iCys User Guide

Administrator Tasks Defining Custom Carriers
➣ To define a new microplate carrier:
1. From the Manage Carrier Types window, select New. The Edit Carrier Type
window displays:
2. In the General tab, set the following:
❍ Type—Microplate. To define a freeform carrier, see “Defining a Freeform
Carrier” on page C-16.
❍ Name—Enter a meaningful name for this carrier type. The carrier name will
appear in the drop down list in the carrier window.
❍ Description—Optional, but useful.
❍ Visibility—Select Hidden if you want to make this carrier type unavailable
from the Instrument Setup window. The visibility can be overwritten by the
Hide/UnHide button on the Carrier Types list.
❍ r
CompuCyte automatically fills out the Created by and ID fields. The ID is unique
ID for each carrier.
3. To view the carrier while you are defining it, click Carrier from the task bar.
When you click Save on the Edit Carrier Type window, the Carrier window
updates to reflect the changes.
4. Before you start describing the dimensions, make sure that the microscope
objective selected in the current Workspace matches the objective you are using.
The objective is set in the Objective window in the task bar.
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