Discover Bio
™
Manual Microwave Peptide Synthesizer
600423 • Revision 2 • August 2017
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Setting Discover for Open Vessel Mode
1.
From the Home screen, press
EDIT to open the System Menus.
2. Use the arrow keys ( and ) to scroll to Open Vessel and press ENTER.
3. Use the right arrow key to set “RUN OPEN VESSEL: YES” and press ENTER.
4. The Discover will return to the Home screen. Ensure that the top line of the screen says “OPEN
VESSEL”.
5.
Insert the Open Vessel Attenuator so that the two tabs line up with the two slots, and lock into
place.
General Instrument Operation
Programming a New Method
1. Press the OPEN key.
2. Use the left arrow key to select “New Method” and press ENTER.
3.
The first parameter will be Mode. Use the
right arrow key to select SPS mode and press
ENTER.
4.
Using the numeric keypad, enter the microwave power setting (in W) and press
ENTER.
5.
Using the numeric keypad, enter the maximum temperature setting (in °C) and press
ENTER.
6.
Using the numeric keypad, enter the run time (in min:sec) and press
ENTER.
7.
Using the numeric keypad, set the Delta Temperature value to 5 °C and press
ENTER.
8. Using the right arrow key set stirring to “OFF” and press ENTER.
9. Using the right arrow key set cooling to “OFF” and press ENTER.
10. Using the
right arrow key set “NEXT STAGE = (N)” and press
ENTER.
11. Using the right arrow key set “SAVE METHOD = (Y)” and press ENTER.
12. Using the arrow keys ( and ) to scroll to the desired characters and
ENTER to select, enter a
name for the method. When the name has been entered, use the arrow keys (
and ) to
highlight “Exit” and press
ENTER. The method is now saved in the firmware.
Loading an Existing Method
1. Press the OPEN key.
2. Use the arrow keys ( and
) to scroll to the desired method name, then press ENTER to load the
method.
3.
The method name should be displayed on the Home screen, along with the programmed
parameters.