Beckman Coulter CEQ 8000, User Manual

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Sequence Analysis Procedures
204 CEQ™ 8000 Genetic Analysis System
Customizing Filename Extension
To supply your own custom filename extension (or none at all) to exported files,
modify the CEQ.ini file as follows:
If there is no Export section in the CEQ.ini file, export any sample
file and the Export section will be generated. Then modify as needed.
1. Find the section [EXPORT] and add/modify the appropriate entry.
TXT_EXT for Text files, default is “.txt”
SEQ_EXT for SEQ files, default is “.seq”
FASTA_EXT for FASTA files, default is “.fasta”
SCF_EXT for SCF files, default is “.scf”
PHD_EXT for PHRED files, default is “.phd.1”
2. To have no file extension added, set the entry to nothing (make sure there are no
spaces after the “=”)
SCF_EXT=
Example Output FileName: SpaSample
3. To use a unique file extension, add or modify the entry with the desired file
extension (do not place the leading dot “.”, the system will add it).
SCF_EXT=scf v3
Output FileName: SpaSample.scf v3
4. To hide an entry and make the system use the default, either delete or place an “;”
before it
SCF_EXT=SCFV3
Output FileName: SpaSample.scf
Exporting Data to a Third Party Package
Verify that the third party analysis package will accept the
data transferred, via a command-line, and that it is compati-
ble with the file types provided by CEQ System Software
before attempting to perform this procedure.
To export sequence data to a third party analysis package, perform the following steps.
1. Select
File | Open
from the menu.
2. In the
Open
dialog box, select the appropriate tab, highlight the desired data and
then select
OK
.
3. Select
Analysis | Third Party Analysis Setup
from the menu.
4. In the
Third Party Analysis Setup
dialog box:
a. Specify the path and executable file of the third party analysis package.
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