User guide

8 Part # 11313539 Rev. B
iScan System Overview
Carrier and BeadChip Barcodes
BeadChipcarrierbarcodesareusedtoidentifytheindividualBeadChipcarriersand
determineifaBeadChippositionisoccupiedorempty.
Figure5TopViewofBeadChipCarrierBarcode
A CarrierBarcode
B EmptyBarcode
Figure6SideViewofBeadChipCarrierBarcode
Ifthecarrierdoesnothaveabarcodenumber ,thecarrierbarcodenumberwillbelistedas
thebarcodenumberforthefirstBeadChipinthecarrier.Theformatforthenumberis_
1stBeadChipBarcode.
Power Cords and Other Accessories
TheiScanSystemcomeswithpowerandconnectioncordsthatareconnectedforyouby
authorizedIlluminapersonnelaspartofthesysteminstallation.Donotunplugor
disconnectanycordsunlessinstructedbyIlluminaTechnicalSupport.
NOTE
SomeBeadChipcarriershavebarcodesaffixedtoeachslot.Theseslot
barcodesenabletheiSc anReadertotellifaslotcontainsaBeadChip.For
moreinformation,see
CarrierandBeadChipBarcodesonpage8.
NOTE
Thesebarcodesareparticularlynecessarywhenperformingautomated
scanning.Duringautomatedscanning,thebarcodesenableproblem
BeadChipstobequicklylocatedintheoutputorerrorstacks.Theyalso
tellthescannerwhentoretryscanningaBeadChippositionwhenitdoes
notsuccessfullyreadaBeadChipbarcodeonthefirst
attempt.