Chapter 5: Maintenance
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5. Close the injector pump access door.
Injector Pump With Access Door Closed
6. Connect the tubing to the barbed fittings.
7. Lower the top cover, and then tighten the captive screws.
Prepare the Instrument
To prepare the instrument after you replace the injector tubing:
1. Connect the tubing for the P–reagent bottle and M–reagent bottle to the ports on
the left side of the instrument.
2. Fill a bottle with filtered deionized water, and then place the other ends of the tubing
into the bottle.
CAUTION!
Do not mix the waste and the input water bottles. Doing so can
contaminate the instrument injector plumbing.
3. Connect the waste line to the Waste Port on the back panel. Place the other end of
the line in a waste bottle.
4. Power on the instrument.
5. Power on the control computer.
6. Click
Start
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Programs
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Molecular Devices
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SoftMax Pro
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7. Prime the injectors. See
8. Prime the injectors two more times to check for leaks at the reagent ports.
