User guide

36 Part # 11313539 Rev. B
Configuring iScan Control Software
— ExportBeadTypeData–SettoTrueorFalse.
— ImageFormat–SelectJpg,Png,orTiff.
JPGandPNGfilesarecompressedimagefiles.Theyareusefulforreviewingthearray
surfacefordefectsthatmighthaveaffect eddataquality.Intensitydatacannotbe
extractedfromJPGor
PNGfiles.
TIFFfilesareuncompressedimagefiles.Theyconsumemoreharddrivespacethan
JPGsorPNGs,buttheirbenefitisthatintensitydatacanbeextractedfromthem.
— IncludeXYinBeadData–SettoTrueorFalse.
— JPGQuality–IfyouselectedJpgastheImage
Format,setthistoavaluebetween5
and100.(Thelowerthenumber,thegreatertheimagecompression.)
— SaveImages–SettoTrueorFalse.
SelectingFalseisusefulforsituationswhereyouwanttoconservediskspaceor
preventverylargedatafilesfromtravelingoveryour
network.
Othersettingsinthisdialogboxcannotbechanged.
5 Whenyouarefinished,clickOK.
Applying a Custom Scan Setting to a BeadChip
1 OntheICSSetupscreen,clickSettingsattheendoftherowoftheBeadChipwhose
scansettingsyouwanttochange.
TheOpenScanSettingFiledialogboxappears.
Figure26ICSOpenScanSettingFileDialogBox
2 SelectthecustomscansettingsfileyoucreatedandclickOpen.
3 ClickOKtocontinuewhenprompted.