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QIAgility Software
5-52 QIAgility User Manual 11/2011
5.7.2 Setting tip availability
Tip availability must be set for every plate which has “Tip”
function. This enables the software to determine exactly
where tips are available on the instrument worktable. If this
information is incorrect, the run will not proceed correctly
because the instrument may attempt to pick up a tip from a
location where no tip is available.
To change tip availability:
1. Left-click on a plate that has “Tip” function to select all
the tips within that plate. Alternatively, to select a group
of tips, left-click on the plate and then drag. Selected tips
will be highlighted red.
Note : To select individual tips, left-click on an individual
tip and proceed as for a group, or use the tip availability
short cut.
Tip availability
short cut
Hold down “Alt” and left-click on individual
tips to switch the tip between available and
unavailable.
2. Right-click on the plate. Tip availability options will
appear in the upper panel of the plate operations menu.
Set selected tips
to “Available”/-
“Unavailable”
Sets a group of tips to “Available” or
“Unavailable”. Before using this option,
tips must be selected.