Promega Maxprep AS9100, Operating Manual

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Maxprep™ Liquid Handler | TM509 | Revised 1/19
Operating the Maxprep™ Liquid Handler
Open the door of the Maxprep™ Liquid Handler, store or discard any unused reagents. Remove
any sample tubes, Maxwell
®
deck trays, reagents and processing plates, and either discard or
store them appropriately.
A local report will be generated for the run containing run parameters, sample tracking
information, and user/system information. If the administrator has enabled Auto Export for
reports, the report files will be automatically exported to the administrator-specified file location.
To access local reports, from the ‘Home’ screen press the
Results button (see Section 5.6.
Accessing Reports). If connected to the Portal software, run information will be saved to the
Portal software.
Method Aborted by the User or an Instrument Error
If the user presses the Abort button during a method, or if there is an instrument error that
causes the method to abort, a message is displayed, indicating that the instrument should be
powered off and any tips or tools be manually removed (Figure 36). If no tips or tools are loaded
on the pipetting channels it is not necessary to power the instrument off after an abort. There
can be many reasons why a user might choose to abort a method. Many instrument errors can
occur because of the presence of unexpected labware on the deck of the instrument. Always
use care when setting up the instrument, and confirm that the deck configuration specified by
the method setup instructions matches the physical layout of the instrument. After a method is
aborted, if the channels are wedged in a piece of labware and are not free to move, or if you are
unsure of whether the channels are free to move, power off the instrument and manually remove
any tips or tools from the pipetting channels. See Section 5.4, Error Recovery, for instructions on
manually resolving hardware issues.
For any physical crash of the instrument hardware, after resolving the issue and removing any
loaded tips or tools, check for visible damage to the pipetting channels. If there is no visible
damage, run the Weekly Maintenance method to check instrument functions and calibration.
Passing results from the Weekly Maintenance indicate that the instrument is clear to run again. If
Weekly Maintenance produces failing results, contact Promega Technical Service (
techserv@
promega.com
) to schedule a service visit.
Figure 36. Message after a method is aborted. If a method is aborted either by the user or
an instrument error, the ‘Manual System Recovery’ screen will be displayed.
Used labware and
reagents should
be disposed of
appropriately
according to
your institution’s
procedures for
hazardous and
biohazardous waste.
An aborted run
(initiated by the user
or due to instrument
error) will result
in the loss of all
processed samples.
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