TP350 User’s Manual
for top heater temperature. Temperature is programmable between 60
～
115
℃
(default 105
℃
). ‘Turn on Top heater NOW’
Button for manually
enabling the top heater to preheat it if required and Top heat checkbox is
checked on the manual mode screen at the same time.
Disable top Heater when set temperature < 30 deg C
：
feature is implemented to reduce the high thermal load placed on the
peltiers when holding the samples at low temperature (i.e. 8 degrees).
This prevents excess heat from the top heater heating the chilled samples.
It is best to leave this option enabled.
【
Note
】
The Top Heater is only activated when a run is started or the
operator enables it in manual mode.
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Software Update
A facility has been provided to update the software which resides on the Takara
Thermal cycler Dice
TM
Touch.
The upgrade file you receive from our support team
should be placed on the main root directory of your USB memory stick. You may
then select it to upgrade the unit’s software. Before the upgrade software, you may
backup the internal drive files to USB memory stick using button of ‘Export Backup
to USB’.
After selecting the software file read the message box and press OK and wait.
Upgrade will take up to 1
～
2 minutes. Once upgrade is complete you can check
that the new version is installed by visiting the ‘Information’ page from the
Configure and check the installed software version.
After the upgrade software, you may import the backup files from the USB memory
stick using button of ‘Import Backup from USB’.
【
Important Note
】
Do not interrupt the unit while a file upgrade is in progress.
Switching off the power during upgrade may render the unit
inoperable.
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