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5. Operation
5.1.
Before starting plate washing:
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Fill the rinsing liquid bottle (#3) with distilled water or appropriate cleansing solution.
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Fill the necessary bottles (#1 and/or #2) with washing solutions.
5.2.
Initial parameters of all programs are given in Table 1. All values are adjustable. User
programs can be inputted as 00-100. User programs can be created by changing the
template of the original program.
Table 1. Initial parameters of all user programs.
Program #
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08-100
Parameter
A
s
p
ira
te
1
x
4
0
0
_
3
0
2
x
4
0
0
_
3
0
3
x
4
0
0
_
3
0
5
x
4
0
0
_
3
0
5
+1
x
4
0
0
_
3
0
S
o
a
k
5
m
in.
D
is
p
e
n
s
e
200
Dispense
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Aspirate
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Shake
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
Dispense rate
02
02
02
02
02
02
02
02
03
Aspirate rate
03
03
03
03
03
03
03
03
03
Soak time, s
20
30
30
30
30
30
300
00
00
Shake time, s
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
30
30
Double aspiration
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
-
YES
Dispensed volume, μl
-
400
400
400
400
400
300
200
300
Aspiration time, ms
1200
600
600
600
600
600
600
-
1000
Final aspirate, ms
-
1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200
-
YES
First aspirate
-
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
-
YES
Wash by rows
-
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
-
YES
On two channels
-
NO
NO
NO
NO
YES
NO
-
NO
Num.of 1 wash cycles
-
01
02
03
05
05
01
-
03
1 channel
-
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
Num.of 2 wash cycles
-
-
-
-
-
01
-
-
-
2 channel
-
-
-
-
-
02
-
-
-