Using A Barcode To Specify The Sample Names File - PerkinElmer LabChip GX User Manual

To select the wells using a Sample Names file:
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Using a Barcode to Specify the Sample Names File

When using a LIMS, a Sample Names File can be specified by
using the plate barcode as the name of the file. The Sample Names
file is read at run-time, after reading the plate barcode.
To use the plate barcode as the name of the Sample Names file:
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Create the sample names file with one row for each well to be
sampled.
Click the Run button on the
Start Run Window opens.
Click the Advanced Tab.
Click the Browse button (...) next to the Sample Names text
box, select the sample names file, and click the Open button.
Select the Use this file for sample selection check box.
Figure 6. Use This File For Sample Selection
Click the Run Tab.
Select the desired Sipping Order: Row-wise, Column-wise, or
File Order. (See page 250
Select any other run parameters as desired, and then start the
run.
Decide on a location and file name format for the Sample
Names files. For example, the Sample Names files can be
named "Sample Names" followed immediately by the barcode
on the plate.
Create a temporary CSV file, using "%barcode%" as a
placeholder for the barcode string. For example, create a
temporary file named "Sample Names%barcode%.csv" and
save it in the location where the actual sample names files for
the runs will be saved.
In the Run File Editor
parameters.
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Window, select the desired run
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