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5.8.2 Starting programs
• Once the drawer is closed, the load stations are scanned in order to
identify the clips on the stations that have been loaded.
• Once identified, the clip colors / program codes are displayed in
IN-
STRUMENT STATUS
(
3
) (see also
chapter 5.5
).
Automatic program start
• Once all components have been identified and are ready to be started,
the staining programs will start automatically.
For programs to be started (automatically), the instrument must be at
user access level (
4
).
If there are already some staining programs running, the new racks
are integrated into the overall process as soon as the software de-
tects capacity for a new program start.
Racks are processed in the order of optimized throughput, not nec-
essarily in the order in which they have been placed into the load
station.
Loading a clip not allocated to a program (any longer)
• If a rack placed into the load station carries a clip which is not allocat
-
ed to any program or the color of which is allocated to a program not
ready to be started, in the second line of the corresponding load sta-
tion three question marks "
???
" will be displayed instead of a program
code.
• Processing options with such a clip depend on the current instrument
mode.
-
In supervisor mode, the color of a 'ready-to-start' program can be
assigned to the clip (see
chapter 5.6.3
).
-
In user mode, an error message will be displayed, specifying why
that particular rack cannot be processed. At the same time, the
corresponding alarm sound is triggered.
Remove the rack to acknowledge the error message and stop the
alarm; close the drawer.
5. Operation
→
4
3
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