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• NEW PROTOCOL allows the user to create new protocols. Touching this button launches the
NEW PROTOCOL wizard. It guides the user through a series of steps to define a protocol.
After completing the wizard, the user may save the protocol under the User list of protocols.
• SELECT PROTOCOL allows the user to retrieve stored protocols. There are two types of
stored protocols: Preset and User. The convenient preset protocols are permanently stored
on the instrument and cannot be renamed or deleted. However, a modified version of these
preset protocols can be saved into the User protocol list. Customized User protocols can be
modified, renamed, or deleted at any time.
The Modulus™ Microplate Reader has a built-in PC. This gives the instrument its capability for
creating, storing, and retrieving user-defined protocols. The Preset protocols contain run
parameters for popular third party luminescence, fluorescence, and absorbance assays.
1.4.1 Modifying a Saved Protocol
1. From the HOME screen, touch the INSTRUMENT CONTROL button, then touch the
READ button. See Figure 1-7(A).
2. Select a Detection Mode: Luminescence, Fluorescence, or Absorbance. Touch the white
text button to toggle between the different modes. See See Figure 1-7(B).
3. Touch the white text button with the protocol name to see the list of available options.
See See Figure 1-7 (C).
4. Select a protocol from the Preset or User list and touch the OK button. See Figure 1-8.
5. To modify the desired parameter(s), touch the white numeric button next to the parameter
label. Make the desired change then touch the OK button.
6. Touch the PLATE button and select the wells to be read. Green indicates a well is
selected and gray indicates a well is deselected.
NOTE: Well selections are linked to a protocol. Before running any protocol, always verify
the wells to be read.
7. To run the modified protocol under the current name, touch the START button.
Figure 1-
8: List of Preset
Protocols
Figure 1-9: User-defined
Protocols List
A
B
C
Parameters
Figure 1-7: The READ Screen accessed from
the INSTRUMENT CONTROL Screen