Bio-Rad S1000™ Thermal Cycler - Manual (Page 20)

S1000 Thermal Cycler Manual
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Deleting a Protocol Step
1. Select EDIT from the main menu. Press ENTER to confirm the selection.
2. Using the arrow keys, select the folder that contains the protocol file to be edited. Press
ENTER to continue to the next screen.
3. Select a protocol step to delete using the arrow keys. Press ENTER to continue editing
the step.
4. Select DEL to delete the selected protocol step. Press ENTER to continue to the next
screen. Notice that the deleted step parameters are replaced with the parameters of the
next step.
5. Confirm the deletion. When prompted with Save changes?, select YES and press
ENTER to delete the step. Alternatively, select NO and press ENTER to return to the
beginning of this step.
Editing a Protocol Step
To change the parameters in existing protocol steps, use the following instructions:
1. Select EDIT from the main menu. Press ENTER to confirm the selection.
2. Using the arrow keys, select the folder that contains the protocol file to be edited. Press
ENTER to continue to the next screen.
3. Select a protocol step to delete using the arrow keys. Press ENTER to continue editing
the step.
4. Select EDIT to delete the selected protocol step. Press ENTER to continue to the next
screen.
TIP: When you first select EDIT, you can edit the parameters in the selected
protocol step. To edit the parameters in a different protocol step, press the arrow
keys to go to that step.
5. Change the first parameter in the step by pressing the keys on the control panel to enter
the temperature. Press ENTER to continue to the next parameter.
6. Change the second parameter in the step by pressing the numeric keys to type a new
parameter. Press ENTER to continue to continue to the next step.
7. Continue editing the existing parameters in each step (optional). Press the up and down
arrow keys to choose an earlier or later step in the protocol.
In Figure 9, the temperature parameter is changed to 70.0°C in step 4.
Figure 9. The temperature parameter is changed to 70.0°C.
Enter new
parameter
in next step