Chapter 6: Defining A Wash Or Rinse Cycle - Molecular Devices MultiWash+ User Manual

Chapter 6: Defining a Wash or Rinse Cycle

Before running procedures with the MultiWash+ Microplate Washer, select the instrument
set up options, define the microplate types, define the wash or rinse cycles, and then define
the procedures.
To select the instrument set up options, see
page
To define the microplate types, see
To define the procedures, see
To edit or define a cycle, scroll the LCD display to Define Cycle. From Define Cycle, define
and save wash or rinse cycles to be used in procedure definitions.
Tip: If you have a previously defined cycle, you can create a similar new cycle by
editing an existing cycle and giving it a new name.
Figure 6-1: The Define Cycle menu option
Table 6-1: Actions of Control Panel Buttons
Button
On the left
On the right
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Action
Press this button to scroll to Define Procedure. See
Press this button to scroll to Define Plate. See
Press this button to scroll forward through the list of previously defined cycles. If you
want to edit a previously defined cycle, scroll until the name is displayed. If you want
to define a new cycle, scroll until <new> is displayed.
Press this button to scroll backward through the list of previously defined cycles. If
you want to edit a previously defined cycle, scroll until the name is displayed. If you
want to define a new cycle, scroll until <new> is displayed.
Press this button to start defining the cycle. See
Selecting Instrument Set Up Options on
Defining a Microplate Type on page
Defining a Procedure on page
Defining a Microplate Type on page
Defining the Cycle on page
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Defining a Procedure on page
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