Applied Biosystems GeneAmp PCR System 9700, User Manual

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5-16 Creating and Editing Methods
Editing
Programmed Pauses
If you have inserted a programmed pause in your method, you can edit the
parameters for the pause at any time.
Naming and Storing
Methods
Naming and storing completes the creation of the method.
To edit programmed pauses:
Step Action
1 From the Create screen, use the Circular Key Pad to highlight the word Pause . The
Edit
soft key appears.
2 Press Edit to access the programmed pause screen.
From this screen, you can
♦
Change any of the pause parameters, or
♦
Use the Circular Key Pad to select the pause time parameter on the screen, and
edit it by entering a different time.
After you have entered all modifications to the customized method you are creating,
you should store the method before running it (see “Naming and Storing Methods”
below).
To name and store methods:
Step Action
1 From the
Create
screen, press
Store
.
2 You can take the following action:
3 From the Store screen, press Method . The Method Name screen appears.
Note The blank space after the letter Z is used to insert blank spaces.
If you want to... Then...
store the method under the name displayed in the user field
and name the method the default name displayed in the
method field
The default method name is expxxx where xxx= a number from
0 to 999.
press the
Accept key.
rename the method go to step 3.
Use ENTER key to select a character.
Method Name exp001
F1 F3 F4 F5 F2
Accept Cancel Backsp
abcdefghi
jklmnopqrj
stuvwxyz
.,-+/():=