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XXPRESS® NGX USER MANUAL
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up screen. This value can be set from zero to 10°C per second in
0.1°C steps.
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The number of times the cycle should be run is set using the
REPEAT
tile. In Figure 5a the 3-step cycle is repeated forty times.
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Touch the tick to accept these conditions or the

cross to
cancel any changes made.
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For experiments where multiple cycles are required these can be
added by touching the
“plus” symbol and editing them in the
same manner. Unwanted steps can be deleted using the
“minus” symbol.
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The final segment sees the temperature being reduced to 50°C and
held for 10 seconds. This is done to cool the plate enough to touch
when removed from the
xxpress
®
NGx .
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Based on the chemistry selection, xxpress
®
NGx will select a
recommended sensitivity for the camera that measures the
fluorescence, this is a combination of gain and exposure time.
Touching the blue
CAMERA
tile will pop-up a window that will allow
the sensitivity of the measurements in each of the five fluorescence
channels to be individually adjusted, see Figure 5b.
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To adjust touch the circle and then drag it to the position along the
line that gives the desired value. The value range is from zero to
100 (to drag the circle maintain finger contact with the touch screen).