Hudson Robotics Dried Blood Spot Processor - Manual (Page 6)

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This button allows the user to change the start and stop wells for the run as
well as the order in which wells are processed.
2. Run Screen
Once the user selects to start a run, they will be prompted to scan the destination plate
barcode using the hand scanner, or to enter the barcode using the keyboard. After
scanning the destination plate barcode, the user is prompted to load the plate into the
DBS unit. The unit will confirm that the plate has been loaded correctly and will then
move to the starting well. The user is then prompted to scan the sample barcode
using the fixed barcode scanner. Once the barcode has been scanned, the user is
prompted to press the foot switch to activate the punch. The DBS unit then moves to
position the next well under the punch. These steps are repeated until the DBS
reaches the stop well. After the last well is punched, or if the user clicks Cancel on
either the scan or punch prompts, the screen will appear as shown below.
The plate map depicts a grid of all the well locations, A1 thru H12. Each well
displays the sample barcode scanned for each well. The user can double-click any
well from the current run to punch or re-punch that well. Wells not normally used
during a run will be grayed-out and may not be punched.
The user can click the Finish Plate button to complete the plate and save the data in
the database.
If the user clicks the Abort Plate button, the data will be discarded.