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Operations in detail
This section contains more detailed information on operating the Panthera-Puncher 9.
Punching and sample queries
The Panthera-Puncher 9 makes punching easy. In stand-alone mode, the punch queries for all loaded analytes come
from the analyte settings. For more details on this, refer to Analytes on page 25.
With the software in Punch view, place the sample card in the punching area. You can see the image of the sample card
on the screen. Provided you are using barcodes for sample identification, the puncher will read the barcode from the
image you see on the screen.
Note: The barcode reading area in the image consists of the area surrounding the gripper that holds the sample card
during punching (that is, the area below the gripper) and the areas on either side of it. The area inside the gripper
frame is excluded from the reading area. Make sure you can see the whole barcode in the barcode reading area when
inserting the card.
1. Area excluded from the barcode reading area
2. Default barcode reading area
Once the puncher has read the barcode, you can adjust the sample card position as needed and give the punch
command. The instrument's gripper will keep the card in place until all planned punches from the current blood spot
have taken place.
If all queries could not be met (e.g. if some disks still need to be punched from the sample after the first punch
command), realign the card and the instrument will locate the next positions to punch the missing disks.
Tip: You can easily toggle from the Plates view to the Punch view by bringing the card to the punching area.
Tip: If you are using sheet format calibrator or controls, it is advised that you do not rip the strip off the full sheet
before punching. Ripping off the full sheet may cause the gripper to not grip the filter paper firmly. It may also cause
the system to recognize a card as not available.
Note: The system reads the barcode six times for each sample card before the sample card ID appears in the Sample
ID field. The barcode reading mode is on when the punch trigger button features the text Reading Barcode and there
is a green frame around the camera picture. To read the next sample card's barcode, clear the sample card detection
area by completely removing the processed sample card before sliding in the next one. The sample card detection area
is the part located below the gripper in the image seen on the Punch view.
Note: When the instrument has an active Specimen Gate connection, all sample queries come from Specimen Gate
Laboratory. This means that some queries for assays that are not loaded may appear, but they will be displayed as
inactive queries. In order to ensure a smooth transition to local settings in the event of a connection failure, it is
strongly advised that the local settings match as much as possible the Specimen Gate Laboratory settings. If there is
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