GloMax
®
-Multi+ Detection System
with Instinct
™
Software
From the Home screen:
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For a wizard-guided protocol setup, select the “New Protocol” button.
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Alternatively, select a preprogrammed/saved protocol by selecting the “Select Protocol” button.
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Or, select the “Instrument Control” button to set new parameters.
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Select “Help Topics” to view all help topics.
Please refer to Technical Manual TM340 for Touch Screen Basics.
1. Touch the “Plate Mapping” button and highlight the wells to be read (green is selected and gray is deselected).
For information about using the built-in curve fitting and well labeling features of the Instinct software see Technical
Manual TM340.
5.
Setting
the read
parameters
6.
Starting a run
7.
Results
8.
Helpful
resources
2. Touch the “Door” button to open the instrument. Place the microplate in the sample tray. Make sure the
A1 well is at the top right corner.
3. If installed, do not use force or push on the Microplate Sample Tray Cover to close it.
The cover will close automatically.
4. Touch the “Start” button.
5. Touch the “Edit” button, and use the keypad to enter a file name.
6. Touch the “OK” button to start reading.
Important:
To prevent evaporation and damage to the detector head, always remove the microplate
when finished reading.
To view Results:
1. From the Instrument Control screen, touch the “Results” button.
2. Touch the button, and choose a saved file to view.
To Transfer Results File(s):
1. Insert a USB flash drive into the USB port on the front of the instrument to the left of the touch screen.
2. Touch the button on the upper right corner of the screen.
3. Touch the “OK” button to export only the selected files, or touch the “Copy all Files” button to export all displayed
and undisplayed results files.
4. To copy more than one file, touch the “Files” button, touch the Multi Select button and highlight multiple files to copy.
5. Touch the “USB” button to save to USB.
6. Move the USB flash drive to a PC/Windows
®
computer where the Instinct software has been installed to download
files (see Technical Manual TM340 for more information about viewing the results).
Important:
Only the 50 most recent results files are displayed on the touch screen. All results files are stored
on the internal memory of the instrument. To ensure that data is saved, save the results files to a USB flash
drive frequently.
Detailed instructions on setting up and operating your GloMax
®
-Multi+ Detection System can be found in Technical
Manual TM340, included on the CD that shipped with your instrument and available at:
www.promega.com/protocols Helpful sections of TM340 include:
• Touch Screen Basics
• GloMax
®
-Multi+ Detection System with Shaking
• GloMax
®
-Multi+ Detection System with Temperature
Control
• Luminometer Operation
• Visible Absorbance Photometer Operation
• UV-Vis Absorbance Photometer Operation, Section 12
• Fluorometer Operation, Section 13
• Fluorometer Operation
• Switching Fluorescent Optical Kits
• Installing Injectors
• Removing and Installing the Microplate Sample
Tray Cover
• Troubleshooting
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