Molecular Devices FlexStation II, Operator'S Manual

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7 Appendices
lamp, 8, 92, 93, 95
removing shipping screws, 33
tip rack, 105
top, 7, 34, 37, 40, 94, 95, 104, 109,
115, 116
D
data
appearing in Plate section, 77
display parameters, 74
management, 85
replacing with new, 76
design, instrument, 21–23
detection module, 11, 13–14
unpacking, 32–34
Display icon, 30
drawer adapters, installing, 42
Drawer button, 29
drawers, 9–10, 42, 44, 45.
See also
reading chamber drawer, tip rack
drawer, compound plate drawer
closing, 29
emptying, 78
opening, 75
opening manually, 99
E
Endpoint mode, 25, 78
error messages
fluidics module, 103
general, 113–14
F
filters, emission cutoff, 55–56
flash lamp, 2, 8, 13, 14, 120
precautionary statement, 5
replacing, 92–95
FLEX button, 52
Flex mode, 24, 46, 53
avoiding mechanical problems, 4
default at startup, 52
instrument settings in, 54–73
recovering from mechanical
problems, 102–12
serial communication speed, 51
fluidics module, 11–12
design, 21
inspecting inside of, 106–8
installing, 35–36
tilting or removing, 115–17
unpacking, 32
fluorescence assays, 79–84
fuses, 16
replacing, 90–91
G
Graph icon, 30
I
icons
Display, 30
Graph, 30
Instrument Status, 29, 51
Mask, 30
Name of Plate, 30
Plate, 30, 77
Printer, 30
Reduction, 30
Template, 30
incubator, 2, 7, 10, 21
setting temperature, 49, 50
switching on, 44, 48
Incubator button, 29, 50
input/output panels, 8
installation procedures, 31–42
connecting the power cords, 41
general precautions, 31
installing SOFTmax PRO, 42
installing the drawer adapters, 42
installing the fluidics module, 35–36
installing the pipettor head, 37–40
setting up the computer, 40
unpacking the system, 32–34
Instrument Settings screen, 52, 54
assay plate type, 60
AutoCalibrate selection, 59
Automix, 59
AutoRead, 72
compound and tip columns, 69–71
compound source, 63
compound transfer, 64–66
pipette tips layout, 68
sensitivity, 57
timing, 58
triturate selection, 67
wavelengths, 55
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