Applied Biosystems 2720 User Manual

System Overview 1-5
Overview of Functions
Main Menu as Base
The Main Menu is the base from which you start all instrument functions. From it you
can choose five different paths: Run, Create, Edit, Util (Utilities), and User. The
functions available from each of these paths are summarized in the chart below.
Procedures for performing these functions are given in subsequent chapters. Charts
showing screen flows from each path on the Main Menu are provided in Appendix C,
“Screen Flowcharts.”
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y Select a stored method and start
a run
y Pause the run
y View method information
y At end of run, view history of
method
y See Chapter 4
Run
y Add a user name
y Assign a PIN number to a
user name
y Lock or unlock all
methods belonging to a
user
y Edit or delete a user
name
y See Chapter 5
User
Create/Edit
y Create or change a method :
(Both selections let you do the same
thing, except that Create provides you
with a default method, while Edit lets
you choose a stored method.)
y Change temperatures and times and the
number of PCR cycles
y Insert a hold or cycle
y Define and insert a programmed pause
y Delete a time/temperature segment
y Increment or decrement a time or
temperature at the completion of each
cycle
y Name and store the method
See Chapter 5
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y Configure your instrument (time, date,
pause time out, etc.)
y Use the Tm calculator
y Delete a method*
y View history of the last method run*
y Perform hardware diagnostics
(display and keypad)
y Run system performance tests
(heating and cooling rate, and cycle
time)
y Run temperature verification and
temperature uniformity tests
y Upgrade firmware
y See Chapter 6
y *See Chapter 5
Utilities
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Applied Biosystems 2720 Specifications

General

Brand	Applied Biosystems
Model	2720
Category	Laboratory Equipment
Language	English