Applied Biosystems 3500 User Manual

The Dashboard gives you quick access to the information and tasks you need to set up
and run:
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orkow, Maintenance, and Library tabs—Advances to the screens to set up,
load, run, and review plates, maintenance wizards, and library items.
• Menu bar—Accesses administrative and tools functions.
• Common operations—Allows you to quick-start (load a plate that is set up),
create or edit plates, view results, and access the Maintenance workow.
• Quick view—Displays gauges that show the remaining usage of consumables
and gives the status of instrument conditions. Consumable usage is automatically
tracked by the instrument by RFID tags.
• Consumables information—Gives details for the installed consumables and
indicates if any consumable is about to expire based on RFID tags.
• Calendar reminders—Displays the tasks listed in the schedule.
• Help icon
—Displays a help topic specic to a screen or an area of the screen.
All screens include icons.
Click the W
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The W
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view results.
Select a task in the navigation pane to access each screen.
The W
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buon that you can click to advance to the next screen in the workow.
You can click Dashboard or any other tab item at any time to advance from the
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Workflow
Chapter 1 Ins
trument and software description
Overview of the 3500 Series Data Collection Software 3.1
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3500/3500xL Genetic Analyzer User Guide—Data Collection Software v3.1

Applied Biosystems 3500 Specifications

General

Number of capillaries	8
Capillary Length	50 cm
Laser	Solid-state laser
Instrument Type	Capillary electrophoresis system
Technology	Capillary Electrophoresis (CE)
Weight	95 kg
Power Requirements	100–240 V