
Sample preparation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Plate layout and loading guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Prepare the plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Prepare the tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Check the consumables status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Load the CBC, the sample plate, and the cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Use the instrument with the Connect cloud-
based platform ........................................................... 43
Understanding instrument and Connect cloud-based platform interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
"Connect" versus "link" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
First user who links is assigned administrator role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Local versus Connect cloud-based platform instrument profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
If you link when you
are signed in to the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
are not signed in to the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Connect cloud-based platform administrator functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Assign instrument administrator role to other users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Manage the users and administrators of your instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Disconnect individual users from an instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Register and obtain a Connect cloud-based platform account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Link the instrument to your Connect cloud-based platform account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Change your own Connect cloud-based platform instrument profile PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Set up email notifications from the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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Use the instrument with the Security, Auditing,
signature (SAE) v2.0 module .................................... 55
Overview of the Security, Auditing, and E
signature (SAE) v2.0 module components . . . . . 56
Configuring the SAE module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Instrument functionality when SAE is enabled or disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Connect the instrument to an SAE server (administrator only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Enable SAE on the instrument and specify the SAE server (administrator only) . . . . . . . . . 59
Disable SAE (administrator only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sign in with SAE enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Specify audit reasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
E-signature requirements when you start a run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Sign a plate setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
View E-signature records for a plate setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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