Beckman Coulter Multisizer 4 - Using a Standard Operating Method (SOM)

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Selecting Analysis Settings: SOM and SOP
Using a Standard Operating Method (SOM)
Using a Standard Operating Method (SOM)
Using the Create SOM Wizard
If you are creating a Standard Operating Method (SOM) for the first time, use the Create SOM
Wizard.
If you are already familiar with using an SOM, or if you are changing only a few settings, bypass the
Wizard and select
SOP > Edit the SOM on the Main Menu bar (see Editing SOM Settings, page 4-23).
NOTE
The Multisizer 4 software will not allow you to open the SOM Wizard if a Standard Operating
Procedure (SOP) is loaded. To remove an SOP, click
(
Remove SOP
)
in the Status Panel, or select
SOP > Remove the SOP on the Main Menu bar.
To use the Standard Operating Method (SOM) Wizard:
1. If you have not connected to the Analyzer, select
Run > Connect to Multisizer 4 on the Main
Menu bar.
2. Select
SOP > Create SOM Wizard on the Main Menu bar. The SOM (Standard Operating Method)
Wizard opens.
The SOM Wizard includes the following steps:
• Standard Operating Method: Description, page 4-3
• Standard Operating Method: Control Mode, page 4-6
• Standard Operating Method: Run Settings, page 4-8
• Standard Operating Method: Stirrer Settings, page 4-10
• Standard Operating Method: Threshold, Current and Gain, page 4-13
• Standard Operating Method: Pulse to Size Settings, page 4-15
• Standard Operating Method: Concentration Information, page 4-17
• Standard Operating Method: Blockage Detection, page 4-18
• SOM Wizard: Summary of Settings, page 4-21