30 BD FACSCalibur Instructions for Use
BD CellQuest Pro Files
File Type Description Default Name
Experiment
document
BD CellQuest Pro file containing any subset
of user-defined plots, regions, gates,
markers, statistics, tube lists in Browser,
acquisition settings, calculated expressions,
text annotations, or color preferences
(documents can also be saved as PDFs by
choosing File > Print, and clicking Save As
PDF)
Untitledn (the software
adds a number to each
subsequent file)
Data file FCS 2.0
a
data file containing parameter
measurements for each event in a sample,
information about the sample, and
cytometer instrument settings in effect when
the sample was collected
a. Refer to: Data file standard for flow cytometry. Data File Standards Committee of the International Society for
Analytical Cytology. Cytometry. 1990;11(3):323-332.
Data.nnn
Statistics file Tab-delimited text file containing any
combination of histogram, region, gate, and
quadrant statistics
untitled stats
Instrument
settings file
BD instrument settings file containing
detectors/amps, compensation, and pulse
processing (if applicable) settings, threshold
parameter and value, and special setup
values (if applicable)
InstrSettings