuit card In formation shown in the error message should be supplied to Elizabeth Hata to assist in determin ing the cause and corrective actions to take 19 1 4 Bad voltage
123. eeeaes 146 System Startup Considerations 222 cccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeees 147 In Line Production TeSting cccccccssssesceccseceeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeneeees 148 Other Differences While Operating as an Inline Production Tester152 PSS sisinsdiran da 154 Appendix A Event Log Entries ssseseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 154 Appendix B Vision System Errors seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 165 Appendix C Resolving Calibration Errors ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeees 168 Appendix D General Cleaning and Maintenance 0 171 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Cliobh ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 1 ap OLET y L Log 1 Introduction This manual contains information on the use oe operation and calibration of the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Both the single test a
124. een The computer will analyze the im age of the calibration disk and compute a new pixel per inch value If the new value is within a preset tolerance the calibration is successful and a message box will appear stating that fact figure 12 17 The current date will be recorded as the Camera Calibration date Remove the calibration disk from the hardness platform If for some reason the pixel per inch calcula tion is not within the preset tolerance a mes sage box will appear stating that the camera image was not acceptable figure 12 18 Refer Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Cling ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 107 to the appendix Resolving Calibration Errors of this manual for information on why an unsuc cessful calibration may have occurred and pos sible corrective actions to take Choose the OK button in the message box to close the box Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 108 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdt ala pelel7yy L iL Be 13 Administration The Administration command from the Op IS Operations erations menu allows control over some of the more advanced features of the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing S
125. elect the New button in the Magazine screen or select the Magazine New menu option When the New command is chosen the New Magazine dialog box will appear request ing the number of vials that are in the magazine figure 9 5 Choose the number of vials that are physically present in the magazine to be used from the list in the dialog box Magazines can be purchased that have either 8 or 12 vials It is very important to select the number of vials ac tually present on the magazine this number cannot be changed later When the number of vials is chosen select the OK button in the dia log box to begin working with an empty vial list Select the Cancel button to close the New Mag azine dialog box and return to the previous mag azine configuration Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 68 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala If the New command is selected while there are any unsaved changes in the currently dis played magazine configuration a message box will appear figure 9 6 asking if these changes should be saved or discarded Choose the Yes di aes button to save the changes made to the current magazine using the Save function described above or choose the No button to discard any changes and proceed with the New command ElizaT est 3 Do you want to save ch
126. em Cling ala 8 1 Title Bar 8 2 Menu Bar and Hot But tons Tablet Test Run screen If the optional maga zine is detected during program start up the Magazine screen will be the first screen dis played The last magazine configuration used if any will be displayed when the screen is first shown The title bar is the blue bar at the very top of the screen It shows the name given to the cur rent magazine configuration if any as well as other information The first time the system is used an empty untitled magazine configuration will be displayed After that the last configura tion that was used will be the first one displayed when the system is started Directly below the title bar is the menu bar The menu bar allows access to other screens and features of the system To choose a menu item first select one of the general menu cate gories which are Magazine Tools Opera tions Security and Help When a menu item is selected a drop down menu list appears that shows each of the options available under that general category Select the item desired by moving the mouse to the item the selected item is highlighted on the monitor then click the pri mary usually the left mouse button to invoke the command For convenience 6 common menu com mands may be invoked by selecting their corre sponding hot buttons in the screen These commands are e New same as Magazine New e Save same as Maga
127. em Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 2 Do you want to save changes to setup Acetaminophen 350 mg Cancel Help 500046B 022599 Figure 6 5 Changes were made to the setup but the setup has not been saved yet 6 3 Deleting Setups Delete Setup Setup Name Acetaminophen 350 mg Delete Acetaminophen 500 mg l Antacid Ca Cancel Aspirin 25 gr Aspirin 25 gr buffered Ibuprofen 250 mg Ibuprofen 400 mg Multivitamin Multivitamin Chewable Multivitamin Fe Help 500040B 022599 Figure 6 6 Delete Setup dialog box ElizaTest 3 Do you want to delete setup Acetaminophen 350 mg 500041B 022599 Figure 6 7 Confirmation is required to delete a setup 6 5 asking if these changes should be saved or discarded Choose the Yes button to save the changes made to the current setup using the Save Save As functions described above or choose the No button to discard any changes and proceed with the New command Choosing No will only discard changes made to the setup The setup still exists on the computer s hard disk drive but the changes made to the setup since it was last saved will be lost Setups that are no longer required can be deleted from the computer s hard disk by using the Setup Delete menu option When Setup Delete is chosen the Delete Setup dialog box will appear figure 6 6 The Delete Setup dialog box
128. entification information to first vial in the chain will automatically be made to the remaining vials in the chain A point to note is that even though all vials in the magazine may be continued as one test one vial will need to have its Continued status cleared in order to make it first in the chain Only the first vial in a chain can have its test identifi cation information changed Changes made to this one vial will then be reflected in the rest of the vials in the chain It is not necessary to enable all the vials in a continued chain Only enabled vials will actually be tested by the Tablet Testing Module Be cause all the vials in a continued chain are treat ed as a single test it is possible that enough samples will be successfully tested before all the vials in the chain have been used In this case the extra vials will simply be skipped and the next enabled vial that is not part of the con tinued chain will start a new test If there are no more enabled vials the tablet test cycle is com plete Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 65 pBle7 l J l M Koi 9 Magazine Operations Although magazine configurations can be REO created for one time use and important feature of the ElizaTest 3 allows magazine configura ti
129. entifiers are selected from the list box The native table name may be changed if needed to correspond to the name being used in a third party database The Test Connections button is used when changes are made to the ODBC information Select the button to verify that all the connec tions can be successfully made No changes to the ODBC information will be kept unless each Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 118 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clingbeth lat 13 3 Miscellaneous Admin istration Interface Options E Allow Task Switching O Inline Production Testing ElizaTest 3 Tablet Tester Cancel Help 500095B 032299 Figure 13 11 Miscellaneous Administration dialog box 13 3 1 Recover Test Setup connection can be successfully made If any connection fails a message box will be dis played showing which connection s failed Correct the ODBC information for the faulty con nections The ElizaTest 3 software must then be restarted in order for the ODBC changes to take effect This dialog box shown in figure 13 11 con trols some miscellaneous features of the ElizaT est 3 Tablet Testing System This dialog box allows for the recovery of deleted setups pro
130. ently occurs contact Elizabeth Hata The tablet indexer attempted to move when the thickness encoder was not in its home position This error indicates that the encoder failed to complete its last movement If this error fre quently occurs contact Elizabeth Hata Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 162 19 1 23 Wait for operation timed out 19 1 24 Motion card initial ization error 19 1 25 Motion card i o error 19 1 26 Vision is not avail able 19 1 27 Database error open database 19 1 28 Database error open table 19 1 29 Database error delete record Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clingbeth lat A requested movement failed to complete in its allotted time This may be due to mechanical damage or the failure of a limit switch If this er ror frequently occurs contact Elizabeth Hata One of the two stepper motor motion control cir cuit cards could not be properly initialized If this error frequently occurs contact Elizabeth Hata The computer could not communicate with one of the two stepper motor motion control circuit cards If this error frequently occurs contact Elizabeth Hata The vision sub system could not be initialized If this error frequently occurs contact Elizabeth Hata The ElizaTest 3 databas
131. ernate Alt or ALT and the Delete Del or DEL keys on the keyboard Next enter the user name and password The password is not displayed on the screen as it is typed it appears instead as asterisks to prevent others from viewing the password When the system is first delivered the default user name is TabletTester and the default password is eh Other Windows NT user accounts may be added although this is not required for normal system operation Re fer to the Microsoft Windows NT Users Guide for more information on NT user accounts pass word assignments and system level privileges To start the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing Sys tem program select the Start button at the lower left of the screen then select the ElizaTest 3 button that appears at the top of the Start Menu bar figure 3 1 The ElizaTest 3 icon may also be double clicked to start the program As the ElizaTest 3 program starts the Start Up Initial ization screen will be displayed figure 3 2 This screen tracks the progress of the program start up as the vision system database and both mo tion system are initialized If any problems are detected during the initialization a message box similar to figure 3 3 will appear describing the nature of the problem After the program initialization has complet ed the Tablet Testing Module will perform its mechanical initialization homing If the option al magazine is installed it will be detected
132. est numbers are automatically incremented as each test is started so duplica tion of test numbers within a single batch will not occur Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 49 Products Batches and Tests Tests for Batch JA97 01 325 mg Buffered Aspirin Batches 250 mg Buffered Aspirin Tests for Re Batch MR97 02 325 mg Buffered Aspirin Products Chewable Antacid Acetaminoph Sa al 500 mg Acetaminophen Batches 300 mg Acetaminophen Tests for i i a Batch JA97 01 FB97 01 J T500005A 022599 Figure 7 2 The relationship between products batches and tests Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 50 oS Antacid Aspirin Ibu rofen Multivitamin E 97 12 JY36 09 lh Ha a ae 350 mg Acetaminophen 500 mg Antacid Ca Aspirin 25 gr Aspirin 25 gr butfered Ibuprofen 250 mg Ibuprofen 400 mg Multivitamin Multivitamin Chewable 500132A 022599 Figure 7 4 Magazine Screen Product and Batch buttons 7 1 2 Selecting and Creating Products Operator administrator Help Magazine Reports Run Test r Test Identification ST a
133. etup menu option also contains a list of the four most recently used setup names figure 6 10 The setups listed here can be opened directly by se lecting their names from the Setup menu The ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System has the capability to print many different types of re ports One of these is the Current Setup report The Current Setup report contains a list of all the setup parameters as well as a picture of the cur rent alignment image and administrative data This report is generated by selecting the Setup Print menu option Selecting this menu option will cause the Print dialog box to appear figure 6 11 This dialog box indicates the model of the current system printer the location of the print er and other items The discussion that follows applies to the Hewlett Packard LaserJet series printer which is supplied as standard equip ment If another printer is being used refer to the printer manufacturers documentation for specific details not addressed here When the Print dialog box appears several settings are pre selected as default settings These settings should not be changed from their default values or the format of the printed re ports may not be correct The only setting that should be changed is the number of copies if Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clina
134. etup dialog box 44 Rename User dialog box 96 Renaming Batches 52 renaming batches 52 Renaming Magazines 66 Renaming Products 50 Renaming Setups 44 Reports dialog box 119 120 121 124 126 reserve capacity 107 108 109 Resume Test button 90 ring light 3 32 100 172 Rotate Controls 71 145 Rotate Table Buttons 32 Rotate Table buttons 39 S sampling gate 149 Save Graph 77 Save Magazine dialog box 63 64 Save Setup dialog box 40 41 42 116 Save Test Results dialog box 88 Save Discard button 89 90 Save Save As 40 43 45 Saving Setups 40 Scale Diagnostics dialog box 133 Security Change Password menu option 93 Security Configure Users menu op tion 94 Security Log Off menu option 93 Security Log On menu option 92 Setpoint Tip 22 26 27 Setup Comment 29 167 setup comment 42 Setup List 57 Setup list 58 Setup names 40 44 setup names 42 Setup section 124 Setup Exit menu option 16 Setup Open menu option 44 Setup Print menu option 45 Setup Test Relationship 54 Setups Report 124 Shut Down Computer option 16 simulation of the hardness test 35 Start button 13 16 78 79 81 Start Up Initialization screen 13 Statistics section 124 stepper motor 8 131 Stop Test dialog box 84 85 Supervisor access 95 supervisor access 91 symbol 25 26 75 75 symbol gt gt 26 75 symbol gt 26 75 symbol 24 76 System errors 151 system errors 126 151 System Security
135. eviously described to push the tablet into the hardness testing sta tion This method has the advantage of giving a more accurate simulation because the tablet is pushed by the indexer the orientation will start from the position the tablet is most likely to end up in during the actual testing process After the tablet has been positioned on the hardness platform select the Align button The computer will analyze the tablet s position then will attempt to orient the tablet as specified by the most recently learned alignment image which may be the alignment image already saved as part of the current setup It is not nec essary to re learn an image to test the align ment Should any problems be encountered during the tablet alignment a message box will appear which describes the trouble and the de scription will also be listed in the text below the Vision Status indicator If all went well the message will read ElizaTest 93 Vision Ready See the appendix Vision System Er rors for more information concerning these messages After alignment the tablet indexer Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 39 5 12 Accept and Cancel But tons 5 13 Setting a Tablet s Alignment may be ADVANCEd again to push the tablet into the waste
136. f desired When the alignment process is finished select the Accept button to incorpo rate this image into the tablet setup definition and return to the Tablet Test Setup screen Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 41 pelEl7y My L AR Es sf 6 Setup Operations ee fesses PSO TOOLING 6 1 Saving Setups Save Setup Setup Name Lo Save Acetaminophen 350 mg Acetaminophen 500 mg Cancel Antacid Ca Aspirin 25 or Aspirin 25 gr buffered Help Ibuprofen 250 mg Ibuprofen 400 mg Multivitamin Multivitamin Chewable Multivitamin Fe 500044B 022599 Figure 6 1 Save Setup dialog box This section describes the various opera tions such as saving deleting and renaming that can be performed on the tablet test setup definitions Although setups can be created for one time use when the system is being operated in sin gle test mode an important feature of the Eliza Test 3 Tablet Testing System is its ability to save tablet test setups on the computer s hard disk for reuse at any time in the future The Save Save As functions of the software accom plish this There are two types of save functions the Save and the Save As The basic Save function will save the current
137. field Batch names can be up to 64 characters long and can contain any keyboard character except single quote double quote I or left right square bracket and grave accent Also leading and trailing spaces are not permitted but spaces in the middle of names are perfectly acceptable Batch names are not case sensi tive upper case and lower case characters are treated the same When the name is correct select the Add button in the dialog box The name of the new batch will then appear in the list of available batches Any existing batch can be given a new name at any time To rename a batch select the batch to be renamed from the list of available batches then select the Rename button The Rename Batch dialog box will appear with the selected batch name displayed figure 7 10 Type the new name for this batch in the dialog box then select the OK button The batch will then be shown with its new name in the batch list The Cancel button may be selected before renam ing to return to the Batches dialog box without changing the batch name Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 55 ElizaTest 3 amp amp batch named 96 12 already exists 500050B 022599 Figure 7 11 Batch names within a given product must be un
138. fields have been designed to accept only num bers and decimal points Alphanumeric fields may accept any characters To correct mis takes before the data is actually entered sim ply use the backspace delete or arrow keys as needed and type the corrected information The data is not actually entered into the field un til the Enter key is pressed or until another field is selected An entry can be canceled before it is entered by pressing the Esc escape key on the keyboard The value in the field will then re turn to what it was before editing began If in valid data is entered valid data for each field is described in the section pertaining to that field a message box will appear describing the prob lem figure 4 3 Select the OK button in the message box and correct the problem Setups cannot be saved and tablet tests using the set up cannot be run if they contain invalid data Any inconsistencies in the setup data will be checked prior to saving a setup or running a test and a message box describing the problem will be displayed figure 4 4 Select the OK button in the message box and correct the problem Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 22 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 4 10 Setpoint Tips Thickness Weight in Units pir SetPoint 3 950 Range
139. for homing Note that the off set values have been properly set prior to shipment of the equipment These values nor mally do not require readjustment unless a limit switch or mechanical component has been re placed Each item s function is briefly described below Selecting the Home Horizontal button will cause the horizontal slide of the tablet indexer to move to its home position The horizontal slide is properly homed when the right edge of the pockets of the indexer are aligned with the right edge of the tablet thickness testing platen and the circular balance pan The home position can be adjusted by changing the value in the Offset field Decrease the value to move the home po sition towards the right Selecting the Advance Horizontal button will cause the tablet indexer to perform one com plete cycle returning to its home position at the end of the cycle The value in the Offset field controls the overall length of the horizontal por tion of the cycle Increase this value to increase the stroke length This value is properly set when the left edge of the pockets of the indexer are aligned with the left edge of the tablet thick ness testing platen and the circular balance pan when the indexer is at it maximum stroke Selecting the Home Vertical button will cause the vertical slide of the tablet indexer to move to its home position The vertical slide is properly homed when the top surface of the tab Document Number
140. g station should ap pear to be as dark as possible providing the highest contrast between the tablet and the hardness platform Areas of the image that are too bright will appear in a light purple magenta Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 40 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala or red color Small areas or individual dots of color will generally not cause difficulties but large areas should be avoided Next use the Rotate Table buttons in the upper left corner of the screen to rotate the tab let to its desired position During the hardness test the ram and anvil will come in from the top and bottom of screen to break the tablet there fore when setting the tablet alignment orient the tablet so the desired break axis is vertical in the Tablet Alignment screen When the tablet is oriented as desired and the image quality is good select the Learn but ton The computer will analyze the image as described in the description above of the Learn button and the resulting learned image will ap pear The Vision Status indicator will remain OFF until some other action occurs The Vision Status Indicator may be selected to return the vi sion to LIVE again showing a real time image At this point the Tablet Advance setting and alignment may be tested as previously de scribed i
141. ged onto the system The listed operator logged off the system An unsuccessful log on occurred The ElizaTest 3 program was started The ElizaTest 3 program was exited The ElizaTest 3 program was aborted due to an error An aborted test cycle was discovered during program start up Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 168 19 1 81 User elected to resume the test cycle 19 1 82 User elected to save discard the test results 19 1 83 Incomplete test recovery data detected Tables cleared 19 1 84 Initiating inline production testing 19 1 85 Tester available for remote operation 19 1 86 Tester locked remotely XXX 19 1 87 Remote abort request 19 1 88 Disconnected press XXX YYY 19 1 89 Tester unlocked XXX 19 1 90 Manual mode requested 19 1 91 Entering manual mode Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala The operator resumed an aborted test cycle The operator saved or discarded the results of an aborted test cycle There was not enough information available to recover the results of an aborted test cycle The temporary database tables were cleared The tablet tester database is configured for in line testing The tester is in an idle state awaiting com mands from the tablet press
142. generated Any error in the RPC will generate a tablet press machine stop alarm When system errors occur first check to make certain that both the ElizaTest 3 tablet tester and the TabSys Tableting Press Interface are both up and running and that the Ethernet cabling is intact Dropping the Ethernet connec tion during a tablet test is probably the most common cause of system errors If there appears to be no obvious physical reason why system errors are occurring exam ine the event logs of both the tablet tester and tablet press The logs will contain entries that in dicate what operations had failed Contact Eliz abeth Hata International and forward the contents of the logs Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 157 18 3 6 Aborting a Tablet Test from the Tablet Press 18 3 7 How Tablet Press Machine Stop Alarms are Handled 18 4 Other Differences While Operating as an Inline Production Tester 18 4 1 Magazine Operation Once the TabSys tableting press interface has been locked to the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Test ing System testing may be aborted by the press operator at any time To abort the tablet test se lect the Abort Tablet Test button in the Opera tor Panel Main Controls screen of the TabSys interface the Abort Tablet Test
143. ght will increase the brightness The left and right arrow buttons be low the slider when selected will also decrease and increase respectively the light intensity value These buttons provide a fine control over the light intensity value by adjusting it 0 1 at a time The arrow buttons will continually adjust the light intensity for as long as they are select ed The number directly above the slider dis plays the value of light intensity as a percentage of full brightness The intensity should be ad Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 33 5 5 Bisect Detection 5 6 Adherent Tablet Motion justed so that the tablet image shown has good contrast against the background and does not appear washed out If the camera image be gins to show portions of the tablet that are col ored light purple magenta or red the image is too bright Small areas of color or some random dots should not cause any undesirable effects The Bisect Detection feature causes the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System to consider the tablet s bisect line or other surface features when it aligns tablets for the hardness test To enable or disable the bisect detection select the Bisect Detection box A check in the Bisect De tection box indicates the feature is turn
144. gure 11 3 Change Password dialog box 11 3 Changing Passwords ElizaT est 3 G Password changed successfully 500073A 022699 Figure 11 4 The password was changed ElizaTest 3 amp The old password you entered was incorect Ook Help 500075A 022699 Cimina 44 E Tha AIA nanmisar Amnn innanrranm ElizaTest 3 x The new password and the verification field are not the same oF Help 500074A 022699 Figure 11 6 The New Password and Verify New Password fields did not match When a user performs a successful log on the previous user if any is logged off automati cally To specifically log off the system choose the Security Log Off menu option The current user will then be logged off and no system fea tures except for the Security Log On menu item and help will be available Each user may change their own password while they are logged on to the system To change the password choose the Security Change Password menu option The Change Password dialog box will appear figure 11 3 To change a user s password enter the current password in the Old Password field then type the new password in both the Pass word and Verify Password fields The new password must be entered twice to prevent a typing error from becoming the new password Note that asterisks are displayed instead of the characters actually typed Passwords may be up to 1
145. hat the test including the clean up phase is completed XXX is the name of the computer associated with the tablet press The tablet press has exclusively connected to the tablet tester in order to perform a database maintenance operation such as compaction or archival XXX is the name of the computer as sociated with the tablet press A tablet exceeded the upper or lower limits of a particular property and the tablet press was no tified of the event The message will state what property was exceeded and what side if appli cable of the press was being tested at the time Not enough tablet were successfully tested to consider the test complete and the tablet press was notified of the event The message will state how many were tested how many were re quired and what side of the press if applicable was being tested Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 170 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Cling ala 19 2 Appendix B Vision System Errors 19 2 1 Could not orient tab let This appendix describes the various errors that are generated by the vision sub system dur ing learning and aligning tablets and offers pos sible solutions to these problems During the learning process any vision errors are dis played in a message box While a tablet test is in progress errors that are e
146. he Home Door button will cause the tablet feeder to dump any tablets remaining in the feeder and move the door in the feeder to its home position The tablet feeder door is properly homed when it is facing upright Selecting the Feed 1 Tablet button will cause the tablet feeder feed a single tablet into the Tablet Testing Module The tablet feeder will start feeding at whatever angle it is currently po sitioned It will not pivot to its preset Feeder An gle position Selecting the Enable Angle button sets the Table Angle multiplexing relays to the Angle state feeder angle relay on hardness table re lay off If an operation is later selected that will Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 141 16 1 6 Disable Angle 16 2 Magazine Controls 16 2 1 Next Vial 16 2 2 Previous Vial 16 2 3 Feed Door 16 2 4 Purge Door cause the hardness platform table to rotate the multiplexing relays will automatically be set to the Table state feeder angle relay off hardness table relay on Selecting the Disable Angle button sets the Table Angle multiplexing relays to the Table state feeder angle relay off hardness table re lay on If an operation is later selected that will cause the tablet feeder to pivot the multiplexing relays will automatic
147. he Print dialog box appears several settings are pre selected as default settings These settings should not be changed from their default values or the format of the printed re ports may not be correct The only setting that should be changed is the number of copies set ting if more than one copy of a report is desired To change the number of copies either select the Number of Copies field and enter the num ber desired or select the small up and down ar rows in the field until the correct number of copies is displayed To print the selected report choose the OK button in the Print dialog box The Print Status message box appears indicating the report is being prepared and sent to the printer After printing is complete the Print dialog box will Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 125 14 1 Tests Report Tests Setups Magazines Log Miscellaneous Product E All Select white Roundsx r Options F Stetistics A Setup Samples Batch OQ All Select 1_Setup 2 MMITest r Tests Batch Report Batch Report Summary Al Select Example 2 5 10 16 20 Dates AL O Select Example 10 25 1 2 90 2 20
148. he database need not be on the same machine as the soft ware that is accessing it the data source in cludes the complete path to the database The ODBC dialog box is used to map each database table required by the ElizaTest 3 to the data source that actually contains the table The list box at the left of the dialog box con tains the table identifiers these are the internal ly used names of the database tables Each table identifier can be assigned to a different data source When the ElizaTest 3 is being used as a stand alone tablet testing system without being integrated with an Elizabeth Hata tableting press there is in the standard factory default configuration only one data source named ElizaTest3 Each table in the database resides in this single data source When the system is integrated with a tablet press the de fault database configuration requires that some of the database tables that are needed reside in the tablet press database The ODBC dialog box along with the ODBC Data Source Admin istrator is then used to map these required ta bles to tablet press data source which is named ElizaTest3 All ODBC information is stored in the Windows NT registry key HKEY LOCAL_MACHINE Software Eliza beth Hata ElizaTest 3 of the TabSys com puter When one of the factory default configurations is being used these ODBC changes are accomplished automatically through the ElizaTest 3 and TabSys software l WARNING
149. he thickness encoder is not properly homed a dialog box will appear alerting the op erator of the problem figure 10 5 At this point there are three options that can be exercised The test may be ended by selecting the End Test button the opportunity will be given to save any test that may have already been per formed An attempt to zero the thickness en coder may be tried by selecting the Zero button in the dialog box When this button is selected the Tablet Testing Module will attempt to zero the encoder by lowering the measuring foot down to the floor of the testing station to deter mine the zero point Before choosing this op Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 83 10 11 The Tablet Testing Sequence tion clean any dust or debris that may be on the bottom of the thickness encoder foot or the floor of the testing chamber If the attempt to zero the encoder succeeded the Tablet Test Run screen will appear and the test may now be started or resumed If the encoder could not be zeroed properly a message box will appear stating this fact Choose the OK button to close the mes sage box The third option is to perform a com plete calibration of the thickness encoder by selecting the Calibrate button Calibration of the thickness encoder i
150. ing System Clnghdh ala 19 3 2 Balance Calibration 19 3 3 Hardness Calibration 19 3 4 Camera Calibration screw Double check that the measuring foot is contacting the floor of the station at all points around the circumference Problems encountered during balance cali bration are most likely due to using an incorrect or damaged calibration mass Use only the sup plied mass Prior to calibration the balance pan should be cleaned with compressed air or a damp foam swab Wipe the mass with a dry cloth to ensure that there is no dust on it Be cer tain that the mass is sitting directly on the center of the balance pan and is not contacting any other part of the equipment Close the cover of the Tablet Testing Module during calibration be cause air movement may not allow the balance to become stable Likewise avoid jarring or shaking the equipment Allow a 30 minute warm up period before trying to calibrate the balance Problems encountered during hardness cali bration are most likely due to using an incorrect or damaged calibration mass Use only the sup plied mass Prior to placing the load cell upright snug up the nut on the rod to prevent the assem bly from shaking When placing the calibration mass on the upright load cell be sure to center the mass on the ram face Do not place the mass on the ram until the message box asking to do so is displayed Camera calibration will fail when the appar ent size of camera ca
151. ique 7 1 10 Deleting Batches Verify Cascading Deletion Do you want to continue PI Warming This operation deletes the selected batch and all related records from the database tests and setups associated with the batch his includes all samples Yes No Figure 7 12 Confirmation is required to de lete a batch 500049B 032299 7 2 The Setup Test Rela tionship All batch names within a given product must be unique Batch names may be duplicated if each is assigned to different products If the name of an existing batch is entered a message box will appear alerting the operator of this fact figure 7 11 Choose the OK button in the mes sage box then type a unique name for the batch Note that changing the name of a batch will not affect any test runs that may have been per formed The same tests will still be associated with this particular batch but any reports printed after a batch name has been changed or any magazine configurations that may use this batch will reflect the new name not the original name Any batch can be deleted from the database if it is no longer needed When a batch is delet ed all of the data associated with this batch will also be deleted This includes all tablet tests run on this batch Use caution when deleting batch es deleted batches cannot be recovered To delete a batch select the batch from the list in the Batches dialog
152. irst date in the range a hyphen then the last date in the range Dates must be in the form of MM DD YY or MM DD YYYY month day year If the year is not entered the current year is assumed Individual dates may be combined with date ranges Note that date selection is un available if the Batch Reports option is selected Batch reports will use all tests in the batch by de fault Example To print reports for only tests per formed on March 23 1998 type 3 23 98 in the Dates field To print reports for tests performed between September 5 1997 and January 20 1998 type 9 5 97 1 20 98 in the Dates field This area allows selection of the options to apply to the test reports Batch reports are a special case of the test reports containing only summary statistical information about the batch as a whole Each test report will contain the Ad ministrative Data section this section contains the date the test was run who ran the test the time the test was started and stopped the cali bration dates and the tablet alignment image This section appears on all test reports Three other sections may optionally be in cluded To choose which sections to include on the report select the check box next to the items to select or deselect the item An item will have a check mark in the box when it is selected The Statistics section contains the detailed statistics about the test results similar to the More Statistics option in the Table
153. is image with the desired alignment image that was previously defined then rotates the hardness platform that the tablet is resting on to achieve this same alignment When the tablet is properly oriented the ram and anvil move in towards the tablet The anvil stops just before it reaches the tablet The ram continues to move at a slower rate un til the tablet fractures The maximum amount of force applied during the test is then recorded as the value of the tablet s hardness Finally both the ram and anvil retract and the tablet is then pushed into the waste bin at the right of the ma chine The computer occupies the middle portion of the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System The computer consists of the main processor and memory and several additional circuit cards for the camera control motor controller sensor in put and output printer and video monitor The central processing unit CPU is a cur rent generation Intel Pentium CPU which repre sents the state of the art in computing power The computer contains 32 or more megabytes of high speed memory and has a large capacity hard disk drive internal to the unit The hard disk drive stores the ElizaTest program operating system and all setups magazines and data generated during the tablet tests The computer also has a single 3 5 1 44 megabyte floppy disk drive that can be used for program updates or retrieving test data from the system The ElizaTest 3 Tablet
154. isting user s information select the user name from the list in the Configure Users dialog box or type the name directly into the User Name field Once a name has been selected type a new access level and or password into the appropriate fields When the new data is Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 98 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala correct select the Update button in the dialog box The changes made will take effect the next time this user is logged on As stated previously the system is delivered with 4 default users each with the password eh At the earliest convenience a responsible individual should change the default passwords of these reserved names to prevent unautho rized use Please note that only the passwords of reserved names may be changed the access levels and names themselves cannot be updat ed 11 4 3 Renaming Users An existing user name can be changed by using the Rename function To rename a user select the user name from the list or type the desired name into the User Name field then se lect the Rename button The Rename User Rename User Enter new name for the user jemith OF Cancel 500061A 022699 Figure 11 9 Rename User dialog box 11 4 4 Deleting Users ElizaTest 3 2 Do vou want to delete
155. itor describing the problem and will give the operator a chance to correct it If the prob lem was successfully corrected the test will continue If the operator decides not to correct the problem the current test will be aborted TabSys will be forcibly unlocked from the tablet tester and the ElizaTest 3 will not be able to accept any tablets for testing until the trouble is rectified No record of the aborted tablet test will be kept in the database Other types of problems that cannot be cor rected by simple operator intervention will cause the test to abort immediately Again TabSys will be forcibly unlocked from the tablet tester and the ElizaTest 3 tablet tester will not be able to accept any tablets for testing until the trouble is corrected No record of the aborted tablet test will be stored in the database The next category is problems that occur during a tablet test before the test is finished Any problems encountered during an actual tab let test will cause the test to be aborted As with any other hardware error TabSys will be un locked from the tablet tester and the ElizaTest 3 cannot accept any more tablets for testing until the trouble is corrected Again no record of the aborted test will be kept The last group of problems are those that oc cur during the tablet tester clean up phase after a test has completed but before TabSys releas es its lock on the tester In this case the test re sults will b
156. late with one name then modifying perhaps for different numbers of samples and saving the changed setup under a new name keeping the original setup template intact Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 43 ElizaTest 3 Do you want to replace the existing setup Aspirin 25 gr Yes No Cancel Help 500045B 022599 Figure 6 3 Confirmation is required to re place an existing setup ElizaTest 3 Inconsistency in the thickness tolerance ranges Check the values of T1 T2 and the set point It is impossible to create consistent tolerance ranges with the setpoint so near its maximum fou must make the set point less than 0 590 500065B 022599 Figure 6 4 Any errors must be corrected be fore the setup definition can be saved or used 6 2 Creating New Setups All setup names must be unique Should the attempt be made to save a setup using a name that already exists a confirmation message box will appear figure 6 3 asking of the original set up is to be replaced Selecting the Yes button will cause the new setup to replace the original setup Select the No button if the original setup is not to be replaced Selecting No will return to the Save Setup dialog box Select the Cancel button to cancel the
157. lds the tab lets to be tested The tablet feeder contains a rotating screw that separates and moves the tablets into the first testing station The angle of the tablet feeder is adjustable allowing tablets of different sizes to be accommodated At the end of a tablet test the screw turns in the oppo site direction causing any tablets that remain in the tablet feeder to be emptied out the bottom of the feeder into the excess tablet bin at the rear of the machine The tablet indexer is the mechanism that transports individual tablets through the tester from one testing station to the next The tablet Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 4 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 2 1 3 Thickness Encoder 2 1 4 Balance 2 1 5 Hardness Test indexer consists of a horizontal slide and a ver tical slide To transport a tablet the horizontal slide moves the tablets forward then the vertical slide moves up lifting the horizontal slide The horizontal slide then moves backward over the top of the tablets in the testing stations The ver tical slide then returns to its down position car rying the horizontal slide with it The horizontal slide then moves forward a small distance then back The net result is that each tablet has been pushed forward to the middle of the next testing
158. le corrective actions to take An incomplete thickness cali bration will not change the Calibration Date for the thickness encoder To calibrate the balance select the Cali brate Weight button in the Tester Calibration screen When the Calibrate Weight button is select ed a dialog box instructing to calibrate the bal ance according to the manufacturer s specifications will appear figure 12 6 The full calibration instructions are contained in the Op erating Instructions for the Mettler Toledo bal ance which is included with the system documentation package and are summarized below To calibrate the balance press and hold the CAL MENU button on the front of the balance until the balance displays CAL then release the button The balance display will then flash 50 0000 Open the cover of the Tablet Test ing Module and place the 50 gram calibration mass that was supplied with the system on the center of the balance weighing pan The bal ance will then perform a self calibration While the balance is calibrating the balance display will show When the balance has fin ished the display will then flash 0 0000 When this happens remove the 50 gram mass and select the OK button in the Calibrate Weight Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 102 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing Syste
159. lect the OK button in the Stop Test dialog box Select the Cancel button to continue testing without stopping any tests If the active test is stopped the tablet feeder and Tablet Testing Module will be cleared of any remaining tablets In the single test mode of op eration the test cycle is now finished When us ing a magazine the next enabled test if any will be started If there are no remaining tests the test cycle is finished When using a magazine some elements of the magazine configuration can be changed on the fly while a tablet test cycle is in progress The vial list can be edited vials can be enabled or disabled intermediate magazine configura tions can be saved etc The Magazine Fill Con trols described in the section Magazine Screen are also available by selecting the Fill button The Magazine Fill Controls allow for easy refilling and emptying of magazine vials while the test cycle is paused To use these fea tures select the Magazine button in the upper right of the Tablet Test Run screen If a test is currently in progress first pause the test The Magazine button is not available while a tablet Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 88 lh Ha test is currently being performed or if the maga zine is not installed on
160. libration disk does not match the expected size appearing larger or smaller than required The height of the camera is critical to ensuring a successful calibration of the camera During the Align Camera phase of the calibration the image of the hardness plat form must fill the camera view in the screen touching the top and bottom of the image frame If it does not carefully align the camera until it Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Cling ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 175 does Make certain that the camera calibration disk is placed on the center of the platform dur ing calibration Use only the supplied calibration disk The camera image must also be sharply focused A fuzzy indistinct image may not be properly analyzed by the computer Use the printed side of the calibration disk to check the focus and adjust the focusing ring on the cam era lens until the sharpest image is displayed Close the cover of the Tablet Testing Module af ter placing the disk into position Excess light will affect the system s ability to locate and mea sure the calibration disk Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 176 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Cling ala
161. line Production Test ing check box A message box will appear stating that it will be necessary to restart the ElizaTest 3 software in order for the change to take effect figure 13 12 Select the OK button to continue or choose the Cancel button to re turn to the Miscellaneous Administration dialog box If OK is selected the ElizaTest 3 software will immediately shut itself down The next time the software is restarted it will automatically search the network it is connected to for any tab let presses that are present Then you will be asked to specify which tablet press the ElizaT est 3 will be performing inline production test ing for Choose the name from the list of detected tablet presses that will be displayed figure 13 13 After selecting a tablet press the ElizaTest 3 will modify the Windows NT regis try settings for its database ODBC connections then display a message box indicating that it is ready for inline production testing Select the OK button in the message box The ElizaTest 3 software will again shut itself down From this point the ElizaTest 3 software will now al ways start up in the Inline Production Testing mode Clearing the Inline Production Testing check box will have the opposite effect The software will reconfigure its ODBC registry settings to again use only its own internal database WARNING Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumen
162. lity Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 32 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Cling ala 5 2 Camera View Image 5 3 Rotate Table Buttons 5 4 Light Intensity Slider The largest portion of the Tablet Alignment screen is taken up by the camera view image This image may be either a real time live view of the hardness testing station as the camera views it or the most recently learned tablet alignment image The Vision Status indicator below the image will read LIVE when a live real time image is displayed and will read OFF if the image is a static learned alignment image These six buttons when selected will cause the hardness platform to rotate the amount and direction shown on the button The platform per forms one rotation step each time a button is se lected The platform can be rotated to any position needed in order to align the tablet along the desired break axis and can be changed at any time before the alignment is learned and ac cepted This control is used to vary the intensity of the ring light that illuminates the hardness test ing station To use this slider position the mouse pointer over the slider then while holding down the primary mouse button usually the left drag the slider left or right as needed until the light intensity setting is as desired Sliding the control to the left will decrease the bright ness and sliding it to the ri
163. lses sent to the motor By sending a known number of pulses the motor can be precisely positioned This method elimi nates the need for extra sensors to verify the motor s position The camera used for aligning the tablet dur ing a hardness test is connected to a video frame grabber card inside the computer This card takes the video signal from the camera and converts it into a series of numbers that the com puter can use On the rear of the tablet tester is a BNC style Ethernet connector not to be confused with the Video connector that can be used to transfer the tablet test results to another computer for lat er analysis The Ethernet link is also used when the ElizaTest 3 is used as an integrated in line production tester Included as standard equipment is a current generation Hewlett Packard LaserJet series printer The printer occupies the lower portion of the tablet testing system The printer is mount ed on a drawer slide base to allow easy access Simply slide the printer in or out of the Tablet Tester as desired This printer is used for all the reports generated by the system Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 9 2 2 8 Keyboard Mouse and Monitor 2 3 Software Overview 2 3 1 ElizaTest 3 Program 2 3 2 Microsoft Wi
164. lyk Hs BLET y Mo D Ress ES PA ROTAR ON TOOLING USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 17 i 4 Tablet Test Setup Screen 3 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Setup Tools Operations Security Help The Tablet Test Setup screen shown in fig ure 4 1 is used to enter and view the information to be used when testing tablets and also pro vides a means to define product and batch names This screen also allows access to the other screens and features of the system through the use of the menu bar at the top of the screen The Tablet Test Setup screen will be the first screen shown after starting the ElizaT est 3 program if the optional magazine was not detected If a magazine has been installed the Magazine Configuration screen will be dis played first Setup TABLET TEST Operator Administrator Help calls 33199 7 03 18 AM m Test Identification Ep Units i D Se ON Set Point 0 0 5 amples Plaus THe 000 0000 Tz 000 0000 Feeder Angle deg Tablet Adv 1 150 in C Bisect Adhere Light Intensity Break Asis 0 000 in Setup Comment A Figure 4 1 Tablet Test Setup screen Thickness Weight Hardness Product Batch r Tablet Source Mot applicable Fazaliest 500029D 100600 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality
165. m Clnghdh ala Calibrate Weight x Weight calibration incomplete 500107A 022699 Figure 12 7 The balance calibration was not completed 12 3 Hardness Calibration Calibrate Hardness Allthree steps must be completed in order Retract Ram Remount Load Cell Calibrate Cancel 500100A 022699 Figure 12 8 These steps need to be per formed during hardness calibration Calibrate Hardness Make sure the load cell assembly is properly remounted in an Upright position OF Cancel Help 500101A 022699 Figure 12 9 Hardness calibration step 1 dialog box Calibration of the balance is now complete and the current date will be recorded as the Calibration Date for the balance Refer to the Instruction Manual for the balance for addi tional information Select the Cancel button in the Calibrate Weight dialog box to cancel the balance calibra tion If this is done a message box will appear stating that the balance calibration was not suc cessfully completed figure 12 7 A canceled weight calibration will not change the Weight Calibration Date To calibrate the hardness load cell select the Calibrate Hardness button in the Tester Calibration screen A dialog box will then ap pear listing the steps that need to be performed during the calibration figure 12 8 Prior to calibrating the hardness the camera and ring light assembly must
166. nal magazine select the Run Test button in the Tablet Test Setup screen or choose the Operations Run Test menu op tion to display the Tablet Test Run screen shown in figure 10 1 If the system is using the optional magazine the Tablet Test Run screen is displayed from the Magazine screen by se ElizaTest 3 MANUAL B White Rounds Administrator Product White Roundss MANUAL stae Pause Magazine Batch 4 Encoder Test TEST Setup E White Rounds 39799 9 04 27 OM Exit S ave Help Mi ine ae Break Force H O Save Graph Test Notes Thickness Weight Hardness Sample mm g H 0 000 0 0000 0 0 Pe a50 500 50 1000 _da50 Boo 1750 2000 2250 2500 0 000 0 0000 o 0 Time ms 0 000 0 0000 0 0 ElizaT est 3 vision ready 0 000 0 0000 0 0 0 000 0 0000 0 0 Set Point 3 950 0 3200 55 0 Awg 0 0000 0 0000 000 0 Std Dev 0 0000 0 0000 000 0 Ael Dev 0 0000 0 0000 000 0 View Setup View Statistics 500063C 030999 Figure 10 1 Tablet Test Run screen Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 76 USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 10 1 Test Identification Information 0 039 0 079 10 40 00 0 0032 0 0080 80 00 10 0 40 0 20 0 deg Light Intensity 61 3 33 200 mm Bis
167. ncountered are dis played in the Test Status area of the Tablet Test Run screen The Test Status indicator also alerts the operator if three tablets have consec utively failed a plausibility check at one of the testing stations The Tablet Testing Module could not orient the tablet This is the most common type of er ror encountered and its causes are many If bi sect detection is being used a tablet that is upside down can not be oriented If the bisect was right side up it is possible that there is not enough contrast or light for the system to find the bisect properly A poor alignment image can also cause difficulties in bisect detection align ment Relearn the tablet s alignment image Too much light can be a factor Reduce the Light Intensity value if the tablets appear washed out Large areas of purple magenta indicate that the light is too bright The tablets must be positioned entirely on the hardness platform Tablets that have a ten dency to roll may end up being positioned par tially off the rotating platform If this is the case reduce the Tablet Advance Setting Too small of a setting may not push the tablets far enough onto the hardness platform A dirty hardness platform can cause orientation problems The platform must be clean in order for the vision system to properly distinguish the tablet from the background This is especially important when dark colored tablets are tested Document Number EH UM ET
168. nctions regarding the database The Diagnostics screen and da tabase maintenance are covered in other sec tions of this manual If the current user does not have the appro priate security access level to use a function the button or menu option that provides access to that function will appear grayed or dimmed and cannot be selected Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 94 USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clingbeth lat 11 2 Log On Log Off Log On Hame administrator Password Cancel 500037A 022599 Figure 11 1 Log On dialog box ElizaTest 3 x Logon failed a D re A A Q lt N S 3 o D no Figure 11 2 The log on was not accepted When the system is initially delivered there are 4 default user names Operator Opera torEx Supervisor and Administrator The default password for each is eh The names and passwords are not case sensitive upper case and lower case letters are treated the same It is suggested that a person who is to have administrator access to the system change these default passwords using the Configure Users option described later shortly after the system is initially delivered Before any features of the tablet testing sys tem can be used the user must first log on to the
169. nd optional magazine modes of operation are de scribed This manual assumes that the ElizaTest 3 is being used as a stand alone unit Instructions for using the ElizaTest 3 as an integrated inline production tablet tester in conjunction with a tablet press are included in a separate section of this manual which will note the major opera tional differences and are also contained in the TabSys Tableting Press Interface User Manual Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corpo ration Access is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation LaserJet is a trademark of Hewlett Packard Company ElizaTest 3 is a trademark of Elizabeth Hata International TabSys is a trademark of Elizabeth Hata Inter national Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 2 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdt ala ae i f s 2 System Overview The standard ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing i ee System is housed in one free standing unit con taining the Tablet Testing Module which may be equipped with an optional magazine feeder computer and printer The monitor keyboard and mouse are attached by cables to the rear of the system A 3 5 1 44 MB floppy disk and COM1 00000 LPT1 ozo KEYBOARD VIDEO ETHERNET EA
170. nd description are correct se lect the Add button in the dialog box The name of the new product will then appear in the list of available products Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 52 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 7 1 4 Renaming Products Rename Product Enter new name for the product 500054B 022599 Figure 7 6 Rename Product dialog box ElizaTest 3 amp 4 product named Aspirin already exists 500053B 022599 Figure 7 7 Product names must be unique 7 1 5 Updating a Product s Description Any existing product can be given a new name at any time To rename a product select the product to be renamed from the list of avail able products then select the Rename button The Rename Product dialog box will appear with the product s current name displayed fig ure 7 6 Type the new name for this product in the dialog box then select the OK button The product will then be shown with its new name in the product list The Cancel button may be se lected before renaming to return to the Products dialog box without changing the product s name Product names must be unique If the name of an existing product is entered a message box will appear alerting the operator of this fact fig ure 7 7 Choose the OK button in the message bo
171. nd lower limit of acceptability to a tablets measured value The T2 value is added to and subtracted from the setpoint and any values that fall outside of this range are considered unacceptable rejects Unacceptable tablet test results are not to be confused with implausible test results values that fall outside the T2 range WILL BE included in the test results table and the statistical sum maries Implausible results are simply discard ed Measurements that fall outside the T2 range are indicated in red color when shown in the test results table Values less than the T2 range are prefixed with the symbol lt lt and values great er than the T2 range are prefixed with the sym bol gt gt in both the test results table and on the printed reports Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Maximum Unacceptable Setpoint T2 Marginally Acceptable may need correction Setpoint T1 Setpoint Setpoint T1 Marginally Acceptable may need correction Setpoint T2 Unacceptable 0 T500004A 022599 Figure 4 6 The relationship between the set point T1 and T2 values 4 17 Feeder Angle USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 27 The T2 value is set in the same way with the same number of decimal places as the corre sponding setpoint is but the T2 val
172. ndows NT Version 4 0 NOTE The printer is not included in systems that are in tended to be used solely as an in line production tester in conjunction with a tablet press All printing is redirected to the printer that is includ ed with the tablet press A keyboard mouse and monitor complete the computer system These items are connect ed to plugs on the rear of the tablet testing sys tem The keyboard is a standard Windows NT compatible unit It is used to enter data into the computer and can also be used to navigate through the various screens of the ElizaTest 3 software The mouse is a standard Microsoft compatible two button mouse that is used to navigate through the screens and to select many of the software features The mouse and the Windows NT 4 0 operating system software work together to make data entry and display easy and consistent The monitor is a color VGA monitor There are three major software components that make up the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System All three components work together to provide the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System all its functionality This software is the actual tablet tester con trol software It is responsible for the overall function and control of the system including mo tion control tablet testing procedures database operations and report generation This is the operating system software This 32 bit multitasking operating system coordi nates all computer opera
173. ne menu Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 71 9 6 Printing the Current Magazine Configuration 3 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System M eee Tools Operations Security Help New Ctrl Open Chi 0 Rename Save Chi S Save Ag Delete Print Ctrl F Printer Setup 1 Tablet Press 237 30 min samples 2 GC lab check 2 3 Tablet Press 03 7 15 min samples 4 G0 lab check Exit Figure 9 12 The four most recently used magazines 500136A 022599 The ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System has the capability to print many different types of re ports One of these is the Current Magazine re port The Current Magazine report contains a listing of the Test Identification information for each vial in the magazine the vial s enabled dis abled status continued status and administra tive data This report is generated by selecting the Magazine Print menu option Selecting this menu option will cause the Print dialog box to appear This dialog box indicates the model of the current system printer the location of the printer and other items The discussion that fol lows applies to the Hewlett Packard LaserJet series printer which is supplied as standard equipment If another printer is being used re fer to the
174. ned on or off by a control in the Tablet Alignment screen It is shown in the Tablet Test Setup screen for reference only This value sets the length of the axis that the tablet will be broken on when a hardness test is performed This value is used to position the an vil so it stops just short of touching the tablet dur ing the hardness test The break axis is measured in the same unit as the tablet thick ness either inches or millimeters The actual value is set by a control in the Tablet Alignment screen It is shown here for reference only This area allows the assignment of a com ment to the current setup The comment is saved along with the setup but the use of or lack of a comment will in no way impact any function of the tablet testing system To assign or edit a comment simply select the Setup Com ment field then type any desired information into the field Comments have no restrictions placed on them regarding length or acceptable characters The comment can be edited by us ing the arrow keys mouse backspace key etc The Setup Comment is different from other fields in that the Enter key will move the cursor Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 30 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clinghdh ala to the next line The comment is entered into the setup when another field i
175. nene E E 74 Test Results TAG ssccosscsicnctsccsmaseunseasteicaes rade ccnuasgossasaWetabadaweatens 75 VIEW Slat SlCS a104 c thasancustes sucnshesaapasaesaaritieeaanenitaansieetdtauaubendoadies 76 Printing Test Results tices et 2c atest decd assesemek eee edacet 76 Break Force Graph cnssssssenanadinssadisinantelaactiasansntiaianeceadanasnnsaaieconiens 77 Vision Systemi IMAJE scacenncer at deraceravarsasaahisneteuanstedebenceeteeuetsaednnniets 78 Beginning the Single Test Mode Tablet Testing Process 78 Beginning the Magazine Mode Tablet Testing Process 78 Hardware Checks Performed Prior to Each Test 0000 79 The Tablet Testing Sequence 2 2 2 40 cceeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeees 81 Pausing Resuming and Stopping the Test ceeeeeeeeeeeeees 83 Magazine Operations Available During a Tablet Test Run 85 Saving the Test RESUS rr sosanesssessastecdspacanededenmniesioesanapaxavccuedes 88 System Security oases hates catches 91 OVENI Wese aaeeea aE aE tone E E ER 91 Log Om Log Ofi siose ee oe ee ee eee daaa 92 Changing PAS SWONAS ois cede cect siesta tices 5s acs dace Jacaetpesaenadeteatananecdsaess 93 Configuring USCIS aene teenie 94 Tester Calibration ssssssssssnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn cea ceeweepedenecs 97 TAickness CalibratiOiiressssr EAE 98 Weight Calibration assists reer veanaasasalvsnevekeveteundnie sipteveassaeoaamcnsseecaes 99 Hardness Calibra
176. ng System Clnghdh ala 10 7 Vision System Image 10 8 Beginning the Single Test Mode Tablet Testing Process 10 9 Beginning the Maga zine Mode Tablet Testing Process The lower right portion of the Tablet Test Run screen contains a live image of the cam era s view of the hardness testing station Just above the image is a line of text used to indicate the status of the vision system This line will read ElizaTest 3 vision ready if the system is able to correctly see the tablets Other mes sages will appear if some type of problem is de tected This line also reports to the operator if three consecutive tablets have failed a plausibil ity check for one of the tests These messages are described in an appendix of this manual Single test mode is available only if the op tional magazine has not been installed on the Tablet Testing Module Prepare for a single tab let test by first ensuring that the current tablet test setup is correct and that the correct product and batch have been selected Begin by load ing the tablets to be tested through the funnel in the cover of the Tablet Testing Module into the tablet feeder The tablet feeder should be at most one third full If more tablets are to be test ed than will fit into the tablet feeder the Tablet Testing Module will pause when it runs out of tablets when no tablets have been fed for 40 seconds Simply load in more tablets and con tinue testing Pausing
177. ntg com USER S MANUAL Page b ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghah ala Index con t D database compaction 106 110 default database configuration 114 147 default password 13 92 96 default user names 92 Delete Magazine dialog box 67 Delete Setup dialog box 43 Deleting Batches 53 deleting batches 53 Deleting Magazines 67 Deleting Products 51 deleting products 51 Deleting Setups 43 Deleting Users 96 Diagnostics Screen 130 Diagnostics screen 130 133 134 digital input output card 7 discarded tests 89 Disk Space Monitor 107 153 E ElizaTest 3 2 9 10 11 13 16 Empty Controls 71 145 enabled disabled status 61 69 Enabling a Vial 60 enabling a vial 64 Encoder Offset 140 Encoder Position Error 80 Ethernet connector 8 11 Event Log 106 107 event log 153 Event Log report 107 Exit Save button 88 Extended Operator access 95 extended operator access 91 F feed 145 Feed Door 136 feed door 71 72 144 145 Feeder Angle 20 27 Feeder Positioning Error 80 frame grabber 8 H Hardness Calibration 100 169 hardness calibration 102 169 hardness testing station 7 28 32 36 37 39 78 132 Help button 19 57 Help Index menu 19 57 Home button 35 135 139 141 Home Door 135 horizontal slide 4 34 131 Indexer Final 140 Indexer Full Motion 140 Indexer Initial 140 In Line Production idle screen 147 inline production tester 79 106 118 146 153 interrupted test cycl
178. nued status are included in this report The report also shows the operator time and date of the last save Magazine reports can be generated for all magazines selected maga zines or magazines saved according to date by choosing the appropriate options in the Reports dialog box All the options are cumulative they add together and only magazine configurations meeting all the selected criteria are printed Itis possible for options to be selected for which no magazine meets the criteria in this case an empty report will be generated Any or all magazine configurations may be selected for printing To choose all the maga zines select the All radio button in the Maga zines area To print one or more specific magazine configurations choose the Select ra dio button then choose the individual maga zine s from the displayed list To pick several magazines from the list hold the Control key CTRL or Ctrl on the keyboard and choose each magazine as desired Selected maga zines are highlighted in the list Select a high lighted magazine again to deselect it A range of magazines can be selected by choosing the first magazine in the range then hold the Shift key and select the last magazine in the range All magazines between the two are then select ed highlighted Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S M
179. omatic deletion of the events listed could not be performed If the database is part of a network connection make certain the network is running and all connections are physically se cure If the error occurs frequently contact Eliz abeth Hata and be prepared to state the sequence of events prior to receiving this error The camera was successfully calibrated The balance was successfully calibrated The thickness encoder was successfully cali brated The hardness load cell was successfully cali brated The listed batch was added to the database p internal product ID b internal batch ID XXX batch name The listed batch was deleted from the database p internal product ID b internal batch ID XXX batch name The listed batch was renamed p internal product ID b internal batch ID XXX original batch name YYY new batch name The listed magazine was deleted from the data base m internal magazine ID XXX maga zine name Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 166 19 1 56 Renamed magazine m XXX gt YYY 19 1 57 Saved magazine m XXX 19 1 58 Deleted product p XXX 19 1 59 Renamed product p XXX gt YYY 19 1 60 Saved product p XXX 19 1 61 Deleted setup s XXX 19 1 62 Renamed setup s XXX gt YYY 19 1 63 Saved setup s XXX 19 1 6
180. on 5V A voltage fluctuation occurred with the 5 volt supply high low power supply A 5 variation is allowed If this message frequently occurs contact Elizabeth Hata and be prepared to state what the equip ment was doing when the error occurred ma chine was idle in the process of testing etc 19 1 5 Bad voltage on 24V A voltage fluctuation occurred with the 24 volt supply high low power supply A 5 variation is allowed If this message frequently occurs contact Elizabeth Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 160 19 1 6 Hardness calibration validation error 19 1 7 COM port open error 19 1 8 Scale communica tions error 19 1 9 Scale unsteady 19 1 10 Scale not zero at end of test 19 1 11 Encoder limit viola tion while waiting for oper ation 19 1 12 Encoder movement with unhomed indexer Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala Hata and be prepared to state what the equip ment was doing when the error occurred ma chine was idle in the process of testing etc The hardness load cell must be initially calibrat ed before a test can be run The computer could not open a communications channel using the serial COM port The com ports are used for the pointing device and the balance If this error occurs frequen
181. on of the Percent Plausibility setting Suppose that tablets are being tested whose target weight is 0 2000 grams With a Percent Plausi bility setting of 50 00 any measured weight value that is greater than 0 3000 grams the set point plus 50 percent of the setpoint or less than 0 1000 grams the setpoint minus 50 per cent of the setpoint will be ignored If two tab lets were accidentally fed into the tester their combined weight would be approximately 0 4000 grams which is outside the range of plausible values This double fed tablet would then be ignored The same action would occur if a broken tablet were fed into the machine If the weight of the piece were less than 0 1000 gram it too would not be included in the test re sults The same situation can be applied to the thickness and hardness values as well A point to note is that if the Percent Plausibility is set to EXACTLY 0 00 the plausibility check will NOT be done and ALL measured values reason able or not will be included in the results The T1 values set a tolerance range around the setpoint for the test measurements In any manufacturing process there is some variation in the items being produced The T1 value de termines how much variation is to be considered normal or acceptable The T1 value is added to and subtracted from the setpoint and any mea surements that fall within these two extremes are considered acceptable normal values Nor mal values h
182. ons to be saved on the computer s hard disk drive and recalled for later use This section de scribes how to save configurations recall exist ing configurations and how to delete or rename them 9 1 Saving Magazine Config To save an as yet untitled magazine config urations uration select the Save button in the Magazine screen or choose the Magazine Save or Save As menu option The Save Magazine dialog box appears figure 9 1 Save Magazine The Save Magazine dialog box contains a swe list of all currently saved magazines in the lower cancel portion of the dialog box To save the current i magazine configuration type the desired name Tablet F 237 30 l Hel S a aeons Em for the magazine into the Magazine Name field in the Save Magazine dialog box then select the Save button The name given to the magazine will now appear in the title bar of the Magazine screen Magazine names can be up to 32 char 500124A 022599 acters and can contain any keyboard character except single quote double quote or 1 left right square bracket and grave accent Also leading and trailing spaces are not permit ted but spaces in the middle of names are per fectly acceptable Magazine names are not case sensitive upper case and lower case char acters are treated the same Figure 9 1 Save Magazine dialog box The Save As option also allows an existing named magazine configuration
183. ose the dates that the tests were performed Select the No date restrictions radio button to archive the tests re gardless of date To archive all tests before a certain date choose the Tests before radio button and enter the cutoff date in the date field All tests performed prior to this date will be in cluded To specify a range of dates to archive the test results data for choose the Tests in range radio button and enter the desired range of dates in the field To specify the range type the first date in the range a hyphen then the last date in the range Dates must be in the form of MM DD YY or MM DD YYYY month day year Ifthe year is not entered the current year is assumed Individual dates may be combined with date ranges When all the archiving options are set as de sired select the OK button to continue the ar chiving operation The Cancel button may be selected to return to the Maintenance Adminis tration dialog box without performing an archive When the OK button is selected a dialog box will appear listing the batches and dates that were selected for archiving and requests a ver ification before actually archiving the data fig ure 13 8 Review the list carefully to ensure that the listed tests and batches are correct Once the data has been archived it is no longer available for use Choose the Yes but ton if the list is correct or choose the No button Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO
184. ositioned very near the center of the stations for the most reliable oper ation This value is used to compensate for dif ferent tablet sizes A value of 1 190 inch 30 226 millimeter is given as a starting point which should be adequate for average size tab lets Very small tablets will require that this val ue be increased and larger tablets require that this value be reduced The Tablet Advance Dis tance may be set to any value between 0 750 and 1 500 inches or 19 050 and 38 100 millime ters Although not required for entry the value is always shown to 3 decimal places and a lead ing zero will be displayed for values less than 1 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 36 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 5 10 Learn Button The Tablet Advance Distance is measured in the same unit as is set by the Thickness Unit in the setup definition Selecting the Advance button will cause the tablet indexer to index once A tablet can be conveniently placed in the weight testing station then pushed into the hardness testing station by using the Advance button This also allows for checking the Tablet Advance Distance setting Increase the setting if the tablet is not pushed far enough to place it near the center of station or decrease the value if the tablet is pushed past the center
185. ottom of the measuring foot Prior to cali bration these areas as well as the receiving station of the tablet indexer should be cleaned with compressed air or a damp foam swab The calibration gauge should also be wiped with a dry cloth to clean any dust that may be on the gauge Examine the calibration gauge for nicks or burrs that may have resulted from careless handling Remove any that are found with fine emery cloth or a stone Do not use a substitute for the supplied calibration gauge Be certain that the gauge is sitting on the center of the test ing station platen and is not contacting any oth er part of the equipment Another cause of thickness calibration errors is the foot of the gauge not being parallel to the floor of the thickness measuring station If the foot is not parallel the gauge may have a differ ent apparent thickness depending on where the measuring foot contacts the gauge To readjust the thickness measuring foot use the controls in the Advanced Diagnostics screen to move the measuring foot all the way down to contact the floor of the measuring station Loosen the 2 5 mm allen screw inside the thickness measuring foot then while holding the foot flat against the bottom of the testing station retighten the Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 174 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Test
186. r plugs The main unit the Tablet Testing Module and the computer section are connected to the AC line by an IEC style power cord that con nects to the power inlet at the rear of the tester A short IEC style power cord is connected be tween the lower and middle sections of the tester unit Two additional IEC style power cords are used to connect the printer and the video monitor to the power source The printer power cord is routed through an opening in the rear of the lower printer compartment of the tester unit A short BNC style cable is used to connect the video jacks on the upper and lower sections of the tester unit Do not confuse these BNC connectors with the Ethernet connector which is also a BNC style connector If an optional magazine is being used one of the cables from the bottom of the magazine is attached to the 15 pin D subminiature magazine connector located on the rear of the upper sec tion of the tester unit The other cable is at tached to the 9 pin D subminiature connector The cables and connectors are passed through a slot located at the bottom of the rear Tablet Testing Module cover Tighten the jack screws on the cables to secure the connections WARNING Always turn the power to the entire system off before connecting or disconnecting any cables Failure to do so may cause damage to the elec tronic components Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Ins
187. r stat ing that the calibration was successful figure 12 11 Select the OK button in the message box to close the box The current date will be re corded as the Calibration Date for the hardness load cell If the value read for the 5 kg calibration mass was not within the preset tolerance a message box will appear stating that fact figure 12 12 Select the OK button to close the message box Another message box will then appear stating that the hardness calibration was not completed successfully figure 12 13 Refer to the appen dix Resolving Calibration Errors of this manual for information on why an unsuccessful calibra tion may have occurred and possible corrective actions to take An incomplete hardness cali bration will not change the Calibration Date for the hardness load cell After calibration has been performed it is then necessary to return the load cell assembly to its horizontal position A message box ap pears prior to exiting the hardness calibration procedure stating to replace the load cell as sembly figure 12 14 Remove the 5 kg calibra tion mass and pull the load cell assembly out of the hole in the mounting plate Loosen the nut several turns and place the load cell assembly back on the mounting plate firmly resting the load cell on the locating step Tighten the nut up against the rear of the mounting plate making certain that the load cell has not twisted and is still square and firmly placed
188. r supplies as well as the voltage generated by the load cell that is used for hardness tests The power supply volt ages will normally be within 5 of their nominal values The load cell value will read approxi mately 0 2 volt per kilopond kilogram of force being applied This area contains on off indicators that re flect the current state of the various limit switch es that are used in the Tablet Testing Module Limit switches that are on are displayed in a green box and limit switches that are off are shown with a red box The limit switch indicators will change state as the different test functions are executed The Scale Diagnostics dialog box figure 15 2 is shown by selecting the Scale Diagnos tics button in the Diagnostics screen When this dialog box is displayed a series of commands will be sent to the balance and the balance s re sponse to these commands will be shown After all commands have been answered the Com munication Status field will display PASS indi cating that all commands have been responded to without error Should a command not be cor rectly answered an ERROR indication will be shown in the fields for which a problem was en countered Any error will cause the Communi cation Status field to read FAIL The Repeat Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANU
189. ration Camera image analysis ig unacceptable Readjust Camera and calibrate again 5001 13A 022699 Figure 12 18 The camera image was not ac ceptable platform does not appear to touch the top and bottom of the camera image frame adjust the height of the camera by loosening the allen head screw on the rear of the camera s vertical support Move the camera up or down as need ed until the hardness platform disk is touching the top and bottom of the camera image frame Then tighten the allen screw DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN Make sure that the camera is paral lel to its vertical support after tightening so it is truly vertical When the camera is properly aligned or if it did not need adjusting select the Next gt gt but ton in the upper right corner of the screen to pro ceed to the second step The Cancel button may be selected to return to the main Tester Calibration screen The second step in the camera calibration is verifying the pixels per inch distance calculation The system counts the pixels the individual dots that comprise an image and uses the pix els per inch value to measure distances The second step is shown in figure 12 16 To verify the pixels per inch calculation lift the cover of the Tablet Testing Module and place the sup plied camera calibration disk on the center of the hardness platform Close the cover then select the Next gt gt button in the upper right corner of the scr
190. rd ness load cell and camera is calibrated individ ually To access the Tester Calibration screen choose the Tools Calibrate menu option The Tester Calibration screen will then appear figure 12 1 The Tester Calibration screen is divided into two parts The left half of the screen contains a group of buttons that when selected will start the calibration procedure for a particular instru ment The right half of the screen shows a live Tester Calibration Calibrate Thickness Calibrate Camera Calibration Thickness 07 09 97 Weight O7 09 97 Hardness 07 0997 Camera 07 09197 Figure 12 1 Tester Calibration screen Camera image 500096A 022699 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 100 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 12 1 Thickness Calibration Calibrate Thickness Make sure the Thickness Calibration Gauge is in place at station 1 of the Tablet Tester 500098A 022699 Figure 12 2 Place the thickness calibration gauge in the first station Calibrate Thickness A Thickness Calibration successtully completed 500099A 022699 Figure 12 3 Thickness calibration was suc cessful Calibrate Thickness Thickness Calibration FAILED Thickness out of tolerance Rehome Thickness encoder and recalibrate 500108A 0
191. re many Improper lighting and de bris on the hardness platform are the most com mon causes Improperly set camera focus can contribute to the problem Broken tablets and double fed tablets where the two are touching each other will also cause this to occur Plausi bility checking done at the thickness or weight testing stations will nearly always prevent this A piece of dust on the camera lens will affect the analysis of the tablet This is normally indicated by an out of focus hexagon ghost that is al ways in the same location relative to the dis played image Finally a tablet pushed over so that it is resting on its side will also cause this er ror Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 173 19 3 Appendix C Resolving Calibration Errors 19 3 1 Thickness Calibration This appendix describes some of the rea sons why instrument calibrations may not suc ceed and gives some possible solutions If calibrations cannot be completed after taking the corrective steps discussed here contact Elizabeth Hata Thickness calibration errors result from in correctly measuring the thickness of the sup plied calibration gauge The most common cause of these errors is due to dust or debris on the floor of the thickness measuring station or the b
192. red prior to starting each new test The results of up to 10 individual tablets can be shown in the table at one time If more than 10 tablets are being tested a scroll bar will ap pear at the right side of the test results table The scroll bar can be moved with the mouse and the up down arrows can be selected to show whatever portion of the test results table is de sired The table will be filled in from top to bot tom As the test results are written to the table they are identified as to their relationship to the T1 and T2 values defined in the setup Results that fall within the range of the setpoint plus or minus the T1 value have no special characteris tics Values that are greater than the setpoint plus T1 are shown in yellow prefixed with the symbol gt Values less than the setpoint minus T1 are shown in yellow prefixed with the symbol lt Results that are greater than the setpoint plus T2 are shown in red prefixed with the sym bol gt gt Values less than the setpoint minus T2 are shown in red prefixed with the symbol Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 78 USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 10 4 View Statistics ElizaTest 3 Test Statistics Thickness in Weight tg Hardness Kp T2 71 0 198 32 0 4030
193. ror 19 1 15 Feeder fault failed movement command 19 1 16 Feeder not at home position move aborted 19 1 17 Feeder empty 19 1 18 Feeder refilled from vial XXX 19 1 19 Feeder autorefill failed not enough vials to finish test 19 1 20 Tablet trigger fault stuck 19 1 21 Indexer movement with jaws closed 19 1 22 Indexer movement with encoder down The thickness encoder was not properly homed when a test was started The operator was giv en a chance to correct the problem The thickness encoder was not properly homed when a test was started The operator was giv en a chance to correct the problem The tablet feeder did not complete a movement in the allotted time The tablet feeder was not in its home position prior to starting a test The tablet feeder ran out of sample tablets dur ing a test The tablet feeder was refilled from the indicated magazine vial during a test that spanned more than one vial a continued chain There were not enough tablets in the magazine vial s to complete the requested number of samples for a tablet test The Tablet Trigger sensor detected a tablet when none was expected This is normally due to a build up of dust Clean the tablet trigger sensor regularly with a foam swab The tablet indexer attempted to move when the ram and or anvil was not in its home position This error indicates that the ram and or anvil failed to complete its last movement If this error frequ
194. rumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 167 19 1 68 Test canceled p b s m v 19 1 69 Test finished p b s m v 19 1 70 Test started p b s m v 19 1 71 Test results saved p b s 19 1 72 Test results dis carded p b s 19 1 73 Test results moved to permanent tables 19 1 74 Operator XXX logged on 19 1 75 Operator XXX logged off 19 1 76 Failed log on 19 1 77 Starting Elizatest 3 19 1 78 Shutting down Elizatest 3 19 1 79 Aborting Elizatest 3 19 1 80 Recovery situation detected A tablet test was canceled by the operator p internal product ID b internal batch ID s in ternal setup ID m internal magazine ID v vial number A tablet test was completed p internal prod uct ID b internal batch ID s internal setup ID m internal magazine ID v vial number A tablet test was started p internal product ID b internal batch ID s internal setup ID m internal magazine ID v vial number The results of a tablet test were saved to the da tabase p internal product ID b internal batch ID s internal setup ID The results of a tablet test were discarded p internal product ID b internal batch ID s in ternal setup ID The results of a tablet test were moved from the temporary results database tables into the per manent tables The listed operator log
195. s the magazine rotates The schematic magazine will show the number of vials as has been set in the current magazine configuration being used ElizaT est 3 Magazine Diagnostics Encoder Position Frome Open Doors Feed Door Purge Door 5001 45A 022699 Figure 17 1 Magazine Diagnostics screen Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 149 17 2 Encoder Position 17 3 Home Controls in the Magazine screen The number of vials may be either 8 or 12 Each vial is numbered in the schematic The green circle at the 9 o clock position indicates the location of the feed door where tablets will be dropped into the tablet feeder inside the Tablet Testing Module and the red circle at the 12 o clock position indicates the location of the purge door where a vial may emptied into the chute located at the rear of the machine This area displays the current rotational po sition of the magazine and the position that has been identified as the home position These values can range from 0 to 255 The Current Position value will be updated as the magazine rotates One encoder count equals approxi mately 1 4 degrees These buttons provide a means for moving to and setting the home position of the maga zine The Jog CW clockwise and
196. s Run Test e Align Same as Tools Align Tablet Each hot button functions exactly as if the same command were chosen from the menu bar Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 19 4 3 OperatorandTimeDisplays 4 4 Tablet Alignment Image 4 5 Product and Batch Test Identification On line help is available by selecting the Help Index menu command It is also available by pressing the F1 key on the keyboard and most screens and dialog boxes contain a Help button that can be selected to explain the func tion of the dialog box The name of the currently logged on opera tor as well as the name of the current setup are shown on the screen If there is no logged on user the Operator field will display none If the setup is currently untitled the Current Set up field will be blank The upper middle portion of the screen displays the current time and date in the standard system format Refer to the Win dows NT User s Guide for information on chang ing the time and date and also how to change the displayed format The lower right portion of the screen displays the alignment image for the current setup The alignment image is the image of the tablet as it would appear when correctly oriented for a hardness test Refer to the
197. s can be run when no magazine is present and these must be initiated from the Tablet Test Setup screen The top portion of the Magazine screen fig ure 8 2 contains three lists that the products batches and setups for each test are chosen from Every magazine vial that is to be tested must be identified using these three items The creation of products and batches is discussed in the section Creating and Maintaining Product and Batch Information When Magazine Con figurations are created or edited the product batch and setup to use for a particular maga zine vial are selected from these lists The Product list shows the names of all cur rently defined products To choose a product click on the name of the product If an item is not Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 60 lh Ha 8 4 Magazine Vial List Multivitamin D E g7 12 ma a ng visible in the list use the scroll bar on the right side of the list to bring the desired item into view The selected product will be highlighted in the list Only one product may be selected at a time When a product has been selected the Batch list will then display the names of all the batches that are associated with it To choose a batch click on the name of the desired batch The Set up li
198. s described in the section Thickness Calibration of this manual If the calibration was successful the Tablet Test Run screen will appear and the test may now be started or resumed Once the Start button in the Tablet Test Run screen has been selected the tablet test cycle will begin The Start button will now change to read Stop If an optional magazine is being used the magazine will rotate the first enabled vial into position then the door on the bottom of the magazine will open dropping tablets into the tablet feeder The door will then close The tab let feeder will pivot up to the desired angle and the inner sleeve of the tablet feeder will rotate moving the tablets up the spiral groove in the feeder sleeve The first tablet will fall out of the feeder into the receiving station of the Tablet Testing Module The Tablet Trigger sensor de tects the tablet and signals the computer that a tablet is now in the machine The first tablet will be pushed forward by the tablet indexer to the thickness testing station If thickness tests are to be performed the thick ness encoder will move down until it contacts the tablet s surface where the thickness of the tablet will be measured and entered into the test Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 84 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh
199. s for moving to a specific vial Enter the number of the vial to move to into the field then select the button Please note that only valid vial numbers can be entered This group of controls allows for emptying any or all of the vials by means of the purge door and chute located at the rear of the Tablet Test ing Module Selecting the Current Vial button will empty the vial the that is positioned over the purge door The purge door will open for a few seconds to empty the contents of the vial then close If a vial is not centered over the purge door this button cannot be selected Selecting the All Vials button will open the purge door and while the door remains open the magazine will rotate one revolution briefly pausing as each vial passes over the open door to allow the vial time to empty After all vials have passed over the door the purge door will close The Empty Vial button allows for emptying a specific vial Enter the number of the vial to empty into the field then select the button Please note that only valid vial numbers can be entered When the Empty Vial button is selected the de sired vial will move over the purge door which will then open for a few seconds These buttons can be selected to manually open either the feed door or purge door The door will open for as long as the button is select ed Please note that the doors cannot be opened if the magazine is currently rotating Document Number EH UM ET3PL
200. s selected or the setup is saved This allows the operator to free ly format the comment including adding blank lines if desired Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 31 O UA l 5 2 5 Tablet Alignment eas see Screen 5 1 Overview The Tablet Alignment screen shown in fig ure 5 1 is used to set the desired orientation for a tablet during the hardness testing process This screen enables the Tablet Testing System to learn tablet alignments and provides several tools to test the alignment To access the Tablet Alignment screen either select the Align but ton in the Tablet Test Setup screen or choose the Tools Align Tablet menu option Each of the controls and indicators in the Tablet Align ment screen are described one at a time in the following sections ElizaTest 3 Alignment Tablet Alignment Rotate table Cw 1o cow 10 cow 90 Light Intensity 43 8 Indexing Adherent 0 Tablet Motion Tablet Advance Break Axis piso in m O en Touch Learn Align Accept Cancel Help Vision Status i ElizaTest d vision ready 500056B 033199 Figure 5 1 Tablet Alignment screen Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Qua
201. save attempt and return to the Tablet Test Setup screen Under some lim ited circumstances overwritten setups can be recovered It must be noted that only valid complete setups can be saved or used to run tests Just prior to actually using or saving the setup the software performs a validity check on all the val ues to ensure that the setpoint T1 T2 ranges are consistent and that a valid alignment image is present Any errors or inconsistencies will be noted in a message box figure 6 4 These er rors must be corrected before the setup defini tion can be saved or used There are two basic options that be used to create new setups The first has already been described above editing a template setup then saving the setup under a different name The second is by creating a setup from scratch using the New Setup command Select the New button in the Tablet Test Setup screen or select the Setup New menu option Selecting the New command will zero out all the setup data fields including the alignment image and setup comment and prepare for a new tablet test set up to be defined If the New command is selected while there are any unsaved changes in the currently dis played setup a message box will appear figure Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 44 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing Syst
202. screen while a tablet test is in progress If more tablets than can fit in a single vial need to be tested it is possible to link several consecutive vials together in a chain by using the vial continuation feature A series of check boxes along the right side of the vial list allows a vial to be a continuation of the preceding one To continue a vial select the Continued check box When a vial is continued a check mark will appear in the box and the text in the identifica tion boxes will be italicized gray type Vials that are not continued will have no mark in the box and will have normal black text To change a vi al s continuation status select the Continued check box to toggle it between continued and not continued Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 64 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala When a vial is marked as continued the test identification information from the preceding vial is automatically entered into it This information cannot be changed directly unless the Contin ued status is cleared first Because the maga zine is circular vial 1 is preceded by the highest numbered vial in the magazine When vials are continued they are treated as a single tablet test As many consecutive vials as are needed may be continued in the chain Any changes made to the test id
203. se file A pop up window will appear showing that the archive operation is taking place When the ar chive is complete the archive file must be re moved from the hard disk If the size of the archive file is larger than 1 44 megabyte the file will need to be removed through the network connection An archive sent to a network disk drive will have already been moved off the inter nal drive to the specified network drive Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 116 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 13 2 ODBC Maintenance ODBC Miscellaneous Elizatest 3 T able Identifier rel able le ODBC Data Source Name ElizaTest3 Native Table Name EH_Temp_Archive empTe le empT estSetupT able i empT estT rendDouble Table Test Connection Cancel Help 500152A 030999 Figure 13 10 ODBC dialog box The ODBC Open Database Connectivity dialog box figure 13 10 is used to assign the database tables required by the ElizaTest 3 software to their ODBC data sources ODBC data sources are created by using the ODBC Data Source Administrator Windows NT control panel application The ODBC Data Source Ad ministrator is used to assign a data source name DSN to a physical database T
204. severely worn it will require re placement Replacement is accomplished by disassembling the side brackets of the indexer mechanism to gain access to the indexer slides Remove the worn wiper and insert a new one into the slot taking care that the wiper blade is flush at the sides of the indexer and is not twist ed in the slot The magazine can be cleaned by blowing with compressed air or by wiping with a slightly damp lint free cloth Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page a Index Numerics 3 4 button 140 A Abort Tablet Test button 151 152 Accept button 38 39 Access database 6 113 115 access level 94 95 96 Adding New Users 94 Adherent Motion 139 Adherent Tablet 33 139 adherent tablet 4 29 140 Adjust Reserve Capacity dialog box 108 Administrative Data section 123 Administrator access 15 95 134 administrator access 91 Advanced Diagnostics screen 134 168 Align Button 37 Align button 37 38 alignment image 5 19 20 32 37 38 45 74 82 116 117 123 124 165 Alphanumeric fields 21 analog circui
205. sition The vertical slide is Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 136 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clingbeth lat 15 1 7 Home Ram 15 1 8 Angle Feeder and Angle Setting 15 1 9 Cycle Encoder 15 1 10 Advance Tablet 15 1 11 Center Jaws properly homed when the top surface of the in dexer is flush with the top plate of the Tablet Testing Module Selecting the Home Ram button will cause the hardness ram to move to its home position The hardness ram is properly homed when the vertical face of the anvil is flush with the sides of the hardness testing station Selecting the Angle Feeder button will cause the tablet feeder to pivot to the angle that is set in the number field to the left of the Angle Feeder button The angle value is measured in de grees and can be set to any value between 10 and 40 Changing this value will not affect the value in the current tablet test setup definition Selecting the Cycle Encoder button will cause the thickness encoder to move through one complete cycle down then back up Selecting the Advance Tablet button will cause the tablet indexer to perform a single in dex move as if it were indexing a tablet during a test The current Tablet Advance Distance val ue that is set in the Tablet Test Setup screen will be used for the final push of the
206. st present in the Maga zine screen when the OK button was selected The magazine run will resume using any new product batch or setup information that had been changed any vials that were disabled will not be tested and any vials that were enabled will be tested in order even if they precede the Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 90 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 10 14 Saving the Test Results HIGHLIGHT ALL TESTS YOU WANT TO SAVE The results of highlighted tests are saved Other test results are discarded Curent Selection Save 2 Discard 1 Save Discard Help 500141A 022699 Figure 10 9 Save Test Results dialog box current vial The entire vial list is examined and all enabled vials will be run unless they are later stopped in the Tablet Test Run screen Select the Cancel button in the Magazine screen to discard any changes that were made to the magazine configuration The tablet test will re sume using the magazine configuration that was originally displayed when the magazine screen was first entered Q NOTE If vials that have been previously tested are re enabled don t forget to load the correct sample tablets into them before resuming the test Once the single test mode tablet test or the maga
207. st shows the names of all currently defined setups To choose a setup click on the name of the desired setup The Product Batch and Setup labels that appear at the top of the lists are also buttons that can be used to access the Products dialog box Batches dialog box and Tablet Test Setup screen respectively These items are also available through commands in the Operations menu The vial list occupies the lower portion of the Magazine screen figure 8 3 The vial list is used to define the product batch and setup to be used for each vial in the magazine It also contains controls that turn each vial on or off and allows for linking vials together if more sam 350 mg Acetaminophen 500 mg Antacid Ca Aspirin 25 gr Aspirin 25 gr buffered Ibuprofen 250 mg Ibuprofen 400 mg Multivitamin Multivitamin Chewable 500132A 022599 Figure 8 2 The Magazine screen product batch and setup selection lists Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 61 8 5 Defining the Test Identi fication Information for a Magazine Vial Enabled Figure 8 3 He el E Multivitamin K oO K Magazine Vial List Marner N97 01 Acetaminophen 500 mg ples need to be tested than will fit in a single vial Up to 8 vials are displayed at one time and
208. station Q NOTE A special adherent tablet feature can be en abled which will modify the standard tablet in dexing motion allowing the tablet indexer to dislodge tablets that may have a tendency to stick to the bottom of the thickness measurer This feature is covered in further detail later The first testing station is the thickness test ing station The thickness encoder utilizes a lin ear optical glass scale encoder This device works by counting microscopic lines that are etched into the glass scale of the encoder as the thickness measurer moves down to contact the top surface of the tablet The second testing station is tablet weight Tablet weight is measured to a tenth of a milli gram by a Mettler Toledo AB54 balance The balance transmits the weight of the tablet direct ly to the computer when commanded to do so This balance also has a numeric display that may be viewed on the front of the unit The third and final testing station is the hard ness test After a tablet has been pushed into the station the camera mounted above the sta Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 5 2 2 Computer Overview 2 2 1 Central Processor and Operating System tion transmits a picture of the tablet to the com puter The computer compares th
209. system Choose the Security Log On menu option from either the Tablet Test Setup screen or the Magazine screen to display the Log On di alog box figure 11 1 The name of the last logged on user will appear in the Name field To log on type the user name into the Name field then type the password into the Password field When the password is being entered the char acters are not displayed instead asterisks ap pear This prevents others from seeing the password as it is typed When the name and password have been entered choose the OK button in the Log On dialog box If the informa tion entered is correct the system will log the user on and the features available for that us er s access level will become available If the in formation was not correct the user will not be logged on and a message box will appear stat ing the log on was not accepted figure 11 2 Choose the OK button then try logging on again If the log on attempt repeatedly fails con tact a person with administrator privileges to verify the name and password do exist in the user list Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 95 Change Password Old Password a OF ceca New Password Cancel Verity New Password 500057A 022699 Fi
210. t be used by the tablet press if the two are reinte grated in the future Complete details of the da tabase configurations are found in the TabSys Tableting Press Interface User Manual Generally speaking the order that the Eliza Test 3 computer and TabSys computer are started does not affect system operations It is important though that both computers are pow ered up and the Windows NT operating systems be allowed to initialize before the actual ElizaT est 3 and TabSys programs themselves are started Refer to the TabSys Tableting Press In terface User Manual for specific information concerning the tablet press The next step is to start the ElizaTest 3 soft ware The ElizaTest 3 will then perform its ini tialization mechanically home the system and connect to the required database tables resident on the TabSys computer When the initialization is complete the ElizaTest 3 will then display the In Line Production idle screen figure 18 1 At this point the TabSys Tableting Press In terface program may then be started As the TabSys interface is initializing it determines whether or not the In Line Production Tester is enabled and if it is it will then attempt to estab Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 153 18 3 In Line
211. t Test Run screen The Setup section will print the tablet test setup definition used to run the test show ing the units setpoint T1 and T2 values etc The Samples section will contain the individual test results for each tablet Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 128 USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 14 2 Setups Report ste Setups Magazines Log Miscelaneous Setup OAl Select Acetaminapher Ace n 350 mg Dates All O Select Example 10 25 1 2 96 2 20 1 999 Exit Help Figure 14 6 14 2 1 500078B 022699 Setups Report dialog box Setup Selection If the Batch Report option is selected the Statistics Setup and Samples option will not be available Also it is possible to restrict the re ports to a specific side or layer of the press that produced the tablets by selecting the desired option from the Tablet Source drop list Choose the Not Applicable option the default if it is irrel evant which side or layer the tablets were man ufactured on such as a single sided press This report shows the tablet test setup defini tion of the selected setups figure 14 6 All the information contained in the tablet test setup definition including th
212. t card 7 Archive 110 111 archive 111 Archive Database 112 archive database 113 Archive Database Options dialog box 111 B balance 3 4 14 99 Batch list 58 batch list 53 116 Batch Reports option 122 123 Batches dialog box 52 53 58 Bisect 28 bisect 28 38 165 Bisect Detection feature 33 bisect detection feature 28 bounding box 37 166 Break Axis 22 34 break axis 29 32 Break Axis Length 34 35 38 Break Force Graph 77 Break Force graph 77 Cc Calibrate Hardness dialog box 100 101 Calibrate Weight dialog box 99 100 Calibration Date 98 99 100 102 Calibration date 104 Calibration dates 76 calibration dates 123 129 calibration mass 99 101 102 169 camera 3 4 32 98 103 Camera Calibration 103 169 Camera calibration 169 camera calibration 103 104 166 camera calibration disk 104 166 Camera View Image 32 central processing unit 5 Change Password dialog box 93 Compacting the database 108 109 compacting the database 108 Compaction Schedule 109 Compaction schedule 106 compaction schedule 109 Configure Users dialog box 94 95 96 continued chain 62 79 84 87 continued status 69 126 contours 37 Creating a New Batch 52 Creating a New Product 49 crosshair 37 Current Magazine report 69 Current Setup Report 45 Current Setup report 45 46 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisa
213. t is complete assuming that there were no problems with either the tablets or the ElizaTest 3 the results of the test will be sent back to the TabSys interface TabSys then processes the test results and will adjust the press to change the tablet weight thickness or hardness if needed If adjustments to the press are necessary TabSys will keep its lock on the ElizaTest 3 and will resample and retest the same side of the press to make sure the adjust ments were correct If no adjustments to the press are needed TabSys will release its lock on the ElizaTest 3 which will then return to its idle state There are three major categories of tablet tester hardware problems Each is handled dif ferently depending on the problem and when it occurs One common feature is that any type of tablet tester hardware error will generate a tab let press alarm stopping the press The first category of problems are those that occur prior to a tablet test actually getting under way These problems are usually the result of Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 155 18 3 4 Tablet Test Process Errors either the tablet feeder or thickness gauge not being in the proper position If this is the case a dialog box will appear on the ElizaTest 3 vid eo mon
214. tation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 121 Data generated by the tablet tester after it has been taken out of inline production testing can not be used by the tablet press if the two are re integrated at some later point in time Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 122 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdt ala Mo l Koi 14 Reports The ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System can REO produce a wide variety of printed reports To ac cess the ElizaTest 3 Report Generator select the Reports button in the Tablet Test Setup or Frese ear Ragas Tag e Magazine screens or choose the Operations Be p Onions Reports menu item The Reports dialog box O Al Select w Statistics ie Rae Css will appear figure 14 1 Batch Report Batch All Select Fries re Four main types of reports may be generat alii al O Select a ed Test reports Setup reports Magazine re ports and Log reports Along with these there OM O See are three other miscellaneous reports a Prod uct Batch cross reference report a User List report and a Machine Parameters report To choose what type of report to generate select
215. tensity of the ring light that illuminates the hardness test ing station A digital value sent by the computer is converted to an analog signal that varies the brightness of the ring light The voltage of the in ternal power supplies is also monitored by the analog circuit card The many sensors and limit switches used in the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System commu nicate their status to the computer using digital on or off signals The switches are connected to the computer by means of a digital input out put card The computer examines the card to determine the states of the sensors and switch es The card also performs the opposite func tion to control relays and other devices The computer sends information to the digital input output card which then turns the controlled de vice on or off as desired Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 8 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 2 2 4 Stepper Motor Control 2 2 5 Frame Grabber 2 2 6 Ethernet Network Adapter 2 2 7 Printer Another type of digital input card is devoted to the counting of pulses from the thickness en coder Two motor control cards are present in the system All of the motors used in the tablet tester are a type of motor known as a stepper motor A stepper motor rotates an exact amount in response to pu
216. ter is being used as an inline production tester only the Event Log controls are available for use The other areas are con trolled automatically by the tablet press 13 1 1 Event Log Schedule The Event Log is a disk file that records cer tain events that occur during the use of the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Informa tion such as when the system was started and stopped when tests were run and operator log Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 109 ElizaTest 3 Delete all events from the log 500088A 022699 Figure 13 2 Confirmation is required to de lete the event log 13 1 2 Disk Space Monitor ons are recorded Any errors encountered dur ing the operation of the system are also noted in the log The Event Log can be viewed by gen erating an Event Log report described later To prevent the log from becoming too large the Event Log can be scheduled to remove any log entries that are older than a certain number of days Type the number of days that log en tries are to be kept in the Keep events for field This value can range from zero to 730 Any log entries that are older than this value will be automatically deleted from the log A setting of zero indicates that the log entries are to be kept indefinitely the
217. ter to ignore unreasonable or impossible tablet test results Unreasonable results can occur due to the weighing of double fed or broken tablets measuring the thickness of a tablet that is standing on edge and other unpredictable events that can generate false or misleading test result data By properly setting the plausibility value values that would other wise influence and skew the test result statistics will be ignored During the tablet testing pro cess if a value is measured that is outside the range of plausible results all data for that tablet will be discarded from the test results table and will not be used in the statistical summary A tablet that has failed the plausibility check will be indicated in white color when shown in the test results table and prefixed with the symbol lt gt This tablet s test results will be discarded as the next tablet is fed from the tablet feeder Plausibility is set as a percentage of the set point and can range from 0 00 to 100 00 per cent Although not required for entry the value will always be displayed to 2 decimal places and will have a leading zero for values less than 1 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 25 lyk Hs 4 15 T1 Value A few examples will serve to illustrate the ac ti
218. test to ensure consistent place ment and testing Four other parameters Feeder Angle Tablet Advance Light Intensity and Tablet Adherence are used to control how the Tablet Testing Module moves and illumi nates the tablets Each item will be described in detail in following sections of this manual Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 21 4 9 Entering Setup Data ElizaTest 3 x Range Violation Thickness T2 Please enter a value between 0 031 and 0 195 500066B 022599 Figure 4 3 Range violation message box ElizaTest 3 Inconsistency in the thickness tolerance ranges Check the values of T1 T2 and the set point It is impossible to create consistent tolerance ranges with the setpoint so near its maximum fou must make the set point less than 0 590 500065B 022599 Figure 4 4 Inconsistencies in the setup data need to be corrected To enter data into one of the setup data fields first select the field by either positioning the mouse pointer on the field and clicking on the primary usually the left button or by re peatedly pressing the Tab or Shift Tab keys until the desired field is highlighted a highlight ed field has a blue background Then use the keyboard to enter data into the field Numeric
219. tests are marked as enabled with a white background The current test will have its vial or vials if the test is a continued chain shown in gray itali cized type as an indication that no changes to the current test are possible While the tablet test is paused any of the vi als in the magazine except for vials that make up the current test can have different existing products batches or setups assigned to them as previously described in the section Maga zine Screen Also vials in the list can be en abled or disabled as desired Vials that have been disabled because they were stopped in the Tablet Test Run screen can also be enabled The current magazine configuration may be saved in its present form by selecting the Save As button Saving magazine configurations is described in another section of this manual Note that saving the magazine configuration un der a new name during a test run will not change the name of the magazine that is shown in the Tablet Test Run screen The magazine name that was used to begin the test cycle will contin ue to be used throughout the test Select the OK button in the Magazine screen to return to the Tablet Test Run screen preserv ing any changes that may have been made to the magazine configuration When testing is re sumed the paused test will continue from the point is was interrupted and the remainder of the magazine will proceed using the magazine configuration that was la
220. the Tablet Testing Mod ule During testing the Magazine screen has a different look figure 10 8 Because certain op erations are not possible during a magazine run the buttons that initiate those actions are not dis played on the screen while testing is in progress Also it is not possible to perform any product or batch maintenance nor is it possible to edit any tablet test setups When the Magazine screen is displayed dur ing a paused test cycle the vial list shows the current state of the magazine as it presently ex ar ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Magazine QC lab check Magazine Tools Operations Security Help Ibuprofen 400 nig Multivitamin Multivitamins Chewable Enabled ERT Aspirin algae ea et Continued Algae 8 er Ibuprofen CT97 12 Ibuprofen Multivitamin Areata OBAXHRER Bse 0 Ibuprofen 400 ng 400 ng amm 09 aT EEn DAT e Ibuprofen 250 ng Acetaminophen K TE Acetaminopher 500 mg Ail 5001 40A 022699 Figure 10 8 The Magazine screen has a different look during a test Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Cling ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 89 ists Tests that have run to completion or have been stopped are marked as disabled and have a gray background Any pending
221. the batches associat ed with that product will be listed also in alphabetical order The total number of batches within a product is shown in small type Should a product with no batches exist only the product name is given there will be no listing or count of batches The Tablet Tester Parameters report shows various items that are unique to a given system Select the Tablet Tester Parameters radio but ton to generate this report The Tablet Tester Parameters report lists identification information for the system serial number user defined description and database version the most recent calibration dates for the various instruments the compaction archi Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Cling ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 133 val and event log scheduling settings and the mechanical offset values used for positioning the tablet indexer and hardness jaws 14 5 3 User List The User List report shows all currently au thorized system users Select the User List ra dio button to generate this report The report lists in alphabetical order all cur rently registered users by their operator identifi cation and security access level No passwords are shown Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 88
222. tical ly begin to decrease when no tablets have been fed for a few seconds Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 28 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 4 18 Tablet Advance Value 4 19 Light Intensity 4 20 Bisect The Tablet Advance value sets the distance required to push the tablets to the center of the tablet testing stations during the testing process The tablets should be positioned very near the center of the stations for the most reliable oper ation This value is used to compensate for dif ferent tablet sizes The Tablet Advance value shown in the Tablet Test Setup screen is dis played for reference only the value is actually changed or tested by using the controls in the Tablet Alignment screen The Light Intensity value determines how brightly to illuminate the hardness testing station when performing hardness tests It is ex pressed as a percentage with 100 0 repre senting full brightness As with the Tablet Advance value described above this value is displayed for reference only in the Tablet Test Setup screen the value is actually changed by using controls in the Tablet Alignment screen This item is an indicator that shows whether or not the tablet bisect detection feature is turned on If bisect detection is turned on a check mark will appear in this box
223. tion ccs sidewctasiauisnanniomsasananisiavaseahmatincnadereentte 100 Camera CalDIAOM icsiciraccdeuis sscitiiassnddsassisaxexehcn canteaeisnuebesasisnansclastatens 103 Administration Operations ccceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeees 106 Maintenance Administration eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 106 D1 S Seen Meee eee ee eee ee ere ea eee a meee eee eae E 113 Miscellaneous Administration ccessseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 116 Pe ONS ceseco ones Sescecatsascanenouens ce ceaceccsteeseuseceeeuectssaseeeetetencsaeeeee cs 119 Tests REDOM ennnen a manenei lin arte 121 Setups Repoit osos e E EEE SEn EREDE Ent 124 Log REDON acca chctesccende sine ueristescted cede cee aaaea e EEE AEE a eaei 126 Magazine Report eeeeesssesseesesserrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrssssssssssrrrrrrre tnnt enn 126 Miscellaneous Reports wsincasccbiccuceccnascarmnocssepsnmsecenieghnadetieunmacucanaioad 128 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page IV ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System USER S MANUAL 4 Table of Contents con t Diagnostics SOLO C iis ccieicdsisecsseeccedcescsecienscessscadcandastavetesewsentecidcassseess 130 WAGON 7 OMING ls veGpscesicseoccrsesranis seaaectsastsneeeeccpensacssaueacreseaecsieuauargeersce 130 Analog UU ieee en eee 133 PE Uematsu abel E E a teenies 133 CAS DA
224. tions such as the disk drives network adapter monitor keyboard mouse and printer Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 10 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Cling ala 2 3 3 Microsoft Access Database The ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System uses the Microsoft Access Database to store and maintain the tablet setup definitions maga zine configurations tablet test results and the product batch information This industry stan dard database is Open Database Connectivity ODBC compliant which allows other programs to use the information stored in the database di rectly The data stored by the Access Database can be copied off the system s hard disk by the Ethernet connection provided and analyzed by other programs that can read the data format Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clnghdh ala ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 11 p eLET7 Ny Es of 3 System Startup The ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System is aK designed to run on standard 110 volt AC 50 60 Hertz power Three wire grounded receptacles are required for safety Do not defeat the safety ground or attempt to use two wire adapters for ungrounded outlets cheate
225. tisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 93 J pBlel7yy L o j 11 System Security Access to the various operations and func Ers tions of the ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System is governed by the built in security features Each authorized user of the system is assigned a security access level and only users with the proper access level are permitted to perform certain functions 11 1 Overview The system allows only one user to be logged in at a time and this user is tracked when setups and magazines are created or changed when tests are run and reports are printed There are 4 levels of security provided by the Tablet Testing System operator access ex tended operator access supervisor access and administrator access Users with opera tor access are permitted to open setups and magazine configurations run tests and print re ports Extended operators are also given ac cess to a very limited set of batch operation functions Supervisors have access to all the functions operators may use and are also per mitted to create delete edit and save setups products batches and magazines perform cal ibrations and may use the controls in the Diag nostics screen Administrators have access to all the features of the system that supervisors have plus the ability to maintain the list of autho rized users security administration and per form system maintenance fu
226. tly contact Elizabeth Hata The computer could not communicate with the balance If this error occurs frequently contact Elizabeth Hata The balance reading did not stabilize within the allotted time during a tablet test Make certain that the tablet tester covers are closed and the equipment is on a level vibration free surface Do not jar the equipment while it is performing a tablet test The balance did not read zero at the end of a tablet test This may be due to a tablet particle that is caught between the balance pan and the side of the weight testing station or to a large accumulation of dust in the unit The weight re sults of the last test may not be valid This infor mation is presented as a warning only The limit switch for detecting the thickness en coder home position could not be sensed This error indicates that the limit switch may have failed If this error frequently occurs contact Elizabeth Hata The thickness encoder attempted to move when the tablet indexer was not in its home position This error indicates that the indexer failed to complete its last movement If this error fre quently occurs contact Elizabeth Hata Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 161 19 1 13 Encoder not in home position operation aborted 19 1 14 Encoder position validation er
227. to a desired position in order to fill the vials prior to or during a test and also al lows for purging the vials to empty them of tab lets In addition to using the controls in this dialog box the top acrylic plate on the magazine may also be rotated by hand to position the fill ing funnel over the desired vials ElizaTest 3 Magazine Fill Control Rotate Next Vial Previous ial Go To Vial Empty Current Vial All Mials Empty Vial Open Doors Feed Door ji Furge Door 500146A 022599 Figure 9 13 Magazine Fill Control dialog box Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 73 9 7 1 Magazine Schematic 9 7 2 Rotate Controls 9 7 3 Empty Controls The right side of the Magazine Fill Control di alog box contains a top view schematic of the magazine shown in its current position This schematic is updated as the magazine rotates The magazine schematic will show the number of vials as has been set in the current magazine configuration being used in the Magazine screen The number of vials may be either 8 or 12 Each vial is numbered in the schematic The green circle at the 9 o clock position indi cates the location of the feed door where tab lets will be dropped into the tablet feeder inside
228. to access Tablet Test Setup definitions from the ElizaTest 3 and for the TabSys interface to be able to print tablet test results and other reports from the ElizaTest 3 Each will also need to access the same common set of products and batches When the ElizaTest 3 is integrated with the TabSys interface the press will act as the mas ter database The products and batches that have been defined will be resident within the TabSys database as will the results of all tablet tests performed Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 R0 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 152 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 18 2 System Startup Con siderations 500151A 121898 tous Eneste top erae Figure 18 1 In Line Production idle screen Once an ElizaTest 3 tablet tester has been integrated with a tablet press special consider ations must be given to the tablet tester s data base if the ElizaTest 3 is ever removed from inline production testing service When the tablet tester is acting as an inline production tester the default database configu ration is such that all products and batches used are resident in the tablet press database and not the tablet tester database If the ElizaTest 3 is taken out of inline service any data gener ated by the tester while it is out of service canno
229. to the procedures required to de fine products and batches The product and batch associations are an integral part of the tablet tester database The ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System maintains an elaborate database of individual tests along with the product and batch each test is associated with Before beginning a tablet test either in single test mode or by using a magazine the test must be assigned to a batch and that batch must be associated with a prod uct If a single test run is attempted without first assigning a product and batch a message box stating that this must be corrected will appear figure 7 1 Choose the OK button in the mes sage box then select a product and batch from the Test Identification area of the Tablet Test Setup screen before running the test Figure 7 2 shows the basic relationship be tween products batches and tests A bottom up view of the organization shows that every test is associated with a batch and every batch is associated with a product Each product name must be unique no two products can have the same name Within each product every batch name must also be unique but the same batch name can exist for different products Referring again to the figure it can be seen that a batch called JA97 01 is duplicated but each is as signed to different products Two batches named JA97 01 cannot exist for the same prod uct but may exist for different products Within each batch the t
230. ton in the Tests area Indi vidual tests or ranges of tests may be chosen by selecting the Select radio button and entering the desired range in the Tests field To specify individual tests type the test numbers separat ed by commas To print a range of tests type the first test number in the range a hyphen then the last test number in the range Ranges may be combined with individual test numbers Note that test selection is unavailable if the Batch Re ports option is selected Batch reports will use all the tests in the batch by default Example To print reports for only test numbers 4 6 and 12 enter 4 6 12 in the Tests field To choose test number 23 through 45 type 23 45 in the Tests field Typing 5 7 10 56 89 in the box will select test number 5 test number 7 test numbers 10 through 56 and test 89 Reports may be printed for all tests regard less of the date by selecting the All radio button in the Dates area Reports for tests performed on an individual date or range of dates may be chosen by selecting the Select radio button and entering the desired range in the Dates field To specify individual dates type the dates separat Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 127 14 1 4 Options ed by commas To print a range of dates type the f
231. tpoint value minus the T2 value be less than zero The T2 value is described below These restrictions are not enforced when the number of samples described later is set to zero since these values will not be used during the testing process This value determines how many individual tablets subject to passing the plausibility check described later are to be tested for each of the three properties Each value is set indepen dently and may range from 0 to 1000 however all three may not be zero If the number of sam ples for a property is set to zero this particular property will not be tested Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 24 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala 4 14 Plaus Percent Plau sibility The number of samples refers to the number of tablets that will be recorded that have plausi ble test results Any tablet that fails a plausibility check will not be counted towards this number For example if 10 samples are selected for the weight test the Tablet Testing Module will con tinue to weigh tablets as needed until 10 tablets with plausible weights have been measured This may mean that more tablets than request ed are actually tested but only those having plausible weights will be recorded The plausibility setting can be used to in struct the tablet tes
232. trumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 12 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clingbeth lat 3 1 System Power Up Sequence A parallel printer cable bi directional Cen tronics compatible connects the Centronics compatible parallel port on the rear of the printer to the 25 pin D subminiature LPT1 port on the rear of the tester unit This cable is routed through an opening in the rear of the lower print er compartment of the tester unit Push the wire locking clips up to secure the cable to the print er and tighten the jack screws on the tester end of the cable to secure the connections The keyboard is attached to the tester unit by plugging in the round DIN connector at the end of the keyboard cable to the 5 pin keyboard socket on the rear of the tester unit The mouse is attached to the tester unit by connecting the mouse to the 9 pin D subminia ture COM1 port of the rear of the tester Tighten the jack screws on the cable to secure the con nections The video monitor is connected to the sys tem with the supplied video cable One end is connected to the 15 pin high density D submin iature Video connector on the tester unit and the other end is connected to the 15 pin high density D subminiature connector on the rear of the video monitor itself Tighten the jack screws on the cable to secure the connections When power is applied to the system the computer will start b
233. tured The ram and anvil will then retract to the their home positions The maxi mum amount of force applied during the 5 sec ond period is then recorded as the tablet s hardness Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 85 10 12 Pausing Resuming and Stopping the Test The test results of the first tablet are now checked against the plausibility percentages de fined in the tablet test setup If all the test results fall within the plausibility limits the tablet s re sults will remain in the table and the testing pro cess will continue Should one or more of the results not fall within the plausibility the test re sults for that tablet will be discarded from the test results table and will not be included in any of the statistical calculations When testing tablets in the single test mode the testing process will continue in this manner until the required number of tablets having plau sible results are tested or until the operator manually stops the test or refuses to refill an empty tablet feeder If a magazine is being used once one tablet test is finished the next test will automatically be started after the Tablet Testing Module and tablet feeder are first cleared of any remaining tablets The magazine will rotate the next enabled
234. uct Name Add Update Rename Hew Delete Exit Help Product Description Figure 7 5 Products dialog box 500055C 030999 The Products dialog box allows for adding new products deleting or renaming existing products and updating an optional description comment for products The Products dialog box also shows a list of all currently available products When finished with the Products dia log box select the Exit button in the dialog box to return to the Tablet Test Setup screen or the Magazine screen as appropriate To create a new product select the New but ton at the right of the dialog box This will clear out the existing data Type the name of the new product into the Product Name field Product names can be up to 64 characters long and can contain any keyboard character except single quote double quote I or 1 left right square bracket and grave accent Also leading and trailing spaces are not permitted but spac es in the middle of names are perfectly accept able Product names are not case sensitive upper case and lower case characters are treat ed the same If a description for the product is desired type the comment into the Product De scription field at the bottom of the dialog box The Product Description is entirely optional and in no way affects any operations of the system When the name a
235. ue is more re stricted in its range Specifically the maximum value of T2 is limited to approximately one half the maximum range of measurement the T2 value must be greater than the T1 value the sum of the setpoint plus T2 cannot exceed the maximum range of measurement nor can the setpoint minus the T2 value be less than zero The Setpoint Tip shown below the mouse point er will display the currently acceptable ranges for the T2 value Figure 4 6 shows the relation ships between the setpoint T1 and T2 values As with the T1 values T2 values are absolute they are not percentages of the setpoint The Feeder Angle determines how steep of an angle the tablet feeder will move to when it feeds tablets into the Tablet Testing Module This angle is measured in degrees from the hor izontal and can range from 10 0 to 40 0 Al though not required for entry the value will always be displayed to 1 decimal place The Feeder Angle setting allows the tablet feeder to move to an angle that allows tablets to be consistently fed one at a time reducing the number of double fed tablets Although there is no set rule to determine the optimum angle for any particular tablet a general rule is that small er tablets require a steeper angle than larger tablets do As a tablet test is proceeding the feeder will automatically decrease its angle over time A smaller angle is required when fewer tablets are in the feeder The feeder angle will automa
236. uedssopseseenreent 21 SGPOINGNIPS aan n R E E 22 Units SSIES GUON iesrsccscntdsncsnatenndeiaiinddtadnsdsreddntdodinaniealeonmaatianaldaadede 22 Fe UNM acre tact adnan scien mtu e E rad REE 22 Samples Number of Samples ccc cccccceccseeneeeecteeeteeeiseceeeseeeens 23 Plaus Percent PlauSibility 2 c0 ccccccncesstassenrseenenererseeenses 24 WT 1 C Geren er ten eer ry er eer a ten rey ery mere 25 T2 WN eE coed E EEE O 26 Feeder Angle seiissmerciiniaini aenieei aaa ae aa Ea aeaa eR 27 Tablet Advance Value 2 ccccseeeeeceeeceeeeeceeeeeeseesseeeeeeseeeeess 28 Light INtENSIIy soniers beaten saan 28 BISEC hree e a 28 PRONG WS AEE A E E A E E A 29 Break AXI Sisaren ane a a e A Eaa 29 Set p COmMent srra a ache lacie tates a dont 29 Tablet Alignment SCreen ccccccccceeeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 31 MOVED VION EEE 31 Camera View IMage 0 s 0c s0seeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaeeeeeenentcnenens 32 Rotate Table BUTIOMS asa ystssiicanniasnnataxeineel eoienettaartiniiniemdiaamenciedinds 32 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page II ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Table of Contents con t Light Intensity Slider neese sce sace cate coct ore seal geea ini aecneseasadeeet aa eceSboncke 32 Bisect ICIS COM ea cetera ate oe eee cg ieee atte E Eiaeie
237. ues used for the T1 and T2 calculations the maximum minimum and maximum minus min imum values of the results gathered so far as well as the average standard deviation and percent relative deviation of the values Also calculated are the percentages of results whose values fall inside the T1 range inside the T2 range but outside of T1 and outside the T2 range Calibration dates for the various instru ments of the Tablet Testing Module are shown here for reference Select the OK button in the statistics window to close the window and return to the Tablet Test Run screen Choose the Print button at the bottom of test results table to generate a printed report the Unsaved Test Results report of the test re sults The Unsaved Test Results report con tains the individual measurements of each tablet and the complete set of summary statistics The Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 79 10 6 Break Force Graph test results report can only be printed after a test has been stopped or run to completion Printing cannot be done while the Tablet Testing Module is paused This graph shows the amount of force that was applied to the tablet during the last hard ness test The force is displayed in the same unit that hardness is measured in as
238. umentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page Table of Contents Introduction s cosscex cance sthanccehventscatcueesssct sieaessausepcnsesentceatasendecscnidaaeaynese 1 System Overview ccsssiscacectsececscsdaccesssesscerensteestnsaseaceclunlsisectiesecustdaceale 2 Tablet Testing Module cca coasters Sttustets tech dei coud ce deticnctavedy tds 3 Computer OVGIVIGW sisi acscnonscseintaaivanacdodstnadtininapuandusteisdenmaauetaiens 5 Software Overview cedidecccaccnesseccccddlavssncctndtaddbadebsadrsdbasisulabiabadenned 9 System StartUp sissien aae aao aed aeaaaee EE E kaaa aauina 11 System Power Up Sequence cccccccccceecccceeeeeeeseeesseeeeeseeeeess 12 Tablet Test Setup Screen cisccvesissccacccccscessccessnccceccncscessncsomiectcreresces 17 Title Bai nerin E E ER re 18 Menu Bar and Hot Buttons tisanissneecedenicensesssvinadetcibacinascosaenieinions 18 Operator and Time DISPIAYS xvii siaissacasundvinanaddadionoleSeaticanasanaaicnanins 19 Tablet Alignment Wa e icscccscateticanezesidgescncteccctetocmnencenddndetaesneness 19 Product and Batch Test Identification ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 19 Tablet SOUC eseese a aaa aaan 20 Tablet Test Setup Dales ccecseciessislsssinarzeactetssoaaceeuepesseuslnaesdneataes 20 What is a SetUp citinucctiustieseasatw naan i e a a Ea 20 Entering Setup Data 5 oo scores cence cs ceceneodeamemeevereteseecdb
239. up counter this total count represents the position that the bottom of the thickness en coder foot is above the floor of the thickness testing chamber The three counter displays are updated as the encoder is moving The total count value of the thickness encoder is convert ed into inches and millimeters and is also dis played in this area These values are also updated as the encoder is moving This area contains controls to set the clear ance and test the actions involved in the Adher ent Tablet modified indexer motion Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 145 16 5 1 Encoder 3 4 and Off set Value 16 5 2 Indexer Initial 16 5 3 Indexer Final 16 5 4 Indexer Full Motion Cycle 16 6 Ram and Anvil Controls The Encoder Offset value determines how high off the bottom of the testing chamber the thickness measurer will be at the end of the first stage of the adherent tablet indexing motion The encoder must be positioned above the top of the tablet indexer at this point otherwise the indexer will strike the thickness measurer as it moves forward Increasing the value will in crease the distance above the bottom of the testing chamber The 3 4 button may be selected to move the thickness measurer through the first stage of the adherent
240. uration Note that changing a magazine s name will not affect any test runs that may have been performed but any reports Se aes printed after a magazine name has been changed will show the new name not the origi Figure 9 8 Magazine names must be unique nal name Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 69 9 4 Deleting Magazines Delete Magazine Magazine Name QC lab check Delete Tablet Press 03 15 min samples Tablet Fress 03 30 min samples Cancel Tablet Press 23 30 min samples Help 500120A 022599 Figure 9 9 Delete Magazine dialog box FlizaTest 3 D Do vou want to delete magazine Tablet Press 23 30 min samples Help 500135A 022599 Figure 9 10 Confirmation is required to de lete a magazine configuration 9 5 Opening Existing Maga zine Configurations QC lab check Tablet Press 03 15 min samples Tablet Press 037 30 min samples Tablet Press 237 30 min samples Tablet Press 03 15 min samples I Run Test 500123A 022599 Figure 9 11 Magazine Name list A magazine configuration that is no longer required can be deleted from the computer s hard disk by selecting the Delete button or by choosing the Magazine
241. vides a place to enter a description for the Tablet Tester that will appear on the printed reports and provides a control for integrating the ElizaT est 3 with an Elizabeth Hata tablet press Se lect the OK button near the bottom of the dialog box to save any changes made and return to the Tablet Test Setup or Magazine screen or choose the Cancel button to return without sav ing any changes Any setups that were recov ered will still exist they are not canceled This area allows for the recovery of a deleted tablet test setup definition provided a test that used the setup is currently present in the data base and the alignment image for that setup is still being used by another setup When test re sults are saved a copy of the setup data anda reference to the alignment image used to run the test are saved along with the results The Re cover Test Setup feature can extract this setup information and create a new setup definition from it In order to recover the setup definition the product batch and test number of the test that used the setup must be supplied in the fields provided Select the product by choosing it from the product list then select the batch for that product by choosing it from the batch list The test number must be entered manually into the Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANU
242. ving Sideways force can damage the feeder angle worm gear mechanism Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 177 19 4 2 Indexer and Thick ness Gauge 19 4 3 Camera and Ring Light Assembly 19 4 4 Hardness Platform The thickness gauge will need to be recali brated after cleaning Brush off any accumulat ed dust or particles on the tablet indexer and neoprene curtains Using an alcohol pad or glass cleaner clean the tablet receiving cham ber the first station in the indexer the thickness measuring chamber and the bottom of the thick ness measuring gauge foot Gently brush off the balance platen taking care not to press down excessively hard on the platen To clean the camera and ring light loosen and remove the thumb screw securing the cam era mounting plate to the top of the tester then swing the camera assembly up and allow it to rest on its hinge The camera and ring light are cleaned by blowing out with compressed air The lens of the camera should not be wiped un less distortion or blurring of the tablet image can be noted in the Tablet Alignment screen If it is ever necessary to wipe the lens use only clean ers designed for coated camera optics Do not blow downward with compressed air as this can cause dust to become embed
243. wer case characters are treated the same A message box will then appear informing that the setup has been saved figure 6 2 Se lect the OK button in the message box to close the box and return to the Tablet Test Setup screen Once a tablet test setup has been given a name any future savings of the same setup will not prompt for a setup name The setup along with any changes made since the last save will be saved under its current name NOTE If the system is using the optional magazine changes made to setups that are part of the cur rent magazine configuration must be saved in order to incorporate those changes when the magazine is run Unsaved changes will not be reflected during the magazine run since each setup is recalled from the computer s hard disk as it is needed and changes that have not been expressly saved will not be recalled The Save As option allows an existing named setup to be saved under another name To use the Save As feature select the Setup Save As menu option Again the Save Setup dialog box will appear as if the current setup is untitled Instead of being blank however the Setup Name field will contain the setup s current name Type a new name for the setup in the field and select the Save button in the dialog box The current setup will now be saved under the new name with the original setup remaining unchanged under its initial name This allows for maintaining a basic setup temp
244. x then type a unique name for the product Note that changing a product s name will not affect any batches that may already exist for the product or any test runs that may have been performed The same batches and tests will still be associated with this particular product but any reports printed after a product name has been changed or any magazine configurations that may use this product will reflect the new name not the original name The optional description for a selected prod uct can be changed at any time To change the description select the Product Description field and edit the description as desired Select the Update button in the Products dialog box to enter the new description Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 53 7 1 6 Deleting Products Verify Cascading Deletion Waring This operation deletes the selected product and all related records from the database This includes all samples tests setups and batches associated with the product Do you want to continue Yes No 500052B 032299 Figure 7 8 Confirmation is required to delete a product 7 1 7 Selecting and Creating Batches Edit Batches Product white Rounds Add Rename
245. x allows the operator to stop some all or none of the tests Initially all tests shown in the Stop Test dia log box are highlighted in blue indicating that they will all be stopped if the operator selects the OK button If the active current tablet test is stopped it cannot be restarted Pending tests which are tests using the magazine that are scheduled but have not yet been run may also be stopped A pending test that is stopped will not be run but it is possible by using the Maga zine screen to re enable these stopped tests Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 87 10 13 Magazine Operations Available During a Tablet Test Run This is described in the section Magazine Oper ations Available During a Tablet Test Run When a magazine is being used please be aware that stopping a test that is part of a con tinued chain will stop ALL vials in that chain Continued chains are treated as one test If it is desired to stop only some of the tests use the pointing device to select which tests if any should NOT be stopped Multiple tests may be chosen by holding the Shift or Control keys on the keyboard while selecting them A test that will NOT be stopped will NOT be highlighted in blue When the list of tests to stop is correct se
246. y performing its power on self test POST During the POST the comput er checks its memory verifies that a working keyboard is attached and checks that the disk drives and other components are functioning The progress can be observed on the video monitor When the POST is complete the Win dows NT operating system will then begin to load Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 13 3 1 1 Windows Log On 2 rest ElizaT est 3 Programs y Documents Settings Find Help Run Shut Down Windows NT Workstation 500114B 022599 Astan Figure 3 1 Windows Start Menu bar 3 1 2 ElizaTest 3 Program Start up ersion 3 10 Copyright 1997 99 Elizabeth Hata Internation Faizallestiy This program is protected by US and intemational copyright laws as described in the About Box 500076D 081399 Figure 3 2 Start Up Initialization screen After the Windows NT operating system loads the message Press Ctrl Alt Del to log on will be displayed To begin actually us ing the computer an operator must first log on This is a security feature of Windows NT 4 0 that ensures only authorized people can gain access to the computer To log on simultaneously press the Control Ctrl or CTRL the Alt
247. y the computer WARNING The camera has been properly aligned prior to shipment Improper adjustment of the camera can cause poor or erratic operation of the sys tem Do not attempt to adjust the camera s alignment unless the camera alignment has been disturbed The focus and aperture set tings have also been set prior to shipment These settings should also not be adjusted as they will affect any tablet test setup definitions that have been saved requiring changes to the Light Intensity values With the Tablet Testing Module cover closed examine the image on the right half of the screen For proper operation the round hardness platform must fill the image on the screen top to bottom The spacing at the sides is less critical If the disk formed by the hardness Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Page 106 ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala Camera Image Place Camera Calibration Disk on the CENTER of Newt gt gt the hardness platform and close the tablet tester cover Cancel 500111A 022699 Figure 12 16 Camera calibration step 2 Camera Calibration Camera Calibration is complete BE SURE TO REMOVE CALIBRATION DISK FROM HARDNESS PLATFORM 500112A 022699 Figure 12 17 The camera calibration was successful Camera Calib
248. y will not be automatically removed There is also an option to set the time that a new day of entries is to begin This can be used to prevent one day s worth of log entries from spanning two shifts for example The Clear Log button can be selected to de lete all the entries from the log immediately When the Clear Log button is selected a mes sage box will appear asking for confirmation fig ure 13 2 Choose the OK button to clear the log or select the Cancel button to return to the Maintenance Administration dialog box without clearing the log This area is used to set the amount of disk space reserve capacity to keep free As tab lets are tested and setups are saved the amount of disk space used by the database in creases The reserve capacity sets the amount of disk space to set aside and not use for the da tabase A value of 100 megabytes MB should prove adequate in most instances The disk ca pacity is checked once each hour and if the disk space required for the database plus the amount of reserved space exceeds the avail able free space on the disk the Low Capacity Warning dialog box will appear figure 13 3 Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 110 USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Clnghdh ala Low Capacil There is insufficient disk capacity on the indi
249. ystem There are three main areas of administration that are available The first is Maintenance Maintenance administra tion controls the Event Log Archiving and Com Loe paction schedules A tool for determining patent p Cer Pacton Seheaute remaining and required free disk space is also in psms EC ae Diea P ene this group The second area is the ODBC ad TA i ee ministration This part contains controls for us ing databases that exist on networks or for using a database other than Microsoft Access The third area is a set of miscellaneous controls for recovering deleted setups changing the op tional system description that appears on the printed reports controlling some aspects of the Figure 13 1 Administration dialog box security system and for integrating the ElizaT est 3 with an Elizabeth Hata tableting press system To select which group of controls to work with choose one of the three tabs at the top of Administration dialog box figure 13 1 Cancel Help 500081A 022699 13 1 Maintenance Adminis This dialog box is used to control the auto tration matic scheduling of the Event Log database compaction and database archiving It also contains a tool for viewing the required and available hard disk space NOTE While the tablet tes
250. zine Save e Rename same as Magazine Delete e Fill Same as Tools Fill e Run Test same as Operations Run Test Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com USER S MANUAL Clinabeth lat ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 59 8 3 Product Batch and Setup Lists e Reports same as Operations Reports Each hot button functions exactly as if the same command was chosen from the menu bar On line help is available by selecting the Help Index menu command It is also available by pressing the F1 key on the keyboard and most screens and dialog boxes contain a Help button that can be selected to explain the func tion of the dialog box If the optional magazine is installed the Tab let Test Setup screen can be displayed if a test cycle is not currently running by selecting the Setup button at the top of the Setup List or by choosing the Operations Setup menu option When the Tablet Test Setup screen is dis played setups can be freely edited as previous ly described When finished with the Tablet Test Setup screen select the Magazine button in the screen to return to the Magazine screen If the optional magazine is not installed the Mag azine screen can be used to create and edit magazine configurations but no tests may be started from this screen Only single test mode tablet test
251. zine run has finished either because it ran to completion or was stopped by the operator the results of the tablet test or tests may be saved to the computer s hard disk Select the Exit Save button in the Tablet Test Run screen to display the Save Test Results dialog box fig ure 10 9 The Save Test Results dialog box displays a list of all the tests that have been run for this test cycle single test mode operation will show only the one test Each test is listed with its test number and the product batch and setup asso ciated with the test The Save Test Results dia log box allows for choosing which tests to save the results for and which tests if any to discard the results of There is no obligation to save any results When the Save Test Results dialog box is initially shown all tests will be highlighted in blue all tests will be saved To choose which tests to discard the results of select those tests with the pointing device Tests that will have their re sults saved will be highlighted in blue tests that are NOT highlighted will have their results dis Document Number EH UM ET3PLUS 32200 RO Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com lyk Hs USER S MANUAL ElizaTest 3 Tablet Testing System Page 91 Test Recover y discard the test results x An aborted test cycle has been detected You may either save or The

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