Control Panel - Molecular Devices SpectraMax M3 User Manual

SpectraMax M3, M4, M5, and M5e Microplate Reader User Guide

Control Panel

The instrument control panel works in conjunction with the SoftMax Pro Software to open
the plate drawer, adjust the temperature, and to set the wavelengths for cuvette reads. See
the SoftMax Pro Data Acquisition and Analysis Software User Guide.
To change the control panel display contrast, press Mode, and then press Temp p or q.
The left side of the control panel displays the actual temperature inside the cuvette chamber
above the display of the temperature you set for the cuvette chamber. If the temperature
inside the cuvette chamber is not at the set temperature, the indicator blinks. The
temperature inside the plate chamber lags slightly behind the temperature inside the
cuvette chamber. The temperature inside the plate chamber displays in the software.
The center of the control panel displays the absorbance/excitation and emission
wavelengths the instrument uses for a cuvette read.
The right side of the control panel displays the data the instrument receives from a cuvette
reference read as percent transmission, absorbance, relative fluorescence units, or relative
luminescence units. If you do not do a reference read, the indicator blinks.
Temp On/Off
The Temp On/Off button enables or disables the incubator that controls the temperature
inside the cuvette chamber and the plate chamber.
When the incubator is on, the control panel displays the temperature inside the cuvette
chamber above the display of the temperature you set.
For the Kinetic and Spectrum read types, the temperature buttons on the control panel
are disabled.
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Note: Settings you enter in the software override the corresponding control panel
setting.
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