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If you need additional help, please refer to the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer Maintenance
and Troubleshooting Guide.
4 Select an assay for the chip run.
On the Instrument tab, click the Assay button.
– OR –
Click the Assays menu.
Both will open the Assays menu, allowing you to select an assay from the submenus.
– OR –
Select File > Open File to Run. This opens a dialog box, allowing you to load either an
assay (.xsy) or a chip data file (.xad).
The type of assay you have to select depends on the required measurement and the
Reagent Kit you use to prepare your samples. Details on these assays are described in
the Application Notes available for each assay and in the Reagent Kit Guide.
5 Select the desired assay, DNA 1000, for example.
The assay is loaded and its name appears on the Information Bar:
NOTE
After a chip run, the results can be evaluated using parameters from a different
electrophoretic chip data file (.xad) of the same assay type (DNA 1000 in this example).
Refer to “Importing Data Analysis Setpoints” on page 273.