2 monitoring the run – Techne PrimeQ User Manual

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Experiment Editor and assign cartridges to each read. Alternately when the run button is pressed
the following error window will appear:

Selecting OK will take the user to the correct window where all of the reads can be assigned a
filter cartridge.

3.5.2 Monitoring the run

3.5.2.1

From the instrument

Progress and current status is reported via the display screen on the front of the instrument.

Cycle cc/mm: Reflects the current cycle number out of the total number for that stage eg.

7/33 is the 7th cycle out of 33. This re-sets after each stage.

xxhyy: Indicates the calculated time remaining for the entire PCR run where xx is hours and

yy is minutes.

Sample: Indicates the current block temperature.

Status: Indicates the current thermal status e.g. ramping or holding.

During a run, pressing the keypad will have the following effect:

Attempts to pause run. The screen will ask for confirmation of the pause command.

Attempts to stop run. The screen will ask for confirmation of the stop command.

Displays the Run Information screen. This displays details of the instrument,
experiment and stage names.

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