Gold Standard ThunderBolt - 4 Thunderbolt Software

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Photometricrange:0to3.0OD
Spectralrange:400nmto700nm
Readtime:approx.2min/plate
Precision:0to2.000OD:+‐0.003ODorCV<1%,2.001ODto3.000OD:CV<1.5%
Resolution:0.001OD
Linearity:<1%0to2.000OD(typical),<2%2.001
ODto3.000OD
ThunderBolt instruments equipped with the chemiluminescence option also contain a
chemiluminescencereaderandcanhandlebothEIAandCLIAassays.
DetectionType:glow
SpectralRange:300nm‐500nm
DarkCount:50countspersecond(standard)
Measuringtime:100ms(adjustable100‐1000ms)
Dynamicrange:6decades(ordersof
magnitude)
OrbitalShaker
Theintegratedorbitalshakerfeaturesano‐spilldesignwhichcloselyreplicatesmanualshaking.The
ThunderBoltcandispenseand/orincubatewhiletheshakerisinmotion.
Amplitude:1mm
Adjustablespeed:upto900RPMs
Capacity:3MTP(2reaction,1predilution)
Voltage:24V
NetbookPC
TheincludednetbookPCisattachedtotheinstrumentviaaUSBconnection.ThePCalsocontains
ethernet,RS232,andadditionalUSBports.PCMinimumrequirementsarelistedbelow:
Processor:1GHz32‐bit(x86)or64‐bit(x64)
Memory(RAM):1GB(32‐bit)or2GB(64‐bit)
Memory
(harddisk):20GBavailable(32‐bit)or24GBavailable(64‐bit)
Ports:USB2.0(RS232,Ethernetportsoptional)
Integratedmonitor:DirectX9graphicsdevicewithWDDM1.0driver,800x600resolution
Software
Thepre‐installedEIA/CLIAGraphicalUserInterfacesoftwarerunsontheWindowsbasedNetbook
deviceincludedwiththeinstrument.Thesoftwareprovidestheabilitytocreateandrunworklists,
analyzeresultsfrompreviousworklistruns,generatereportsofworklistresults,andintegrateswith
anyLISthatsupportstheNCCLSLIS1‐A
andLIS2‐Aspecifications.
Thesoftwareishighlyconfigurableandincludessupportforaudiblealertsforvariouseventsthat
occurduringtheuseoftheinstrument.Computerspeakersshouldbeenabledatalltimesand
additionalspeakers(provided)arerecommended.
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4. ThunderBoltSoftware
TheThunderBoltsystemincludesasoftwarepackag ethatisrequiredinorderfortheThunderBoltto
operate.Allsoftwarecomponentsarepre‐installedonthecomputerincludedwiththeThunderBolt
instrument.Note:GoldStandardDiagnosticsperiodicallyprovidessoftwareupdatestodistributorsand
customers.Thismanualdescribesthecurrentversionofsoftware.
ContactthelocalThunderBolt
distributorwithanyfurtherquestionsaboutsoftwareversions.