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Contents
Dilution 48
Pour Plate batches 49
Spiral Plate batches 50
Setting count restrictions 52
Test Measure Plate 53
The Results tab 54
Accepting the batch design 56
Managing batches 57
Exporting batch details 57
Deleting batches 57
Using Measurement Mode to count colonies 61
Opening and selecting batches 61
Adjusting frame settings in Measurement mode 63
Entering plate identifiers and dilutions 63
Auto-incrementing plate identifiers 64
Manually entered plate identifiers 64
Changing the dilution set for a plate 65
External source – CSV file or Custom plate list 66
Using a barcode reader for identifiers and dilutions 68
Counting colonies 68
Counting the colonies on a plate automatically 69
Exclude regions 69
Test measurement and adjusting settings 72
Manual colony counting 74
Entering a zero count 75
Closing batches 75
Working with results 77
The Results table 77
Editing plate measurements 78
Editing the plate identifier, comments and dilution 81
Saving changes to results 82
Undoing and resetting changes 82
Deleting results 82
Viewing the audit history of changes 83
Manually adding and removing colonies 83
Adjusting the frame for a result 84
Rejecting small particles in a result 84
Changing the Sensitivity setting for a result 85
Splitting colonies in a result 85
Adding exclude regions to a result 86
Zeroing the count 87
Compiling reports 88
Configuring aCOLyte3 91
About aCOLyte3 91
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