Chapter 1 Introduction; Skanit Software - Thermo Scientific Varioskan User Manual

SkanIt Software

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Chapter 1
Introduction
SkanIt Software is used to control the Varioskan spectral scanning multimode
reader.
SkanIt Software provides features needed to define and run a variety of
assays and to make comprehensive calculations and reports. A plate template
database covers the most common plate formats. SkanIt Software allows
you to build your own applications and to run or modify ready-made
applications. Designing an own application is easy. The protocol steps are
simply added to a steplist while their parameters can be viewed and defined
on a single window pane. Plate layouts are created with the Fill Wizard.
By using SkanIt Software the user can:
• Load, create and edit sessions and plate layouts
• Export raw measurement data and perform data reductions
• Execute a session directly from the software with the Varioskan
instrument
• Export and import sessions and runs between SkanIt Software databases
in different PCs
• Generate and print measurement and calculation reports
The sessions are made and stored in a database on the PC using SkanIt
Software. Once you have created a session, you can execute it directly from
the software.
The PC and the instrument only have to be connected to each other when
sessions are run directly from the software. In other words, you can create
and edit sessions without a connection to the instrument.
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