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Selecting Barcode Options
Note: You should always use barcodes for accurate data tracking.
To select barcode options:
1. In the Barcodes window, select whether to scan source and destination receptacles for
barcodes.
Select the Use Barcode Reader check box to scan source and destination receptacles
for barcodes.
Select the Generate Random Barcodes check box to have the software generate
random identifiers with the prefix Auto for the source and destination receptacles.
2. Click Next to define the destination receptacles.
Setting Destination Plate Options
To set the destination plate options:
1. In the Destination Options window, from the Select Destination Microplate list, select the
plate type to be inoculated with the control colonies. If the plate type that you need is not
listed, contact Molecular Devices to add a new plate type to the list. See
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2. Select either to dip the pins a number of times or to stir the wells of the destination plate
during inoculation.
To dip the pins a number of times, click Multi Dip and in the Number of Dips field, enter
the number of times to dip the pins.
To stir the wells, click Stir Destination.
3. In the Number of Control Microplates field, enter the number of duplicate plates to create
(maximum 70).
4. Under Destination Microplate Template, click Edit to define the wells to dip or skip. You can
skip wells to use as blank or non-control wells. The defined template is used for all the
destination plates during the control plate creation routine.
To skip a well, click the well. Wells to be skipped show in light blue.
To skip multiple contiguous wells, right-click and drag across the wells.
To dip a well that you skip, click the well again. Wells to be dipped show in light red.
After you define the wells to dip or skip, click Exit.
5. Click Next to define the picking head and the Sanitise profile.
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