Natus ALGO 5 User manual

ALGO 5 Installation and Assembly Instructions

1. Preparation

Examine the shipping containers carefully upon receipt. If any of the boxex are damaged or

the packing materials show signs of stress, notify the carrier and keep the shipping materials
for the carrier’s inspection.

The ALGO 5 includes these items packaged and shipped separately in 4 boxes::

• Cart base with Isolation Transformer

• Cart column (with cable guide protective covers included but not installed)

• Panel PC with Panel PC power supply

• Accessories box: keyboard, DSP Box, Preamp 5, ATA 5 cable, Sample Pack, label

printer, and accessories pack: Equipment Check Kit, USB Cable, two PCA 5 cables,
CD, power cord, and documentation package

• Optional items packaged separately: Barcode scanner, LAN Isolator, and page
printer.

Note: Save shipping boxes and packing foam in the event that the screening module

must be returned to the manufacturer.

Required Tools

• T-handle allen wrench, 3/16” (supplied, in Cart Base packaging)

• 90 degree allen wrench, 1/8” and 5/32” (supplied, in Cart Column packaging)

• 7/16” standard wrench or adjustable crescent wrench (not supplied)

• Phillips screwdriver (not supplied)

Hardware Supplied

• Socket head screws (#1/4-20 x 1 1/4”) with lock washers & flat washers (4, in Cart
Base packaging)

• KEP nuts (#1/4-20) – (2, in Cart Base packaging)

• Socket head cap screws (#10-32 x 1/2” SHCS) - (4, in Cart Column packaging)

• Pan head screws (#10-32 x 3/8” PHMS) - (4, packaged separately, taped to DSP

bracket on Cart Column)

• Post cap plate – (1, in Cart Column packaging)

• Button head socket cap screws (#1/4-20 x 3/8” BHSCS) – (4, packaged with post cap

plate)

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Below is a view of the assembled ALGO 5:

Panel PC

DSP Box

Drawer for Disposables

Cart Column with Integrated

Cable Management

Isolation Transformer

FIGURE 1: ALGO 5— front view

Keyboard

Label Printer

Shelf Space

Page Printer

(optional)

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Cart Column with

Integrated Cable

Management –

Rear View

DSP Box –

Rear View

Preamp 5 Holder

Cable

Management

Prongs for ATA 5

& PCA 5 Cables

FIGURE 2: ALGO 5 — rear view

Barcode
Scanner
(optional

Power Supply

for DSP Box

mounted in the

column

Power Supply

for Label Printer

mounted in the

column

Optional Power

Supply for Inkjet

Page Printer

Main Switch

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DSP

ATA 5

Preamp 5

Figure 3: ALGO 5 Accessories

Equipment

Check Kit

PCA 5

2. Mount the ALGO 5 Cart Column onto the Base

• Open shipping carton.

• Lift the cart base from its packaging. Set the cart base on the floor. Note the

opening in the cart base that allows the column to be mounted to the base (FIGURE

4). Identify the hardware used to secure the column to the base: two KEP nuts with
integrated lock washers, four ¼-20 x 1 ¼” socket-head cap screws with associated
washers (FIGURE 5).

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FIGURE 4: Mount Column onto the Base

FIGURE 5: Hardware used to secure the Column to the base

• Place protective cardboard or plastic on the floor, and carefully lay the cart column on the
floor next to the base, with the flat side of the column (shelf side) facing down and the
main switch facing up (see FIGURE 6 for orientation):

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FIGURE 6: Cart from the back

• With the shelves facing down, align the base opening with the column. Carefully

route the six cables hanging from the bottom of the cart column one at a time through
the opening in the cart base. The opening allows the column to be fitted in only one
way (see FIGURE 4). Slide the cart base onto the column’s two alignment threaded
studs (FIGURE 7). Note: packaging of cart may include foam and caps for the studs
which will need to be removed prior to assembly.

NOTE: The sixth cable is for the optional page printer. It is included but not shown in
FIGURE 4 or FIGURE 7.

Plastic Nut

Alignment

Studs

FIGURE 7: Detail Column alignment threaded studs

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