Biometra TOne
Operation
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See also
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Creating or editing PCR programs [
5.5
Incubating samples at constant temperature
Incubation mode allows you to incubate samples for any period of time at any tempera-
ture meaning that you could, e.g., also keep samples at a constant low temperature over
night.
Many users carry out incubation at 4 °C. However, temperatures a little higher than that,
e.g. 10 °C, are sufficient to avoid damage to stored amplified samples. Such higher tem-
peratures prolong the life of the cooling Peltier elements.
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Tap
Incubate
on the
Home
screen.
ü
The
Incubate
page opens.
Incubate
Home
Start
Block Temperature
Hold Time
Heated Lid
Preheat Lid
User:
John Doe
dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm
On
On
On
Fig. 9
Incubate page
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Use the numeric keypad to enter
Block Temperature
and
Hold Time
.
If you enter
∞
, the device will keep the set block temperature for an indefinite period
of time.
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Optionally: Use the button in the
Preheat Lid:
section to enable or disable the pre-
heating function of the heated lid.
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The button under
Lid
allows switching the heating function of the heated lid on and
off. You can also set the lid temperature here.
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Tap
Start
to initiate the incubation of the samples.
The device keeps the samples at the specified block temperature. There are different
buttons to stop, pause, continue or skip the incubation process.
Do not simply turn off the device during an incubation. The device will treat this discon-
nection as a power failure. The device will proceed with the incubation after restarting
the device.
