Bio-Rad S3™ Cell Sorter - Manual (Page 30)

20 | S3 and S3e Cell Sorters
ProSort Software
3.2 Control Panel
System operation is performed and monitored with the control panel (Figure 16). The control
panel consists of three parts:
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Instrument control — controls for performing a run
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PMT control — controls for modifying the PMTs
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Instrument status box — displays the status of your instrument
Instrument control buttons are described in Table 20 and PMT control buttons are described in
Table 21.
Fig. 16. Overview of instrument and PMT control panel.
Start/Stop acquisition button
Start/Stop sort button
Refresh data button
Pause/Restart sample acquisition
button
Eject sample tube button
Auto save sample upon reaching limit
Preset sample event rate button
Enter sample event rate
Event limit option
Cycle mode option
Gate limit option
Instrument status box
Indicator of actions required or
needing attention
Time remaining with fluidic volume
Fluidics Status window button
Laser on/off button
Laser power options
Trigger channel
Threshold value
Alter PMT voltages
Assign values for detection channels
Sample agitation high/low button
Sample station light on/off button
Sample collection area light on/off button
Temperature control on/off button
Temperature control option
Biosafety System serial number
Biosafety System firmware version
Biosafety System status
Time remaining on filter life
Temperature inside the system