PowerWave Operator’s Manual 1-3
Hardware Features________________________________________________
• Eight optics channels, with an additional reference channel
• Α N range of 200-800 nm (PowerWave 200)
340-800 nm (PowerWave 340)
• A 2 X 24 LCD display
• A membrane keypad with alphanumeric keys
• Adjustable plate shake frequency and times
• Reads 96 well microplates with .355" well centers
• Operates from 100, 120, 230, or 240 VAC @ 50-60 Hz (with external
switching)
• One serial COM port (25-pin male connector) and one parallel port
(25-pin female connector)
• Internal bar code option
• Four-zone incubation chamber option
• Robotics interface option
Software Features _______________________________________________
• Easy-to-use menu-driven interface
• Endpoint, Kinetic and Scanning calculations
• Curve fitting, with 4-parameter, cubic, quadratic, linear, 2-P, cubic-
spline and point-to-point methods
• Transformation and formula calculations for more complex
mathematical operations, including validations
• 55 assays are available onboard; 75 assays can be pre-programmed
and exported to the reader using Bio-Tek’s Extensions software.
• Automatically stores results for last 10 plates.
• Spectral scanning on PowerWave 200 using KC4 software.