You should pulse clean the Ion GeneStudio
™
S5 Food Protection Instrument only if
directed by Technical Support, or your Field Service Engineer (FSE), to recover
instrument performance from a diagnosed solid-state buffer leak.
Note:
You must contact Technical Support, or your FSE, to diagnose whether a solid-
state buffer leak has occurred and obtain the required materials to perform the pulse
cleaning.
1.
Ensure that the instrument has completed a normal post-run cleaning. In the
main menu:
Display text
Description
Run
Instrument requires cleaning before a pulse cleaning can be
performed, see “Manually clean the instrument“ on page 14.
Clean
Instrument requires cleaning before a pulse cleaning can be
performed, see “Manually clean the instrument“ on page 14.
Initialize
Instrument is ready to be pulse cleaned. Proceed to step 2.
2.
Press (Settings)
4
System Tools
4
Pulse clean.
3.
Follow the onscreen prompts to prepare the instrument.
• Install new bottles of Ion S5
™
Cleaning Solution in both the Wash and
Cleaning solution positions.
• Replace the Ion S5
™
Sequencing Reagents cartridge with an empty used
cartridge.
• Install a used sequencing chip.
4.
Close the instrument door, then touch Next.
The pulse cleaning procedure begins automatically. The user interface returns to
the main menu when the cleaning is complete and the instrument is ready to be
initialized.
Pulse clean the
Ion GeneStudio
™
S5 Food
Protection
Instrument
Appendix B
Troubleshooting
Solid-state buffer leak
B
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Ion GeneStudio
™
S5 Food Protection Instrument User Guide