Applied Biosystems 3730xl User Manual

Desktop secondary analysis software for Windows
™
10 operating system
IMPORTANT! Older v
ersions of the desktop secondary analysis software do not run
on the Windows
™
10 operating system. Older versions may or may not be able to
analyze data les that are generated by the 3730xl Data Collection Software 5. Contact
Support for information on obtaining the latest versions of software if you did not buy
these applications with the instrument.
Analysis Software Minimum version required
Sequencing (Required) Sequencing Analysis Software 7
SeqScape
™
Softwar
e 4
Variant Reporter
™
Software 3
Fragment analysis (Required) GeneMapper
™
Software 6
Data Collection software terminology
• Autoextraction and re-extraction—
Autoextraction is the automatic process that
creates data les at the end of a run (AB1
les for sequence analysis, FSA les for
fragment analysis). Re-extraction is a
manual process that y
ou can perform after
a run is complete. See “Autoextraction and
re-extraction“ on page 72.
• Batch Run—All plates in the Input Stack
list.
• Database—Internal database in the Data Collection
Software that stores plate records, results groups,
instrument protocols, run modules, analysis protocols,
and data that is collected on the instrument.
Data is autoextracted from the database to generate
data les at the end of a run (AB1 les for sequence
analysis, FSA les for fragment analysis). Data les are
stored in the location specied in the results group
specied in the plate record associated with the data.
Data les are not stored in the database.
• Plate record—Denes the following information for a plate.
– Plate aributes, sample information, and the type of application
– Instrument run conditions (instrument protocol)
– File-naming convention, result-folder–naming convention, analysis type, and
data le storage location (results group)
Chapter 1 Instrument and software description
Data Collection software terminology
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3730xl DNA Analyzer with 3730xl Data Collection Software 5 User Guide

Applied Biosystems 3730xl Specifications

General

Brand	Applied Biosystems
Model	3730xl
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English