The Input Control Panel is found below the Device Control panel. This panel is used for assigning reagents to chips, setting the input type (tube or pipette tip), and running the prime, wash, and recovery commands on the chips.
Input Control Panel
From the input control panel, you are able to set the reagent input source (a tube or a pipette tip) and run the following commands on the hardware:
The Input Toolbar provides you with six dedicated buttons to perform specific TEMPEST operations, which are explained below. You can execute these commands on all chips/inputs at once, or multi-select different chips/inputs and run the commands on select chips, or run commands on one chip/input at a time.
Input Toolbar
Prime All Inputs — Clicking the Prime All Inputs button will prime every chip that has a reagent assigned to it. This operation can only be executed with tube inputs. You can configure the prime volume by going to the Tools menu, selecting Options, selecting the Dispense tab, and editing the Prime volume accordingly.
Prime Selected — Clicking the Prime Selected button primes the selected chip/input with a fixed amount of reagent. Prime Selected only works with pipette tips.
Wash All Inputs — Clicking the Wash All Inputs button will wash every chip that has a reagent listed in the Reagent Input Field. You can configure the wash volume by going to the Tools menu, selecting Options, selecting the Wash tab, and setting the Wash volume accordingly.
Wash Selected — Clicking the Wash Selected button will wash the selected chip, provided that it has a reagent listed in the Reagent Input Field.
Recover All Inputs — Clicking the Recover All Inputs button runs the reagent recovery process on every chip that has a reagent assigned to it in the Reagent Input Field. You can configure the recovery volume by going to the Tools menu, selecting Option, selecting the Wash tab, and then editing the Recovery volume accordingly.
Recover Selected — Clicking the Recover Selected button runs the reagent recovery process on the selected chip(s).
The chip type indicator shows the chip type used in a dispense:
You can set the chip types in the Configuring the TEMPEST Chip.
You will see either yellow lines, a yellow block, or a combination of both on the chip images in the input control panel. A yellow block indicates a commonly-controlled chip — three yellow lines indicates an independently-controlled chip.
To remove reagents from the input control panel, right-click on the reagent. You will be presented with two options:
Important: Recover and wash chips before removing reagents.
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