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Covaris
E220 & LE220 (-plus, R-plus, Rsc) Setup & Instruction Manual
Part Number: 010521 Rev B | May 2021
5.1 The Method Screen
When SonoLab is launched, the Method screen is displayed with the last successfully run treatment method.
• Method displays the current selected treatment method and its status.
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Plate
: the name of the sample plate specified by the current selected method.
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Temperature
: the actual temperature of the water in the instrument bath.
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Setpoint
: the water bath temperature specified by the current selected method.
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State
: possible states, depending on what the system is doing, includes:
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At initial startup, Idle.
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During a treatment method, the possible states include:
• Waiting for Water Temperature: the system waits for the water temperature to be within the range specified by the
selected
method.
• Waiting for Water Degas: the system waits for sufficient time for effective degassing to occur.
• Waiting for Water to be Added to the Bath: this occurs when the water level is low and AutoFill is not enabled.
• Running: the system is currently performing the selected treatment method steps.
• Paused: the method is paused by the user or the API.
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Following a treatment:
• Completed: the treatment terminated normally.
• Aborted: the treatment was halted by a command from a user or the API.
• Failed: the method run was unsuccessfully completed with the displayed reason.
• Cancelled: in Consumable Based Method Selection (see
Appendix A
), method selection was cancelled.
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Run Time
: the remaining time for acoustic on, time required for motion, any delay steps or other overhead for the current
method.
- Methods saved on the system are selected from the drop-down list.
5. SonoLab Software
