Qualification Procedures; System Test - Biotek PowerWave Operator's Manual

Qualification Procedures

Your reader was fully tested at BioTek prior to shipment and should operate properly
upon initial setup. If you suspect that problems occurred during shipment or if regulatory
requirements dictate that Operational and/or Performance Qualification is necessary, you
should perform the following tests.
•

System Test:

incubator functionality. The test report includes the reader's serial number and
basecode software part number and version number.
• Absorbance Plate Test:
mechanical alignment, optical accuracy/linearity, repeatability, channel-to-channel
variation, and wavelength accuracy of the instrument.
•
Liquid Tests:
alignment, optical accuracy/linearity, repeatability, and channel-to-channel
variation of the instrument.

System Test

The PowerWave automatically runs the System Test each time it is powered on. The test
can also be run (and a report generated) using Gen5. The System Test report should be
printed to document periodic testing and for troubleshooting purposes. See a sample
System Test report on page 42.
If the power-up System Test fails, the reader will beep. If this happens, press the carrier
eject button to stop the beep and then attempt to run the System Test using Gen5 to
retrieve an error code from the instrument.
See for a list of possible error codes and their probable causes.
Chapter 6
1. Adjust the wavelength table, if desired:
From Gen5's main screen, select
•
Highlight the PowerWave and click
•
Click the
•
Enter the desired wavelength values and click
•
download them to the reader.
2. Run the test:
• Select
• The test will run and results will appear in a pass/fail format.
PowerWave Operator's Manual
Verifies proper gains, bulb operation, low electronic noise, and
Uses BioTek's Absorbance Test Plate to confirm the
Uses liquid solutions in a microplate to confirm mechanical
tab.
Absorbance
System > Diagnostics > Run System Test

Qualification Procedures |

System > Reader Configuration
View/Modify > Setup
Send Wavelengths
.
41
.
.
to