Running a protocol
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Thermo Scientific™ Multidrop™ Pico 8 Digital Dispense Operating Manual
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In the Status Area, the status says Dispensing and the progress circle
begins to advance. At the left, an indicator shows which dispensehead is
currently dispensing.
The lower area shows a larger view of the fluid being dispensed, with
additional fluid and well information. As dispense is completed for a
well, it changes to black. There is a small plate progress bar which
indicates progress for all fluids on the current plate.
The current dispense plate if shown at the right, along with the next
dispense plate. Note that the next dispense plate is only indicated for
fluids dispensed from the current cassette.
The run continues until all fluid has been dispensed to all plates.
If the protocol has more than one plate, dispensing will pause when a
different plate is required, and you will be prompted to change the
plate.
Note
You may need to load a plate more than once, and plates will not
always be requested in order.
As additional cassettes are needed, dispensing will pause and, you will
be prompted to load a new cassette and the fluids needed for that
cassette.
Fluid dispensing
Plate changes
Cassette
changes
