Maintaining The System When Not In Use - BIO RAD ZE5 User Manual

Chapter 12 Maintenance
A red x appears next to those channels whose values do not pass the QC criteria and the
software displays the reason for the failure in the Note column.
5. In this case, in the QC Baseline Selection section, click one of the following:
n
Retry and click Apply to retry the calibration.
n
Accept New Defaults and click Apply.
The new CV and PMT voltage values for all parameters become the new baseline.
n Keep Prior Defaults and click Apply.
The previous CV and PMT voltage baseline values are retained for all parameters.

Maintaining the System When Not in Use

Flow cytometry instruments have fewer performance issues if they are run and maintained regularly
with no long periods between usage. Everest Software includes a vacation mode, which you can use
to schedule regular and automatic startup and QC on the instrument regardless of whether an
operator is in the lab. For more information, see
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Setting Up Vacation Mode on page 116.