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Agrosta®100 Field Digital Firmness Tester The Agrosta 100 Field Version 5 has been designed by end 2015 It integrates the best technology for measuring the firmness / softness of soft fruits and materials – It is a statistic instrument Many thanks for having acquired an Agrosta instrument Your package contains : - A Box with the instrument itself - A sensor to be connected to the instrument - A SD card already inserted in the instrument - A micro SD to SD adaptor - A charger - A certificate of conformity - A manual 13 Rue du Bastringue – 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE lak@agrosta.org - www.agro-technology.co.uk – Tel +33 68949

Agrosta®100 Field Digital Firmness Tester The Agrosta 100 Field is provided with one sensor (10 , 25 or 50) according to your requirements You can buy adaptors separately : peaches (35% to 95%), apricots (45% to 95%), grapes and kiwis (35% to 95%) – With the 10 mm tip, a reading of 85% corresponds to 4.5 Kg per 0.5 cm tomatoes (values from 45 to 80), cherries, plums, melon flesh, grapes (values from 30 to 80), blueberries (values from 25 to 70 - destructive), peppers - A100-50 sensor for strawberries - The AGROSTA®100Field is entirely designed and assembled in France. The motherboard comes...

Agrosta®100 Field Digital Firmness Tester Comparison between previous Agrosta 100 Field, Durofel, and new model : - The battery is high capacity (more than 5000 mAh) - The precision is 24 bits instead of 12 bits for previous version - Equipped with a larger screen (2 * 16 characters) with retro light - Equipped with sd card slot for unlimited storage of data - Can be charged by any mobile phone charger with micro-usb plug - No daily calibration, you can detect yourself when calibration is no more valid - You can activate a light from the battery It presents the following disadvantages...

Agrosta®100 Field Digital Firmness Tester TAKE CARE TO TAKE THE SENSOR IN THE RIGHT POSITION when you start the device (Tip free and same position as when working..) : The devices takes the origin when you switch it on. If the sensor is not in the right position when you start the device, you can have a mistake in the measurements that can reach up to 4% While keeping the sensor in the right position, start the device with the switch on the side 13 Rue du Bastringue – 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE lak@agrosta.org - www.agro-technology.co.uk – Tel +33 6894943

Agrosta®100 Field Digital Firmness Tester If you are using the device in a dirty environment, or with fruits that are destroyed during measurement, like Blueberries or Strawberries, it is absolutely necessary to use the tip protections provided (You can use any finger cot) Press 1 to start a new batch, 2 to consult or delete previous batches 2 Menu after choice 1 : You can measure your fruits one after each other Press C to cancel last measurement Press N to record and obtain statistics Press E to go back to Home menu without recording 13 Rue du Bastringue – 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE...

Agrosta®100 Field Digital Firmness Tester If choice N : The statistics of the batch are displayed, Press E to go back to Home menu m is the minimum, Ma the maximum, Av the average and St the standard deviation Menu “Manage Database” Press N for batched consultation - Each batch statistics is displayed during 3.5 seconds - “A” corresponds to the average, “St” is the standard deviation of the batch, “Hi” corresponds to the homogeneity index of the batch (shall be less than 10% for good homogeneity) Press C to erase Data, and go back to Batch 1, the data is deleted on SD card (Confirmation is...

Agrosta®100 Field Digital Firmness Tester 3) ON SD CARD The SD card is located on the right side of the instrument. In order to remove it, apply a light pressure on it till it “clicks” 2 Files are available on the SD card : - ALL.txt is used by the machine, and shall no be deleted nor modified (If deleted, it is re-created by the instrument, but the memory is erased) BATCHES.csv can be opened by Excel (choose “;” separator when Excel tries to open the file) – All measurements and statistics are stored on this file – We recommend to copy it on your computer, and not to modify the file on the...

Agrosta®100 Field Digital Firmness Tester 5) TESTING BATTERY CHARGE In order to test the charge of the battery, just press on the button place on back side of the instrument : And then look at the blue led close to the charger plug, the number of led switched on corresponds to the level of charge 13 Rue du Bastringue – 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE lak@agrosta.org - www.agro-technology.co.uk – Tel +33 6894943

Agrosta®100 Field Digital Firmness Tester 6) CLEANING Pull on the abutment carefully, and remove the tip, clean the red part with hot water and soap, and the inside (yellow plastic part) with a wet tissue 13 Rue du Bastringue – 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE lak@agrosta.org - www.agro-technology.co.uk – Tel +33 6894943