Thermo Scientific Applied Biosystems SeqStudio Genetic Analyzer - PSM and CSV Plate Setup Files for Import into the Instrument

PSM and CSV plate setup files for import into the instrument
Format
Contains... When to use...
PSM
Create by:
Saving a plate setup
with the SeqStudio
™
Plate Manager desktop
or Connect cloud-based
platform
• Size standard names and
definitions
• Run module names and settings
• Dye set names and settings
• Analysis settings names and
settings
• All remaining plate setup field
settings: Well ID, Sample name,
Application type and so on.
To create a plate setup that contains all the
properties needed to save and run the plate setup.
Note the following:
• If the size standard, analysis settings, or run
module in the PSM file do not exist on the
instrument, they are automatically created
when the PSM file is imported.
• If the Plate setup security is set to Hidden:
– The plate setup is available for selection
on the instrument only to the user who
created the PSM file.
CSV
Create by:
• Saving as CSV in
the SeqStudio
™
Plate Manager
desktop or Connect
cloud-based
platform
• Downloading a
template from the
SeqStudio
™
Plate
Manager desktop
or Connect cloud-
based platform
• Size standard names only
• Dye set name only
• Run module names only
• All remaining plate setup field
settings: Well ID, Sample name,
Application type and so on.
To update properties of the plate setup (such as
sample name) after the size standard, dye set, and
run module for the plate setup have been created
or imported on the instrument.
When you import a CSV file:
• If the size standard, dye set, or run module in
the CSV file do not exist on the instrument:
– An error message is displayed.
– The CSV file is not imported on the
instrument.
• If the size standard or run module in the CSV
file
do exist on the instrument:
– The CSV file is imported on the
instrument.
– The settings from the size standard, dye
set, and run module that exist on the
instrument are used (because the CSV
file contains the names of these
elements, but not the settings).
– The Plate setup security is set to Hidden.
Chapter 6 Create or modify a plate setup from the instrument
PSM and CSV plate setup files for import into the instrument
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