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If you want the start to be always by means of the Start Wizard, check this box. This means
that when you click
Start the Start Wizard will be activated. This is useful if e.g. you need
to define the number of plates before each measurement.
If you just want to run the software as a demo without having the counter connected, check
the “Run Workstation in demo mode” check box.
Note: if you change to Demo mode, your PC has to be rebooted before the change takes
effect. Make sure you have no other programs running when you make this selection
because they will be closed during the shutdown procedure.
If do not have the barcode reader option, then the line “Barcode reader switched off” will be
selected. If you have the reader and want to use the barcode as a plate number to be
connected with your results, select “Barcode is stored to results”. In both these cases you
must select the protocol manually, see Start or Start Wizard for more information.
If you have the reader and you select “Barcode is used as a protocol number” then the
barcode will determine the protocol used to measure the plate. If a plate does not have a
barcode then the protocol used to measure the previous plate will be used.
See the Plate orientation picture on page 20 for where to fix the barcode.
You can specify what happens when the end of the plate map definitions is reached for a
protocol. There are three possibilities:
“Assay ends after last plate in the plate map” - no more plates will be measured until a new
start instruction is given or a new barcode read. If there are more plates an error message
will appear.
“Additional plates possible (latest plate map is used)” - further plates will be measured
using the last defined plate map.
“Additional plates possible (all wells will be measured)” - further plates will be measured
with no plate map taken into consideration i.e. every well will be measured.
There is also a check box "Upon assay completion, a new assay measurement is
automatically started using the same protocol". This check box is only enabled if the
"Barcode stored to results" option has been selected.
If you are using stackers, then measurement of the next plate with the previously used
protocol will begin automatically. This feature is useful for automatically producing a
separate export file for each plate. Define your protocol to have only one plate and select
this feature. Each plate will be run as a separate assay producing its own export file. The