Molecular Devices FLIPR Tetra, User Manual

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FLIPR
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Tetra High Throughput Cellular Screening System User Guide
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Process Explorer Tab
The Process Explorer is used to create new protocols.
The Process Explorer displays processes that can be incorporated into
experiment protocols. To add a process step to a protocol, drag the
process into the protocol setup at the top of the Experiment window.
See Constructing Protocols Using FLIPR Tetra Processes on page 70 .
Experiment Window
The Experiment window is the main working interface in ScreenWorks
Software. It is used to create, view and edit protocols—used to control
the instrument in an experiment—and to view data files generated in
experiments.
This section gives an overview of the Experiment window; following
sections provide details of the configuration options for each of the
process types used to construct protocols in the Experiment window.
The Experiment window can have one protocol and multiple data files
open at once, with options to view these one at a time, cascaded, or
tiled ( Window menu). File windows can be maximized, to occupy the
entire Experiment window, minimized, reducing to a small section of
title bar in the bottom left of the Experiment window, or arbitrarily sized
and located within the Experiment window.
Only one file is active at once. If the active file is a protocol file, it will
control the experiment if the Instrument > Run Experiment
command is given.
Protocol (*
.fmp ) and data (* .fmd ) files both show the processes
incorporated in them at the top of the file window, ordered from left to
right. Clicking on the process icons brings forward the ‘page’ for that
particular process, displaying its configuration settings. Data files differ
from protocol files only in having recorded data to display when the
Chiller Reports when a chiller is installed.
TETRAcycler Reports when the TETRAcycler is installed.
Bar code Reader Reports when a bar code reader is installed. on the
TETRAcycler.
Cell Reservoir Use the check box to indicate whether or not the Cell
Reservoir is installed.
Item Description
Note: The processes available on the screen may change based on
the instrument status, for example, the Wash Tips process is not
shown if a tip wash malfunction has occurred.