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• Auto Adjust Height - Automatically adjusts the probe height using the specified location(s)
in the main plate, reservoir, and strip wells.
NOTE: Luminex recommends that you calibrate the probe height using well
D6.
• Plate Location pin - A green pin that shows the well location used to auto adjust the probe
height for the main plate, reservoir, and/or strip wells. The default (and recommended)
location for the main plate is well D6.
• The main plate depicts a 96-well microtiter plate. For information about the plates used
• Strip Well depicts the strip well added to the off-plate reagent area when extra wells are
required. A strip well is equivalent to one column of a microtiter plate, and, like a
microtiter plate, its wells can be flat-bottomed, v-bottomed, etc.
• Reservoir depicts the reservoir added to the off-plate reagent area when procedures
require larger amounts of a reagent such as alcohol or distilled water.
• Move Probe Down - Moves the probe down in the specified well(s).
• Plate Name - Type a name for a plate for future use, or select an existing plate from the
list.
• Plate Images - Assigns a particular well to use for probe height adjustment in the main
plate, reservoir, and strip wells. Clicking in a well displays a green pin to denote its use for
the height adjustment.
• Current Height - Used to fine tune the probe height after an auto-adjust. It displays the
current height of the probe, and the arrows below allow for adjustments up or down.
• Plate Heater - Enable and disable the Plate Heater by clicking ON or OFF. Also used to
set the temperature of the plate to the number typed in the Set Temperature box. Up and
down arrows allow half-degree increments. Click Apply to apply the new temperature
settings. Current and Target temperatures display at the bottom of this section.
NOTE: The temperature range is 35 to 60° Celsius.
WARNING:
The plate heater can become hot enough to cause injury. Use
caution when handling after heating.
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