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TM320 · Revised 4/15
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Hardware Overview (continued)
The RS-232 serial port can be used to connect to a computer
or a serial printer using the supplied RS-232 cable. If your
computer does not have an RS-232 port, a Tripp Lite
®
connector is included and can be used to connect the
Maxwell
®
16 MDx Instrument via a USB port on the
computer using the adaptor attached to the RS-232 cable.
The USB connector port is for a bar code reader and only
allows bar code data to be imported into the Maxwell
®
16
MDx Instrument. Connect the USB plug from the bar code
reader to the instrument using this port. Data cannot be
exported from this connector port.
Note: Do not link a computer or printer to the USB port.
The SD Card slot is used to update firmware
.
An SD Card is
supplied with the Maxwell
®
16 MDx Instrument. This card
can be used to transfer firmware to the Maxwell
®
16 MDx
Instrument from a computer (see Section 10.C). The SD
card slot cannot be used to download data from the
Maxwell
®
16 MDx Instrument. We recommend that you
keep the SD Card in the instrument to avoid misplacing it.
Figure 6 shows the hardware components inside the
machine. The magnetic rod assembly varies depending on
the configuration (SEV or LEV). Figure 6, Panel A, shows
the SEV hardware configuration indicating the slides, which
allow the plunger to move up and down; the magnetic rod
assembly, which holds the magnets in place; and the plunger
bar, which contains the magnetic rods. Figure 6, Panel B,
shows the LEV hardware configuration that incorporates an
adaptor to hold the LEV magnetic rods and LEV plunger
bar. Figure 6, Panel C, shows the platform indicating the
slots where the SEV cartridges and elution tubes are placed.
For LEV, the cartridge sample rack containing the LEV
cartridges is placed on the platform (rack not shown).
Linear slides
Linear slides
Standard magnetic rods
Plunger bar
LEV magnetic rods
Plunger bar
Magnetic rod
assembly
C. Maxwell
®
16 Platform
Heated elution
tube slots
Reagent
cartridge slots
5182TD
A. Standard Elution Volume (SEV) Configuration
B. Low Elution Volume (LEV) Configuration
LEV plunger bar
adaptor
Figure 6. Magnetic assemply components and
platform.
