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you can write SPW work lists from multiple instruments at the same time without them being overwritten. This file type

can be used on stand-alone instruments like AutoDELFIA

, VICTOR

™

and GSP

Note:

For this to work, the plate map needs to be exactly the same on both the puncher and the other instrument.

Otherwise the sample results are linked to the wrong patient information.
The

Panthera XML

(the default export) file is an .xml file that contains the data for each well in the plate. The file

always contains 96 entities. Each of these contains the well ID, the plate barcode, the analyte, the sample ID, the sample

type, the sample type level, any note associated with the sample, and the well status. Use export format to transfer a

set of plate data from one Panthera-Puncher 9 to another. This work list format is machine-readable and can be used

for further work list modifications.
The

Panthera configurable XML

is a customizable .xml-based export file, that lets you (with the assistance of service

personnel) create a customized export solution, where only the well parameters you choose are exported. This can be

made compatible with other systems and can be opened on any computer for viewing or copying.

Note:

When the puncher has an active Specimen Gate connection and the measuring instrument is also connected to

Specimen Gate Laboratory, the data is transferred to the measuring instrument through Specimen Gate Laboratory. In

this case, the export function is unnecessary, but it can still be useful in the event of a connection failure.
The base path to the

Default export location

is C:\Users\Public\Documents.

• Worklist exports are found in the Panthera exports folder
• Recovery files are found in the Panthera recovery files folder
• Blood card images are found in the Panthera folder
For easier access, these folders are available from every Panthera users

Documents Library

Plate maps

The

Plate maps

area contains up to 99 plate maps for the selected analyte. Only three plate maps are previewed at a

time. You can browse through all plate maps by pressing the left and right arrows.
Every analyte must have at least one plate map associated to it. For that reason, the first plate map cannot be deleted.

All the other plate maps can be deleted by pressing the trash bin icon that appears on the left of the plate maps.
You can edit the existing plate maps or fill an empty one by pressing it. The selected plate map opens in the plate

editor. It shows information on what (patient sample, calibrator, control) must be punched to each of the plate's wells

or if a well must remain empty.
When in the

Plate editor

view, you can navigate to other plate maps easily by pressing the left and right arrows in

the upper left corner, and the

Current plate map

field shows you the number of the plate map currently open in the

editor. You can fill in the information in the same way as you do it in the

Plate edit

view.

Once you have finished making changes to the plate map, press the

Done

button in the upper right corner to save the

map and go back to the

Settings

screen for the selected analyte.

Barcode rule notation

The barcode rules of the Panthera-Puncher 9 are all using the same notation. It is based on the C# regular expressions,

but has some limitations compared to it.
The notations most useful to create your own rules are described below:
• Start of string: if you want a barcode that starts in a certain way, start your rule with the

mark. If you omit the

mark, the program will look for the rule in the whole barcode, not just the beginning.

• End of string: if you want a barcode that ends in a certain way, end your rule with the

mark. If you omit the

mark, the program will allow for barcodes that continue after the rule (i.e. are longer than expected).

• Single digit: \d
• Multiple digits: \d{x}, where x is the amount of digits.
• Non-digit character: \D
• Single character: . (a dot), multiple characters .{x}
• All static components in the barcode rules are written without the

sign.

• The rules are case sensitive on the static components.

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