Bio-Rad Bio-Plex Manager™ MP Software Upgrade - Manual (Page 30)

3 | Running Protocols
28 | Bio-Plex Manager MP Software
Using the Plate Heater
For some experiments, for example nucleic acid testing, you may need to heat and
maintain the temperature of the plate with the MAGPIX plate heater. You can turn
the heater on from any view in Bio-Plex Manager MP and set the temperature of the
plate from 35–60ºC in 0.5º increments.
Note: While the plate temperature is being set, you cannot run your protocol.
To use the plate heater
1. In the dashboard, select the “Plate heater off” checkbox to turn the heater on.
The “Turning on” message appears. When the heater is turned on, Set Temp is
displayed.
2. Use the left- and right-pointing triangles to set the plate temperature.
The temperature can be set from 35–60ºC in 0.5º increments.
When the temperature of the plate falls within range of the set temperature, the
thermometer turns green.
3. When you are done, select Set Temp to turn the heater off.
Running the Protocol
After you create your protocol, you are ready to run it. Refer to Chapter 2, Creating
Protocols for more information on creating protocols.
Note: You can run only protocols created in Bio-Plex Manager MP. You cannot
run protocols created in other versions of Bio-Plex Manager such as
Bio-Plex Manager 6.1.
The data from each run are stored as a result in the Bio-Plex Manager MP database.
Result names must be unique. You can retrieve the data by exporting the result to
Bio-Plex Manager 6.x.