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About the Setup
Table File Format
Setup Table Elements
This section explains the elements of setup table files shown on the previous page.
The following table describes the conventions used in the rest of this section.
Format/Symbol Definition
courier Text appearing in bolded courier font must be applied to a setup
table file exactly as appears in this document.
italic Text appearing in italic courier font must be substituted with
custom values when applied to a setup table file.
[ required text ] Text appearing between brackets is required information in setup
table files. All information within the brackets must be present in
the setup table file for the SDS software to import it.
{ required text } Text appearing between braces is optional in setup table files.
The tab character (the equivalent of pressing the Tab key)
The carriage-return character (the equivalent of pressing the
Enter key)
IMPORTANT To guarantee a successful importation of the setup table file into a plate
document, the file can must contain all of the sections in the following table in the order that they
appear in this document.
Number Contents Description
1 File Version
Format:
This line defines the version of SDS Assay Plate File format used to generate the document.
[ *** SDS Setup File Version version number ]
Example:
*** SDS Setup File Version 2
2 Plate Size
Format:
This line defines the number of wells in the plate modeled by the file (384 or 96).
[ *** Output Plate Size number of wells ]
Example:
*** Output Plate Size 384
3 Plate ID
Format:
This line defines the ID of the Assay Plate. Normally this will be a bar code that is printed on
the plate.
[ *** Output Plate ID plate id ]
Example:
*** Output Plate ID 384N75822034
Importing and Exporting Plate Document Data B-5