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Run-Time Prompts
After the assay is selected, the user may be prompted for information,
depending on preferences selected in the reader’s Utilities, whether a manual
map was set up, or if the assay was created in, and downloaded from, Bio-
Tek’s Extensions Define Reader Protocol software.
If custom assays were created, typical prompts might include:
• The number of samples
• Standard concentrations
• Assay ID
• Fill pattern
• Blank method
• First well location
• Replicate count for each well type
• Wavelength mode
• Report preferences, etc.
Refer to the Extensions Reader Protocol Manual for more information on
user prompts that might be encountered.
Utility read options might include:
• Enter number of samples
• Plate ID
• Enter Sample ID
If a Manual Map is used, prompts for information might include:
• Well locations for each sample