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The Retest mode switch is also hidden if the Puncher is disconnected from Specimen Gate through the Panthera
Manager software. It is only visible if Panthera is set to standalone from the Panthera Service software.
Packing partial plates
If the last plates of the day are not full, you can use the Pack function to move the end control wells to immediately
follow the last punched patient sample well and mark the plate as finished.
The
Pack command is available from the Plate edit view (in Plate view, select a plate to display its details).
This function also affects plates that do not contain end controls, since all unpunched sample positions are removed.
Any well that has been defined to remain empty remains so and is not removed from the plate map if it is between
punched wells.
Note: When the instrument has an active Specimen Gate connection, the Pack function works only if the assay has
been programmed in Specimen Gate Laboratory to have End Controls.
Check plate functionality
In the Punch view, at any time while the instrument is not punching, the user has the possibility to check the plate
visually. Press the Check button to bring the plate track outside of the instrument.
This functionality allows you to change the content of the plate, the punched wells and their statuses. The Check plates
view and the individual plate view can be distinguished from the Plates view and the Plate edit view with a red color
scheme.
The instrument forces this function if it notices a punch error.
Note: If you remove one or several plates, the software will export recovery data that you can later use to reload the
plate, just like if you unload the plates in the Plates/Eject view.
The instrument prompts you to check the plate if a punching error occurs. Any well likely to be affected by an error
appears red and each plate with a red well is outlined in red as well. Select each plate outlined in red to see the detailed
view. Once you have visually checked the well, you can change its status by selecting the appropriate well and then
pressing Approve if the well contains the disk, Clear if you want to repunch a calibrator or control or if you want to
punch a different sample ID into the well, Disable if for some reason you do not want the well to be used at all, or
Repunch sample if you want the same sample ID to be punched into the same well again.
In this view, there are also two additional greyed out buttons:
•
Bad well for wells with an error
• Start location which is displayed in the plate only if it is set to be different from the first patient location
If the red wells are not handled during the Check plate operation, they remain red and can be handled later. Remember
to handle them before unloading the plate.
Repunch mode
If one or several wells have been marked for repunch, the puncher goes into repunch mode. The text Ready to repunch
is shown in the Punch view.
When the puncher is in repunch mode, it will only allow the selected samples containing repunch queries to be
punched. It accepts no other sample IDs than those marked for repunch. For the last sample handled before going into
repunch mode, the instrument also shows the unpunched queries, so you can punch all the remaining disks needed
from the current sample card at once. A Repunch text in the query distinguishes repunch queries from others.
To see the list of sample IDs that have been selected for repunch, press the
Samples button. When all of the selected
samples have been repunched, the software switches back to normal punch mode automatically.
If for some reason you cannot punch a sample marked for repunch, press
Check plates and in the Check plates view,
change the corresponding well status to Clear or Disable in order to go back to the normal punch mode.
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