Thermo Scientific Applied Biosystems QuantStudio User Manual page 44

Chapter 5 Image and analyze the chips
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Chip imaging
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2. Open the chip tray and load the chip face-up into the tray, with the chip ID and
fill port toward the front of the instrument.
Note: The chip will only fit in the tray in one orientation.
Orient the chip barcode toward the front of the instrument.
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Confirm that the chip window is clean and correctly aligned to the chip.
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3. Confirm that the chip is correctly aligned, then close the tray to begin chip
detection and imaging. You can monitor the progress of the run in the
touchscreen, which counts down the time remaining.
IMPORTANT! Do not open the chip tray or remove the USB drive (if present)
while the instrument displays the countdown. Doing so will invalidate the data
and require you to repeat the run.
Note: You can stop the run at any time by touching Cancel.
4. (Optional) During the run, touch the Add Prefix field to enter a prefix for each
experiment (.eds) file name.
Note: The file prefix is an alphanumeric string that can be used to further
identify and group related experiments after transfer to AnalysisSuite
The file prefix:
· Can be up to 174 characters long.
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Must consist of alphabetic and numeric characters.
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Can contain hyphens, but not as the first or last character.
· Cannot include spaces or special characters ( ; : " < > * + = \ | ? , ).
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