7 Appendices
troubleshooting.
See
troubleshooting
procedures
protocols, 85
R
Read button, 29, 76, 77
read modes, 78
reading chamber, 13
Reading Chamber button, 42, 89
reading chamber drawer, 9–10, 13
cleaning, 88
installing microplate adapter, 89
opening and closing, 48
reading chamber key, 48
readings per well
for fluorescence assays, 79
recovery procedure, 112
Reduction icon, 30
reduction parameters, 74
RS-232 port, 8
S
safety information, 4–5
conventions used in manual, 4
screens
Instrument Settings, 52, 54
Plate Section, 62, 73
Preferences dialog, 51
Untitled window, 28
Untitled window, Flex mode, 53
Untitled, new, 46
Untitled, Plate Section, 47
sensitivity, 54
setting, 57
serial port, 8, 51
service and maintenance procedures,
87–95
cleaning the instrument, 88
long-term shutdown, 95
moving the instrument, 88
replacing the flash lamp, 92–95
technical support, 87
using microplate adapters, 89
using the compound baseplate, 89,
90–91
set point temperature indicator, 48
settings, instrument, 54–73
assay plate, 60
AutoCalibrate, 59
Automix, 59
AutoRead, 72
compound and tip columns, 69–71
compound source selection, 63
compound transfer, 64–66
finishing, 54
modifying, 54
on Plate Section screen, 73
pipette tip air gap, 72
pipette tips layout, 68
sensitivity, 57
timing, 58
triturate selection, 67
wavelengths, 55–56
wells to read, 61–62
Setup button, 30, 52
shipping containers, 32
shutdown procedures, 78
long-term, 95
SOFTmax PRO, 15, 27
installing, 42
introduction to, 27–30
software settings, 51–53, 74
specifications, performance, 121
Spectrum mode, 26, 78
optimizing fluorescence assays, 79–
84
starting up the system, 45–48
Status bar, 29, 51
during readings, 77
Stop button, 29, 77
system
installing the, 31–42
operating procedures, 43–84
setting the temperature, 49–50
starting up the, 45–48
system components.
See
components,
system
system description, 1–30
components, system, 6–17
introduction, 1–2
overview of operation, 18
overview of operator’s manual, 3
safety information, 4–5
theory of operation, 19–20
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