Molecular Devices AquaMax 2000, User Manual

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AquaMax
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2000/4000 Microplate Washer User Guide
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Program Management Commands
You create programs to wash plates and perform maintenance. These
programs or protocols are composed of basic primitives for wash
functions (dispense, aspirate, wash, shake), program control
(soak/pause, repeat), or maintenance functions (prime, purge, rinse).
Firmware maintains these protocols in non-volatile storage, with a total
of 103 slots available.
You edit the protocols by adding, deleting, and replacing step primitives
using the following commands.
• Factory-defined Protocols on page 132
• Protocol (Program) Control on page 133
• Edit/view Opened Protocol Steps on page 136
All step primitives in any protocol share the same plate type (from an
editable plate library).
Factory-defined Protocols
Factory-defined one-touch protocols (programs) are dedicated to
instrument maintenance: rinsing, cleaning, priming. These protocols are
composed of the same primitives as regular user programs.
The one-touch protocols provide easy access to common maintenance
operations and can be customized like any other program. The default
programs offer a functional method to perform the named method. You
can edit these protocols in the same way as other programs but the
names
One-touch Prime , One-touch Clean , and One-touch Rinse cannot
be changed. The one-touch protocols are stored in slots 0-2.