User guide

iScan System User Guide 11

Scanning Process Overview

ThissectionprovidesanoverviewofthestepsinvolvedinscanningBeadChipswiththe

iScanSystem.Seethereferencedsectionsfordetailedinstructions.

1 StarttheiScanSystem.(SeeChapter2,StartingtheiScanSystem.)

2 LoadtheBeadChipsontoacarrier,loadthecarrierintotheiScanReadertray,and

scantheBeadChipcarrierbarcodes.(See

Chapter3,LoadingBeadChips.)

3 Selectadifferentimageformat,scansettings,datanormalizationsettings,andinput/

outputpath,ifdesired.(See

Chapter4,ConfiguringiScanControlSoftware.)

4 ScanBeadChips.(SeeChapter5,Scann ingBeadChips.)

5 ViewBeadChipimages.(SeeChapter6,ViewingScanResults.)

6 RemoveBeadChipsandshutdowntheiScanSystem.(SeeChapter7,ShuttingDown

theiScanSystem.)

NOTE

ThisprocessdoesnotdescribehowtousetheAutoLoaderwiththeiScan

SystemtoautomateBeadChiploading.Forinformationonthe

AutoLoader,seetheAutoLoader2UserGuideortheAutoLoader2.xUser

Guide,dependingonyourAutoLoadersystem.