Bio-Rad Gene Pulser MXcell™ Electroporation System - Manual (Page 18)

Introduction to the System
9
Using the Control Panel
The control panel includes an LCD screen and a keypad:
Figure 6. Gene Pulser MXcell system control panel with keypad.
Use the keys the Gene Pulser MXcell control panel to enter all parameters for an
electroporation experiment. Table 3 describes the function of each key on the control panel:
Table 3. Function of the keys on the control panel.
Keys Function
Alphanumeric Press these keys to enter letters or numbers when
programming the Gene Pulser MXcell system. Press the
Shift key to toggle between alphabetic and numeric
entries. To enter the same key twice, advance the cursor
using the right arrow key. For example to type “a” and then
“b”, press the “abc” key, press
ENTER, and then press the
“abc” key twice.
NOTE: The second digit in a two-digit number must be
entered within 2 seconds after the first digit. If the second
digit is entered too late the power module will enter a
single-digit number rather than a two-digit number.
Shift Toggle between alphabetic and numeric entries. For
example, to type an alphabetic character, press the
Shift
key to enter alpha mode, then press the key with the
appropriate letter. To type an “a”, press the 2 key once, and
to type a “b”, press the 2 key twice, to type a c, press the 2
key three times. In general, the Gene Pulser MXcell system
automatically changes between alphabetic and numeric
input if only one type of input is needed.
HOME Return to the home screen from anywhere in the program
BACK Return one level back in toward the home screen within any
operation.
HELP Displays context-sensitive help for each operation screen.
To open the help screen, press the
HELP key. To leave the
help screen and return to the current operation, press the
HELP key again.
Each help screen describes the keys you press to enter the
next function, and continue the current operation. Press the
up and down arrow keys to scroll through the help screens.
Save Saves user names and user protocols.
Delete Removes only the last entry in the field; also used to
remove User Name and User Protocol files