Patent ID: 8890709

Claim:
Method for displaying a system state of an automatic treatment device ( 1 ) performing a plurality of process steps for microscopic samples based on system parameters ( 121 , 122 , 123 ) of the treatment device ( 1 ), the displaying method comprising: a) determining ( 120 ) at least one system parameter ( 121 , 122 , 123 ), b) evaluating ( 130 ) the at least one determined ( 120 ) system parameter ( 121 , 122 , 123 ) based on evaluation criteria, c) evaluating ( 140 ) the system state based on the at least one evaluated ( 130 ) system parameter ( 121 , 122 , 123 ), and d) displaying ( 150 ) the evaluated ( 140 ) system state by a traffic light function ( 175 ) having display states, the display spanning the process steps, wherein an error button ( 51 ) is provided with the traffic light function ( 175 ) or the traffic light function ( 175 ) is in the form of an error button ( 51 ) being configured either separately or on a monitor display ( 50 ), wherein, by selecting the error button ( 51 ), one or more of the following is displayed: information relating to the evaluated system state and/or information relating to the associated process step.