• If a chip installed in a sequencer has unused lanes, do not remove it unless you
are sure that you want to replace it with a new chip. After a partially used chip
has been removed from the sequencer, it cannot be reinserted and reused. The
sequencer cannot track lane usage after chip removal.
• You can remove a chip in one of the following situations.
– After all the lanes of a chip are used in a run, the chip shuttles to the install
position and you are asked to remove the used chip.
– When you select a run plan that requires more lanes than are available on the
installed chip, you are asked to remove the partially used chip, and the
sequencer performs a post-chip clean. In addition, you must clear
consumables from the lower sequencing reagents bay, even if only a single
lane of the chip was used.
• If a barcode plate in a sequencer has unused barcodes, do not remove it unless
you are sure that you want to replace it with a new barcode plate. After a
partially used barcode plate has been removed from the sequencer, it cannot be
reused. The sequencer cannot track barcode usage after the barcode plate has
been removed.
• After loading in the sequencer, reusable consumables, such as barcodes, chips,
and sequencing reagents bay components, must be used within 14 days.
• An assay that is selected in a library run cannot include library batches that share
one or more samples. However, two different assays in a run can include shared
samples, because assays are run in separate lanes of a chip.
Power the Genexus
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Integrated Sequencer on or off
Note:
If the Genexus
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Integrated Sequencer is powered on, and the touchscreen is
blank, touch the screen to "wake" the touchscreen.
If the touchscreen is unresponsive, check the power switch on the back of the
instrument to ensure that the switch is in the on (|) position. If the power switch is in
the off (0) position, proceed with step 1. If the power switch is already in the on
1.
Turn the power switch on the back of the instrument to the on (|) position.
2.
Press the power button on the front of the instrument.
The button illuminates. When the instrument touchscreen Main Menu appears,
the instrument is ready for use.
Power on
Chapter 2
Before you begin
Power the Genexus
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Integrated Sequencer on or off
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