System Hardware Features
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The panel has two lights as well as the Interrupt button. From the top
of the panel these are:
• Assay Running (Locked)—Yellow light
The FLIPR
®
Tetra System is performing a task. The upper and
lower doors are locked and cannot be opened until the task
finishes or is halted using the Interrupt button.
• Assay Finished (Unlocked)—Green light
No tasks are being run and it is safe to open the upper and
lower instrument doors.
• The Interrupt button is an override button to halt all tasks, so
you can access the instrument. If pressed the yellow light
flashes until the system has reached a safe state to open the
doors, when the green light comes on.
CAUTION! The Interrupt button immediately ends the experiment and
should only be used in emergencies. The system may need to be
reinitialized by selecting Reset from the Instrument menu prior to
resuming normal instrument function.
Manual Mode
In manual operation all assay components must be positioned in the
five-position stage by hand, through the upper manual door, prior to
running an experiment. Once the experiment starts no further plate or
tip changes can be made. If you need to exchange plates or tips during
an experiment then you must run the FLIPR
®
Tetra System in Remote
Mode, using the TETRAcycler to replace used tips or plates.
The FLIPR
®
Tetra System always starts in Manual Mode. Toggle
between manual and remote modes with the Set Manual Mode and
Set Remote Mode commands in the Instrument menu, or use the
software buttons available.
In Manual Mode, the TETRAcycler gripper parks itself on the plate-
landing pad.
Note: The top compartment door should remain closed during normal
system operation. Do not operate the instrument if the door is open.
All system functions halt when the door is open.
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