Leica Biosystems ST5020 - Manual (Page 71)

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5. Operation
Loading an unknown clip
• If a rack carrying an unknown clip is placed into the load drawer, the
CLIP COLOR menu opens up automatically.
If any staining processes are already in progress, a screen prompt will
open up inquiring whether the user wishes to access supervisor mode.
- CONTINUE stops the selection procedure and continues the stain-
ing processes in progress. The load station button will display three
question marks instead of a program code “???“ and no color allo-
cation will be visible. - The rack must be removed.
- ADMINISTRATOR opens up the keyboard for entering the password
and then switches over to CLIP COLOR for a color to be allocated.
(See
chapter 5.6.3 )
Caution - bear in mind any steps defined as exact!
During the color allocation procedure the instrument is paused.
The programs in progress are paused until the color allocation has been completed
and the instrument is switched back to user mode.
Manual program start
Manual start is recommended for programs less frequently used or if no
suitable colored clip is available for a particular program. If a rack carry-
ing a (defined) white clip is loaded, MANUAL PROGRAM START opens up.
• A ‘ready-to-start’ program must be allocated
to the rack.
• Press START to go back to INSTRUMENT
STATUS. The rack will now be handled as if
carrying a colored clip and the staining pro-
cess will start as normal.
The manual program allocation of
the white clip will be deleted when
the program ends (and the rack is
removed).
The clip can then be reallocate to
any program.
Fig. 68