Asymptote VIA Freeze Series Quick Start Manual

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Quick start guide for the VIA Freeze controlled rate freezers

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  • Page 1 VIA Freeze Quick start guide for the VIA Freeze controlled rate freezers...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Version control Introduction Version Date Authors Comments 1st July 2014 P Gyring Document creation C Creasey This is a quick start guide for the VIA Freeze controlled-rate freezer. The guide briefly covers unpacking S Milne and setting up the freezer, as well as the work flow normally required to run a freezing protocol and examine the result.
  • Page 3: Unpacking And Powering On

    Remove all screws from the front panel. Unpacking and powering on Unpacking Carefully remove front panel and place to On receipt from the couriers check the one side. crate on all sides for damage and check any shockwatch and tip and tell indicators to see if the unit has been shocked or tipped excessively during transit.
  • Page 4 While supporting the remaining panels, 1.11 Lift out of foil packaging and off the crate remove all screws. base. We recommend two people lift the VIA Freeze Duo (40kg/ 88lb) and VIA Freeze Quad (64kg/ 141lb). We also recommend that since the bespoke packaging crate is designed for multiple use it is kept by the user.
  • Page 5: Logging In To The System

    Switch on the power switch. Logging in to the system Two types of user accounts exist, ‘User’ and ‘Admin’, and you can log in as either from the login screen. If you log in as an Admin, you will have access to certain system settings, which a normal User account is not able to view.
  • Page 6: The Main Menu

    If the login attempt failed, e.g. because the wrong password was entered, an error message will be shown and the display will remain on the login menu. Otherwise, the main menu will appear on the display, see Figure 3. The main menu The login is managed on a session basis, akin to when logging in to online banking.
  • Page 7: Selecting A Protocol To Run And Entering Batch Data

    Selecting a protocol to run and entering batch data From the main menu, press ‘Select and Run Protocol’ This changes the menu window to the select protocol menu, see Figure 4. Here you can select one of the stored cooling protocols, whether they are pre-installed or customized (see manual).
  • Page 8: Loading Sbs Plates

    End of a run, unload and finish Loading SBS plates While the system is running the user is able to abort or hold the run, if desired, which is As shown in Figure 7, before proceeding, load your samples onto the SBS plates and explained in detail in the manual.
  • Page 9: Examine And Export Result

    Examine and export result Once a run has been completed, from the main menu press ‘Protocol Reports’ to enter the result menu, see Figure 9. From this menu it is possible to export a result report. Selecting a result item and pressing ‘Export’ will give you the choice of exporting a report to USB or to an email address chosen by the user.

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