Applied Biosystems GeneAmp PCR System 9700, User Manual

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Running PCR Samples 4-11
History File Records
The following table lists the history file records.
Record Description Type
History of method xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
User xxxxxx Reaction volume xxx µL
Run started at hh:mm:ss am mm/dd/yy
Run ended at hh:mm:ss am mm/dd/yy
Length of run hh:mm:ss RampSpeed: 9600
This header record is always created.
Note If you stopped a method before
it completed running, then the
message, Run ended at..., will be Run
aborted at...
Report
Power failure in Cycle xx at Setpt xx.
Power failed at hh:mm:ss am for hh:mm:ss.
Run resumed at hh:mm:ss am There was a power failure during a
specified point in a cycle.
The message, for >18, indicates that
the power was off for more than 18
hours.
Report
Drift error in Cycle xx Setpt xx Repxx. Temperature
drifted x.x°c from setpt Block drift error.
The block has drifted ± 2 °C from set
point during the hold segment of a run.
Report
Cover error in Cycle xx Setpt xx Repxx.
Heated cover at xx.x°c Heated cover drift error.
The cover has drifted ± 5 °C from
105 °C anytime during the run.
Report
Sensor error in Cycle xx Setpt xx Repxx.
Block sensor failure. Block sensor failure. Fatal error.
Call for service.
Sensor error in Cycle xx Setpt xx Repxx.
Cover sensor failure. Heated cover sensor failure. Fatal error.
Call for service.
Setpt error in Cycle xx Setpt xx Repxx.
Could not reach xx.x in hh:mm:ss This setpoint error is only logged for
setpoints above 15 °C.
The limit is 5 times the normal ramping
time.
Fatal error.
Call for service.
Program pause in Cycle xx Setpt xx Rep xxx Method
paused at xx °C for hh:mm:ss A programmed pause was
encountered. Report
Manual pause in Cycle xx Setpt xx Rep xxx Method
paused at xx °C for hh:mm:ss You paused the run. Report