ColonyDoc-It Imaging Station
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Table of Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Components ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7
System Requirements............................................................................................................................................................... 8
System Specifications ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
Installing the ColonyDoc-It ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Installing the Hardware ............................................................................................................................................... 9
Installing the Software .............................................................................................................................................. 11
Registering the Software .......................................................................................................................................... 11
Counting Colonies .................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Quick Capture ........................................................................................................................................................... 13
Automatic Counting .................................................................................................................................................. 15
Manual Counting ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
Creating Templates .................................................................................................................................................. 20
User Defined Template Counting ............................................................................................................................. 21
Fluorescent Colony Counting ................................................................................................................................... 22
Zone Analysis ........................................................................................................................................................... 24
Renumbering Colony/Zone Values ........................................................................................................................... 28
Spiral Plate Counting ................................................................................................................................................ 29
Editing Colonies ...................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Add Colonies ............................................................................................................................................................ 31
Delete Colonies ........................................................................................................................................................ 32
Manual Split Colonies ............................................................................................................................................... 33
Auto Split Colonies ................................................................................................................................................... 34
Merging Colonies ...................................................................................................................................................... 35
Using the Software ................................................................................................................................................................. 36
Changing Filter Settings ........................................................................................................................................... 36
Preferences .............................................................................................................................................................. 37
Toolbars ................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Reporting Functions ................................................................................................................................................................ 40
Classes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Colonies ................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Statistics ................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Distribution................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Exporting to Excel ..................................................................................................................................................... 42
Supporting 21 CFR Part-11 Compliance................................................................................................................................. 44
Purpose .................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Features ................................................................................................................................................................... 44
