Chapter 4: Protocols
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appears.
Touch to delete the plate you select.
4.
Settings for the plate you select appear on the right. Touch to edit the
plate-specific protocol settings. See Define Protocol Settings on page 71.
5.
Touch Read to read the microplate.
6.
Touch <plate name> and select an additional plate to read, view, or manage the
settings.
Define Protocol Settings
The plate-specific settings page enables you to define the protocol settings for each plate to
be read. Settings vary depending upon the read mode and read type you select. For a
description of the supported read modes and read types, see Read Modes and Read Types
on page 89.
Note: You must use a computer running SoftMax Pro Software to operate the
instrument for advanced acquisition or injector protocols.
Figure 4-2: Define plate-specific protocol settings
Do the following to define the plate format/plate type, read mode/read type, and other
settings for how to read each plate in a protocol.
1.
From the protocol settings page, touch the next to <plate name> and select
the plate to define.
2.
Touch to define the plate settings and read settings for each plate in
the protocol.