User guide

iScan System User Guide 39

Specifying Input and Output Paths

TheiScanSystemobtainsprocessingfileinformationfromtheinputpath.Theoutput

pathisthelocationwhereallfileswillbesaveduponscancompletion .

1 OntheICSSetupscreen,nexttotheInputorOutputPath,clickBrowse.

Figure29InputandOutputPathBoxesontheICSSetupScreen

2 Navigatetotheappropriatefolder,asdescribedbelow,andclickOK.

• TheInputPathmustpointtothefilefolderthatcontainssubfoldersforallofthe

BeadChipsthatyouwillbescanning.Th esubfoldersmustbenamedwitheach

BeadChip’sbarcodenumberandmustcontainthatBeadChip’sdecodedata

(*.dmap)and*.sdffile.

• TheOutputPathwillbepopulatedwithimagefiles(*.jpg,*.png,or*.tif),bead

locationfiles(*.locs)whensaving*.tifs,scanmetrics(*.txt), andintensitydata

files(*.idat)foreachBeadChip.OutputforeachBeadChipwillbesavedina

subfoldernamedaftertheBeadChip’sbarcodenumber.

NOTE

WhentheiScanSystemisrunningunderLIMS,youcannotchangethe

inputoroutputpaths.ThesepathsaredesignatedbytheLIMSproject

managem entsoftware.RefertotheLIMSProjectManagerGuidefor

instructionsonhowtochangeinputandoutputpathlocations.