Applied Biosystems 3500 User Manual

4.
At the boom-right of the Assign Plate Contents screen, expand the Customize
Sample Info pane.
5.
In the Plate V
iew, click-drag to select the wells of interest.
6.
Specify the Sample Type for the selected wells, then press Enter.
7.
(Optional) Specify User Dened Fields and Comments. User Dened Fields
contain additional aributes you can assign to a plate and are displayed only in
Table View.
IMPORTANT! Enter only alpha-numeric characters in the software. Special
characters may not be correctly displayed in some software screens, may cause
problems with plate, le, folder, user account, and/or library item names, and
may interfere with starting a run and/or importing and exporting library items.
IMPORTANT! If y
ou copy/paste sample or plate information into the Assign
Plate Contents screen or into a plate import le, copy from a plain text editor
such as Notepad. Do not copy from a word processing program such as
Microsoft
™
Word
™
, which may include invisible, non-ASCII characters. Non-
ASCII characters in plate or sample information may cause a run to stop or may
prevent a run from starting.
Chapter 3 Set up and run
Assign plate contents
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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