20 Picus
®
2 Operating Instructions
Operating Design
4.5.1 Menus in the Device
t Navigating in menus (see Chapter“4.5 Navigating in Menus”, page18).
Level 1 Level 2 Description
Device Main menu — Select the operating mode.
— Make settings on the device.
Advanced functions Activate advanced functions for a operating mode.
Memory slots Save and activate recently used or preferred pipetting settings.
4.6 Menu Structure in the Main Menu
Level 1 Level 2 Description
Menu Pipetting Aspirate a selected volume of liquid into the filter tip and then dispense
it. This mode is suitable for the following liquids:
— Aqueous liquids
— Liquids with a low quantity of detergents or proteins
— Solvents
Multi-Disp. Aspirate the total volume and an excess volume of liquid and dispense
repeatedly in equal sub-volumes.
This mode is suitable for long pipetting rows and for dispensing into
microplates.
Multi. Asp.
“Multi-Aspiration”
Set the liquid volume and number of aspiration processes in advance.
Then aspirate the selected liquid volumes several times until the cycle is
complete. Finally, dispense the entire aspirated liquid volumes in one go.
This mode is suitable for merging samples and washing microplates.
Reverse Aspirate a selected and an excess volume of liquid. The excess remains in
the tip and is disposed of when the tip is ejected. This mode is suitable
for the following liquids:
— Biological liquids
— Foaming liquids
— Viscous liquids
Seq. Disp.
“Sequential Dispensing”
Repeated dispensing of selected volumes of liquid in a desired
sequence. The liquid volumes can be set directly in the operating mode
(1 - 9).
This mode is suitable for dilution rows or for creating calibration curves.
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