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Chapter 3 Methods and Mappings
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Figure 3.5 shows how plate wells and SpectroCHIP Array pads are mapped in the 96
MTP to 96 SpectroCHIP Array mapping file. The diagrams represent a single plate and
SpectroCHIP Array. The same mapping scheme is used for each plate and SpectroCHIP
Array in the 96 MTP to 96 SpectroCHIP Array method file—MTP 1 is mapped to
SpectroCHIP Array 1 and MTP 2 is mapped to SpectroCHIP Array 2.
3.3 Creating a custom method file
Once a method file is loaded, you may change the dispense settings before starting a
run. These settings will stay in effect until they are changed again, a different method file
is loaded, or the instrument is shut down. Saving the changed settings to a new custom
method file enables you to retrieve and use the same settings in the future.
You can create a custom method file by:
•
Editing an existing method file and saving it as a new file– Start with
Load a method
file
, page 64.
•
Setting the parameters from scratch – Start with Set the dispensing options , page 66.
Figure 3.5 96 MTP to 96 SpectroCHIP Array Mapping
Each cell in this diagram represents a
plate well. The 6-pin array is designed
to fit into a 2 X 3 group of contiguous
wells. In this diagram, 2 X 3 groups are
color-coded to indicate that analytes in
wells of the same color are loaded in
the same load cycle.
Each cell in this diagram represents a
SpectroCHIP Array pad. Each pad is
labeled with the number of the plate
well from which it receives analyte.
Note that the pins are spaced so they
land on every fourth pad; each 2 X 3
group of plate wells is spread out
across every fourth SpectroCHIP Array
pad.
96-well microtiter plate 96-SpectroCHIP Array