Bio-Rad Bio-Plex Software® Upgrades and Conversions - Manual (Page 33)

Sample Needle Adjustment
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Sample Needle Adjustment
See the Bio-Plex 200 System Hardware Instruction Manual or the Luminex
manual for instructions on installing the sample needle.
WARNING: To protect hands and fingers, keep them out of the microplate
platform when the needle is not in the down position.
The height of the sample needle must be adjusted when the microplate type
has changed, and/or when the sample needle is replaced. The MCV plate
included with your system provides a method for adjusting sample needle
height for standard flat-bottom plates (catalog #171-025001), filter plates
(Millipore catalog #MSBVS1210), or PCR plates.
Follow these steps to adjust the sample needle height.
1. Turn on the array reader and microplate platform.
2. Launch the Bio-Plex Manager software.
3. Click Instrument in the menu bar and choose Adjust Needle. The
following dialog box appears.
Figure 10. Adjust Needle dialog
4. Click Eject/Retract to eject the plate holder.
5. Place the MCV plate on the microplate platform with the black arrow
facing toward the array reader.
6. Click on the Eject/Retract button to retract the plate.
7. Tape the access door of the microplate platform open. It will be
necessary to be able to see inside the access door.
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