Leica Biosystems ST4020 - Manual (Page 33)

33 Leica ST4020
5. Operation
5.5.2 Adding more slide carriers during a staining run
The PAUSE/STOP function can be used to allow additional slide carriers to be placed in the
instrument after processing has begun.
The following procedure should always be followed:
If a staining run is already underway and more slide carriers are
to be inserted, press the PAUSE/STOP key once.
Important!
Only press PAUSE/STOP ONCE!
If this key is pressed twice, the entire staining run
will be aborted.
When:
LOAD SLIDES...
PRESS RUN
appears in the display, the new slide carriers must be inserted at
the start position immediately, and the RUN key pressed.
As soon as the RUN key is pressed, the system resumes process-
ing, and continues counting down the process time.
It should also be noted that the entire operation is interrupted
until the RUN key is pressed again.
Therefore, the operator should be prepared to load the new
slides as quickly as possible and should then press the RUN key
quickly to avoid having all slides already in the system spend
extra time immersed.
Please wait, and do not add any
further slides!
This message is displayed until
the slide carriers have been re-
moved from a position by the lift
bar and transferred to the next
station.