Software Configuration
SkanWasher 400 User Guide
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Wash Step Selections
Each program can have up to 16 wash steps. There are seven wash step
selections available for each step. Press
[Enter]
to enter selection and
use up/down arrow buttons to change settings. Press
[Enter]
to select.
Wash Step
Description
Rinse Time
Set time in seconds from 0.1 to 10 seconds
Disp Volume
Set dispense volume from 100-350 µl
Soak/Pause
Set soak/pause time from 5 seconds to 2 minutes 50
seconds
Wash volume
Set volume of wash from 100-900 µl
Wash time
Set time from 0.1 to 10 seconds
Aspirate
Set aspiration time from 2.0 - 10 seconds. Lift velocity is
varied with selected aspirate time.The lift velocity is
automatically set so that at the last second of the aspira-
tion, the aspirate probes are at the bottom of the well.
Aspirate times longer than 5 seconds will have the same
lift velocity as the 5 seconds setting.
Aspirate time = 2.0 second lift velocity approximately
1 second
Aspirate time = 5 second lift velocity approximately
4 seconds
End Wash
Set for last step of wash.
Table 1: Wash Step Selections
!! IMPORTANT:
To save the
changes made, Exit/Save must be
selected after program setting
completed.
