
Required materials
The appropriate equipment for your instrument:
• Veriti
™
96-Well
Fast
Thermal Cycler: MicroAmp
™
Fast
Optical 96-Well Reaction Plate with Barcode
(PN 4346906)
• Veriti
™
96-Well Thermal Cycler: MicroAmp
™
Optical 96-Well Reaction Plate (PN N8010560)
• Veriti
™
384-Well Thermal Cycler: MicroAmp
™
Optical 384-Well Reaction Plate
• (PN 4309849)
• Veriti
™
60-Well Thermal Cycler: GeneAmp
™
Thermal Isolation Frame (PN 4308927)
Procedure
This test takes 10 minutes to complete.
1.
Place the reaction plate or thermal isolation frame in the instrument.
2.
In the
Main Menu
screen, select
Tools Menu.
.
3.
In the
Tools Menu
screen, select
Run Cycle Performance Test
.
4.
Follow the instructions on the screen to perform the test. The results are displayed at the end of
the test.
5.
At the end of the test, select:
•
to print the results.
•
Save
to save the results to the USB drive.
The results are saved to the file CyclePEvents.txt.
6.
If the test fails, repeat the procedure. Ensure that the heated cover is closed.
7.
If the test fails again, contact Technical Support.
Tests using the temperature verification kit
You need the Temperature Verification Kit to perform the:
• Heated Cover Verification
• Temperature Verification
• Temperature Nonuniformity Test
Chapter 4
Utilities
Tests using the temperature verification kit
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Veriti
™
Thermal Cycler User Guide