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Express PCR Amplification Kit User Guide
Chapter4 Analyze Data
Set up GeneMapper
®
ID-X Software for data analysis
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Set up GeneMapper
®
ID-X Software for data analysis
Panel, bin, and
stutter file version
The file names shown in this section may differ from the file names you see when you
download or import files. If you need help determining the correct files to use, contact
your local Life Technologies Human Identification representative, or go to
www.lifetechnologies.com/supportSoftware, Patches & UpdatesGeneMapper
®
ID-X Software.
The instructions and examples in this section refer to the latest version of panel, bin,
and stutter file available at the time of publication.
Before using the
software for the
first time
Before you use GeneMapper
®
ID-X Software v1.4 to analyze data for the first time, you
must do the following:
1. Check the version of panel, bin, and stutter files installed with the GeneMapper
®
ID-X Software as explained in “Check panel, bin, and stutter file version” below.
2. Check www.lifetechnologies.com/supportSoftware, Patches &
UpdatesGeneMapper
®
ID-X Software to determine if newer files are
available.
3. If updated files are available, download and import the files into the
GeneMapper
®
ID-X Software, as explained in “Import panels, bins, and marker
stutter” on page 47.
Note: When downloading new versions of analysis files, refer to the associated
Read Me file for details of changes between software file versions. If you have
validated previous file versions for data analysis, conduct the appropriate
internal verification studies before using new file versions for operational
analysis.
4. Create an analysis method, as explained in “Create an analysis method” on page
51.
5. Define custom views of analysis tables.
A default analysis table for six-dye analysis is provided in the GeneMapper
®
ID-
X Software v1.4. Refer to Chapter 1 of the GeneMapper
®
ID-X Software Version 1.0
Getting Started Guide (Pub. no. 4375574) for general information on default table
settings.
6. Define custom views of plots.
A default plot for six-dye analysis is provided in the GeneMapper
®
ID-X
Software v1.4. Refer to Chapter 1 of the GeneMapper
®
ID-X Software Version 1.0
Getting Started Guide (Pub. no. 4375574) for general information on default plot
settings.
Check panel, bin,
and stutter file
version
1. Start the GeneMapper
®
ID-X Software, then log in with the appropriate user
name and password.
IMPORTANT! For logon instructions, refer to the GeneMapper
®
ID-X Software
Version 1.0 Getting Started Guide (Pub. no. 4375574).
2. Select ToolsPanel Manager.