Molecular Devices StakMax User Manual page 100

Operation
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To start a reading
1. Turn on the StakMax microplate handler and reader
instruments. See
and Off on page
2. Open the StakMax Software interface. See
Software Window on page
3. Load the plates into the StakMax magazine. See
StakMax Microplate Handler on page
4. Click Start Read.
The Read Plate window opens.
5. Specify the number of plates to read or indicate that you want to
read all of the plates in the input stack.
6. Select one of the following actions to take when the Plate
section(s) are filled:
Select Open a New Protocol to save the data to a different file
OR
Select Append a Plate Section to save the data from all of the
plates to the same file.
7. Click Assign to assign a protocol.
8. Select a protocol from the list and click Open.
Note: If you do not see the desired protocol in this list, refer to
the SoftMax
authoring.
9. Click Read.
After the reading starts, the status is displayed in the main
StakMax window next to Status. You can also click the Status
Window button to view more details about the reading.
Note: If you leave a plate in the reader and try to run a new
plate, the system detects that a plate is present and moves the
new plate back to the input stack. Use the Return Plate
command to move the previous plate to the output stack and
then restart your run.
Turning the StakMax Microplate Handler On
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Opening the StakMax
Loading the
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