Leica Biosystems ST5020 - Manual (Page 72)

72 Instructions for Use, V1.9, RevD - 12/2012
Caution!
Before moving to the ‘parking’ position, the transfer arm com-
pletes the movement cycle in progress. Wait UNTIL the transfer
arm is in the parking position before opening the instrument lid.
• While the instrument is in pause mode, alarm type 3 sounds and a dia-
log box (see left) indicates PAUSE mode.
• Press CONTINUE to resume staining.
Caution - exact steps!
If staining is interrupted, immersion times during PAUSE will
not be identical to those in the chosen program(s).
When PAUSE is pressed while an exact step is in progress,
staining results might be negatively affected! The duration of
the step will be extended by the duration of the pause. If PAUSE
buttun has been pressd druring an exact step is in process, a
warnig message will be appear in the dialog box.
Programs cannot be modified neither while staining is in
progress nor in pause mode.
5. Operation
A staining process can be interrupted:
• to gain access to the instrument in case any
problems occurring during staining require
user intervention.
• to check or change reagents.
• Press PAUSE in INSTRUMENT STATUS to
interrupt all staining programs in progress at
any given time.
The PAUSE button is displayed only
when the instrument is in user mode
and at least one staining program is
being run.
5.8.3 Interrupting a staining program
Fig. 69
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