ScreenWorks Software Overview
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Assign Plate to Position
The five-position stage has four positions for plates: one for the read
plate and three for compound source plates. In order for the
TETRAcycler and pipettor to address each position, a plate type must
be assigned to each of the positions that will be used in your
experiment. Current plate assignments are reported in the Assign
Plate to Position table.
For each plate position, the table reports:
• Plate Name—the type of plate, as configured in Tools > Plate
Library.
• Bar Code Expect—Whether or not you want the system to read
a bar code from the plate. Bar code numbers can optionally be
incorporated into output data file names.
• Bar Code List—in data files only, the bar codes of plates used in
the experiment, in the given plate position.
Change these settings if required with the Edit Plate dialog (see below).
If Position 1 is to be used only for tips, and not to hold a source plate,
check the Load Tips Position check box below the table. This removes
Source Plate 1 from the table.
If the Cell Reservoir is installed in the system, Source 3 is automatically
dedicated to defaultcellres384.
Note: Differences in Camera Gain or Exposure Time between read
modes drastically increase the minimum update time. For fastest
update time, use the same gain and exposure time for all read modes.