Waste Station

If you want to tell the NT8 to dispose tips, then you need to interact with the Waste Station on the interface. NT8 can also keep track of the waste stations’ state. When it’s nearly full, the system will show a warning message. If you see this message, it is recommended that you clean the waste stations before performing the dispose tip action. This will prevent you from the eject tip failure due to lack of space on the waste station.

Waste Station

Note

The Waste Station is not applicable to Plate Copy tips as these tips are disposed to the HV Tip Caddy after use.

Prerequisite:

• You have already added the Pick Tip command to the task list.

To add the dispose tip command:

1. Double-click the Waste Station.

2. When the below dialog box appears, choose between:

   a. Dispose all tips to the Waste Station. If you select this option, it will be reflected as the Dispose Tips command in the Task List panel. Double-click the Prepare Tips or right-click on the Prepare Tips task and select Edit Item.

   b. Dispose only 4 tips if you want to prepare for a 24-well plate dispensing. This task will be displayed as Prepare Tips in the Task List panel.

   

   Selecting The Number of Tips Prepared for The Task List

   3. Click OK. To edit, right-click this task in the Task List panel and select Edit Item.

Related Topic

• Hardware Overview