User guide

Calibrate the touchscreen
Calibrate the instrument touchscreen periodically as part of the routine maintenance
of your instrument, if you observe a decrease in screen responsiveness over time, or if
prompted after updating the instrument firmware.
1.
From the Main Menu of the touchscreen, touch , then touch Maintenance &
Service.
2.
In the Maintenance & Service screen, touch Screen Calibration.
3.
Touch each crosshair as shown in the sequence of calibration utility screens.
4.
At the end of the calibration sequence, touch OK to save the new touchscreen
calibration settings and restart the instrument.
View the instrument log
You can use the QuantStudio
®
3D Digital PCR Instrument touchscreen to view and
export a log that summarizes the past 6 months of instrument activity. For each event,
the log provides a description of the activity and the date/time when it occurred.
Note: The information conveyed in the instrument log is used primarily by technical
support as a resource for troubleshooting instrument errors. If the QuantStudio
®
3D
Instrument encounters an error during operation, the log is written to the experiment
(.eds) file, which can be exported and sent to technical support (see “Customer and
technical support“ on page 121). If the instrument does not generate a file, then you
can export the instrument log for distribution as explained below.
1.
From the Main Menu of the touchscreen, touch , then touch Maintenance &
Service.
2.
In the Maintenance & Service screen, touch View Log.
3.
In the Instrument Log screen, review the records of interest.
View the log
Appendix A Maintenance
Calibrate the touchscreen
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