Naming The Program; Choosing A Temperature Control Method; Entering The Program's Steps - BIO RAD PTC-200 Operation Manual

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Naming the Program

Name the program an eight-character word consisting of any combination of letters
(Roman and Greek), numbers, punctuation marks, or Japanese Katakana.
Press the right «Select» key to scroll forward and the left «Select» key to scroll backward
through the alphabets and characters available, which are presented in this order: Roman
alphabet, selected Greek letters, punctuation marks, numbers. To access the Japanese
Katakana syllabary, press the «.» key. A second press of «.» returns the machine to
Western characters.
When the character needed is displayed next to Name, press «Proceed». The character
will be accepted, and the cursor will move one space to the right. Numbers and dashes
may also be inserted by pressing the corresponding keys on the keypad.
When the name is complete, press «Proceed» once to accept the last character and again
to accept the whole name. If the name is already in use for a program, a screen saying
"Name In Use" will be displayed. If this happens, press «Proceed», then enter a different
name.

Choosing a Temperature Control Method

When the name has been entered ("CUSTOM1" is used in the following and all succeeding
examples), a screen requesting selection of a temperature control method will be displayed:
Select a control method, then press «Proceed».

Entering the Program's Steps

When a temperature control method has been chosen, the Enter Menu will be dis-
played:
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Enter: CUSTO M 1
Control method:
Block Probe
_CALCULAT E D
Enter: CUSTO M 1
Step 1= _TEMP
Gradient
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