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Chapter 2 Using the QX100 Droplet Reader
QX100 Droplet Reader and QuantaSoft Software Instruction Manual
Using QuantaSoft
™
Software
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QuantaSoft software organizes and provides one-click access to the three main
steps of droplet analysis in the left navigation bar, moving you through the entire
workflow:
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Setup — enter information about the samples, assays, and experiments
(see Section 3.1)
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Run — start the run and control the instrument, if needed (see Section 3.2)
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Analyze — compute nucleic acid concentration (see Section 3.3)
QuantaSoft software uses the following file types:
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Template (*.qlt) — user-defined plate layout settings (no data) for reading a
ddPCR plate
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Raw data (*.qlb) — unprocessed data from each well in a ddPCR plate
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Results (*.qlp) — user-defined plate layout settings and processed data for a
ddPCR plate
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Comma-separated values (*.csv) — analyzed data in a format that can be
assessed using other programs, such as Microsoft Excel