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External barcode reader (optional)
This section allows you to enable or disable sample barcode reading using the external barcode reader. If you want to
use this feature, please contact your local PerkinElmer representative for details.
When the external barcode switch is active, you can read the sample barcode either with the built-in camera or with the
external barcode reader.
The external barcode reader has two scanning modes: Trigger Mode, where the trigger must be pulled to initiate the
reading of the barcode, and Stand Mode, where the scanner automatically senses that a barcode is presented and
reads it. For more details on this, please refer to the external barcode reader instructions.
SG Connection
The SG Connection area contains a switch. If you enable it, the instrument will connect to Specimen Gate Laboratory,
provided a Specimen Gate connection has been set up in the Service Software. When no Specimen Gate connection
has been set up, the switch is greyed out and you are not be able to switch the SG Connection on. From the
Panthera Service software, the instrument can be set to connect automatically to Specimen Gate Laboratory. If
automatic connection is enabled, the SG Connection button is available every time you start the Panthera software. SG
Connection can be turned off only when there are no plates loaded, and when you are logged in as Panthera Admin or
have Puncher Administrator privileges.
Loading templates
Press the Edit button to display the Loading templates screen, where you can create loading templates that serve
as guides as to what plates to load into the puncher and in what position on the plate tray. You can create loading
templates for different purposes and edit the existing templates except for the template currently in use and the
Freeform template, which is basically an empty template in which plates can be loaded in any order and are
recognized by their barcodes.
When creating a loading template, start by selecting an analyte for a plate location. Once this is done, press the button
below the analyte name to set platemap, autoincrement and start location parameters.
After pressing the button, a new window opens and gives you the possibility to select a platemap, to preview
the platemap, to set the start location for that platemap in that template, and to select whether or not to use
autoincrementation of platemaps with this template.
In stand-alone mode, the priority order of the punching follows the loading order of the plates. The plate in position 1
has the highest priority analyte, and the plate in position 9 has the lowest priority analyte. A template can only contain
one single plate of a specific analyte. Once an analyte has been chosen for a plate, it is not available for the rest of the
plates of the same template.
The loading templates are just guides and their use does not restrict your actions. If the template contains other
analytes than those actually loaded or if the priority changes, the software warns you but does not prevent you from
punching. However, no notification is shown in cases where there are more analytes than required in the template.
The analyte priorities always come from Specimen Gate Lab when the puncher is connected to it.
Note: When working with Specimen Gate and partially punched plates with loading templates, the template must
be selected before loading the partial plates. If you try to change a template while the plates are being loaded, the
instrument informs you that the template cannot be changed.
Analytes
The Analytes area contains one button for each available analyte. If all analytes cannot fit in the area, the left and right
arrow buttons allow you to browse through the entire selection.
To change the name of an analyte or the name of its worklist, please contact your local PerkinElmer representative.
To add a new analyte, scroll down to the end of the analyte list and press the
Add new analyte button. Enter the name
for the new analyte and press the Enter soft key. The new analyte appears at the bottom of the list. See below for more
on how to adjust all the settings.
Note: Every analyte must have a unique plate barcode format. If two different assays have the same barcode format,
either assay cannot be punched until the barcode formats are changes to differentiate the two assays.
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