Set Up A Plate File; Create Or Open A Plate File (Psm File) - Thermo Scientific appliedbiosystems SeqStudio Flex Series User Manual

Set up a plate file

As an alternative to creating a plate file in the Plate Manager software, you can create plate files in CSV
format. For information, see the following sections:
• "Load or download an example plate file"
• "Save a plate file in CSV format"

Create or open a plate file (PSM file)

1. Click
at the top left of any screen to display the home screen.
2. In the home screen, create or open a plate file:
• Click New to create a new plate file.
• (Cloud only) Click Open from Connect to open a plate file that was saved to Thermo Fisher
Connect.
• Click Open from computer to open a plate file in PSM or CSV format. If an error message
is displayed when you open a CSV file, see "PSM and CSV plate files for import into the
instrument"
Note: If the Set up a plate dialog box is displayed when you click Create a plate file, the
instrument type is set to SeqStudio. Click
then select SeqStudio Flex.
If the Set up a plate dialog box is displayed, the instrument type is not set to SeqStudio Flex.
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Chapter 5 Create a plate file in the Plate Manager software
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(Switch instrument) at the top right of the screen,
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