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5.4 Operational check
Chapter 5: Installation
The following procedure should be completed without the dispensing cassette to confirm the correct
functioning of the dispenser prior to normal use.
Connect the mains supply cable (Fig. 5.3).
Switch the instrument on using the mains switch (Fig. 4.2).
• If the instrument starts:
- The green power LED will light up
- The plate carrier will return to the home position
• If the instrument does not start:
�Pull the rotor cover over the rotor
�Check the mains cable connection
Press prime/drop to prime
- The pump rotor will rotate
• If the pump rotor does not rotate:
�Pull the rotor cover over the rotor
• If the red error LED lights up:
�Insert the priming vessel, press the stop key and prime again
Press start
- Starts the dispensing cycle
• If the dispensing cycle does not start:
�Pull the rotor cover over the rotor
• If the red error LED lights up:
�Press the stop key, then press the prime key and finally press the start key again
�Insert the priming vessel, press the stop key, then press the prime key and finally press the
start key again
plate (plate switch)
- Dispenses liquid into the 384 or 96-well microplates
- Try the alternative plate formats by pressing the start key
step - Advances the microplate by one column
• If the microplate does not advance:
�Pull the rotor cover over the rotor
After step press prime/drop
- To dispense a preselected volume into the column selected by steps
- The plate carrier will return to the home position after reaching the last column
After step press start (partial filling of the tubing)
- To dispense the selected volume automatically from the set column to the last column
empty - The pump rotor will rotate
• If the pump rotor does not rotate:
�Pull the rotor cover over the rotor
stop
- Terminates the operation and returns the plate to the home position
For more information on the control panel, refer to section 6.5 How to use the control panel.
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