Manually Stepping Through A Protocol; Pausing A Running Protocol - BIO RAD PTC-200 Operation Manual

To print the protocol as it runs, select Yes, then press «Proceed».
Note: If no printer is connected to the machine, the screen allowing you to select
printer output is not displayed at all.

Manually Stepping Through a Protocol

Once a protocol is running, pressing «Proceed» gives you the option of immediately
advancing the protocol to the next programmed step, even if the machine is currently
ramping the block's temperature (see chapter 6 for information on ramping). A confirmation
screen will be displayed:
Select Yes, then press «Proceed». The protocol will advance to its next step.

Pausing a Running Protocol

Press «Pause» to temporarily stop a running program. The timer in the lower right-hand
corner of the runtime screen will be replaced by the word "Pause":
The samples are held at the displayed temperature until either the «Pause» or the «Proceed»
key is pressed, which causes the protocol run to resume.
A protocol cannot be paused before the target temperature for a given step has been
reached. If «Pause» is pressed before this point, the block continues heating or cooling until
the target is reached, and then the protocol is paused.
Run: 2-STEP
Go on to next step?
_YES
Run: 2-STEP
1= 92.0 f o r 0 : 0 5
Cycle: 1
Calc: 92
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