, or press F5 on your keyboard.Executing a plate dispense is simple. Before you proceed, you should have performed the prerequisites.
, or press F5 on your keyboard.
Go to the Tools menu, select Options, and then go to the Scan Barcode and Dispense tab.
Turn on the barcode setting by selecting Yes from the User Barcode list.
Specify the Dispense list directory in which the dispense list file is stored. Make sure that the dispense list directory is correct and the dispense list file names are the same as the actual plate barcodes.
Select barcode action:
Load dispense list: TEMPEST will open the dispense list associated with the barcode. For example, if the barcode reads: ASSY_AA01851A, then it will run using ASSY_AA01851A.dl.txt.
Log barcode: TEMPEST will record barcodes in the dispense log file. In this mode, a dispense list file is used for all plates.
Select the desired action for the TEMPEST to perform if it failed reading the barcode labels from the Action if barcode failed list:
Skip: TEMPEST will skip the plate with the error barcode and place it in the unload position.
Abort: TEMPEST will abort the dispense process if it failed reading the barcode labels.
Prompt: TEMPEST will request you to input the barcode number manually.
Type the number of retries that the barcode scanner will attempt to read a barcode label before announcing an error into the Num of tries barcode scanner option box.
Click Save to save your changes.
Click the Run Dispense button on the Dispense Control Panel, or press F5 on your keyboard.
Once the Dispense Log window appears, click the Run Dispense button to start dispensing.
Note: Click the Stop button 
to abort the dispense process or click the Save button 
to save the dispense log into file.
Dispense Log Window
When the dispense finishes, if you are not planning to dispense more than one plate, you can run reagent recovery to conserve reagent volume (optional), or proceed directly to washing the chips.
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