LEDs
Various statuses of the instrument are indicated by LEDs illuminating the Safety Shield and the gentleMACS
Tubes.
Color
Green
Blue
Blue
Red
Table 4.3: Overview of LED colors, modes, and status.
4.3.1
Menu tabs
The gentleMACS™ Octo Dissociator with Heaters is controlled using three menus present on the touchscreen of
the instrument.
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Main menu
The
Main menu displays the availability and status of all eight gentleMACS™ Tube positions. Each tube position
is diagrammatically shown as a square panel at the top of the screen. In this user manual, each panel is referred
to as a tube position.
Figure 4.4: Main menu of the gentleMACS Octo Dissociator with Heaters.
The
Main menu is used to assign gentleMACS Programs to each tube position and run the respective process.
Programs can be loaded from a total of eight folders, a
Templates folder, and five User folders. Please refer to section 4.4 for more details.
Editor menu
Editor menu is used to create and edit programs. Moreover, programs are managed here. Links to
The
programs can be added to the
section 4.5 for more details.
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LED
Main menu
mode
Steady
Status of one or more positions is "Free". Note that Editor and Setup menus are
illuminated by a steady green light.
Steady
Status of all eight positions is "Running".
Flashing
Status of one or more positions is "Done".
Flashing
Error occurred on one or more positions.
Favorites folder and programs can be transferred among folders. Please refer to
Favorites folder, a Miltenyi program folder, a