Thermo Scientific appliedbiosystems SeqStudio Flex Series User Manual page 20

Chapter 1 Product information
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Product description
(continued)
Part
Radio frequency
identification (RFID) tags
(not shown in figure)
For more information,
see Appendix E, "Radio
Frequency Identification
(RFID) technology".
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RFID tags on the following primary instrument consumable labels are detected by
read/write units in the instrument interior:
• Capillary array
• Anode buffer container (ABC)
• Cathode buffer container (CBC)
• POP ™ polymer
The instrument reads and tracks the following information:
• Lot numbers
• Serial numbers
• Dates (expiration)
• Capacity (usage)
RFID tags are read and written in response to a user action (for example, running a
wizard or starting a run). All dashboard values are updated when RFID tags are read
and written. The days on instrument is also updated automatically every 6 minutes.
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