Bio-Rad TC20™ Automated Cell Counter User Manual

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4. Finally, when you have made all the modifications use the up or down key to reach

Yes or No options for the Save changes? setting.

5. Press Enter to select Yes to save the changes and return to the Home screen, or

select No to return to the Home screen without saving the changes.

Setting Up Automatic Data Export and Sample Naming

In this menu you can enable automatic export of cell image from the most recent

count to a USB flash drive; the image can be viewed on your computer in JPEG format.

You can also use this menu to set sample naming preferences. Enabling sample
name will allow you to select a name consisting of maximum eight alphanumeric

characters. To save time the name selected for the most recent count will automatically

be populated for the next cell count. You can then modify it, for example manually

serialize it. When the automatic name serialization is enabled you can select a

name consisting of maximum six characters, the last two characters are reserved for

automatic numerical serialization. This unique sample name will be used as the JPEG

file name and will be part of the result record listed in the Previous counts.

Important: At each new cell count the image from previous count is replaced by the

image from the most recent count. When the instrument is switched off, the image

from the last count is no longer kept in memory.

If the Data autosave is disabled, then the Sample name and Serialize sample name

features are automatically disabled.

TC20 cell counter checks sample names already saved on the USB flash drive. If a sample

name is already present on the flash drive, then you will be prompted to select another

name. If a USB flash drive is not inserted, you will be prompted to insert it into USB port A.

To enable the sample naming and automatic data export:

1. Press the down arrow key to go to Options from the Home screen, and press Enter.

2. Press the down arrow key to go to Autosave/sample name (Figure 8), and press Enter.

3. Use the up or down arrow key to move through the settings (for example Data

autosave) until you reach the setting

you want to modify. Then press Enter

until you find the correct option (for

example, Enabled, Disabled).

4. Use the up or down arrow key to move

to the next setting to be modified, press
Enter to find the correct option for the

setting.

5. Finally, when you have made all the

modifications use the up or down key

to reach Yes or No options for the
Save changes? setting.

6. Press Enter to select Yes to save

the changes and return to the Home

screen, or select No to return to the
Home screen without saving the changes.

Setting up the TC20 Automated Cell Counter

Fig. 8. Setting up data export and sample naming.