Chapter 1
Instrument Description
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
General Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
PathCheck™ Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Component Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
The Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Status Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
The Microplate Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Microplates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
The Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Instrument Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Saving a Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Recalling a Saved Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Modes of Stand-Alone Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Endpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Kinetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Blank Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Wavelength Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Temperature Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Automix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Printed Data Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Computer Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
SOFTmax
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PRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Default Override Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Summary of Contents for SPECTRAmax 340PC
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