Operation - Standard Use

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For the Dispense task, press Disp; you see the first parameter screen, Dispense Screen (1).

Press Chge until you see ‘Source: PROBE’, press ENTER to confirm, then press Next.

Press Chge until you see ‘Fraction vol: SAME’, press ENTER to confirm, then press Next.

Key in the number of fractions (up to 99 are possi- ble) to dispense (3 in this example), press ENTER to confirm, then press Next. Key in the ‘Common vol:’ (20), press ENTER to confirm, then press Flow.

At ‘Asp. Flow’, key in a typical flow rate (6), then press the question mark (?) soft-key, press ENTER.

Press Next, key in the flow rate (6), press ENTER; Dispense Screen (5) appears.

Press ESC Dispense Screen (4a) reappears. Press Extra; Dispense Screen (6) appears.

Key in the ‘Extra vol: ’(5), press ENTER to confirm, then press ESC, Dispense Screen (4) reappears.

Press ESC, Dispense Screen (7) appears.

This completes the parameter set for the first task (Dispense). If you need to verify (or change) any of the parameters, you would press the Param key. However, in this example you continue by pressing ADD; Task Selection Screen 2 appears.

Press soft-key for required task: Rinse; you now see the Rinse Screen.

Key in the rinse volume (500), press ENTER. Press ESC; Task Edit Screen appears.

Press ESC, the Save Screen appears.

Press Yes; Run Screen appears (the name of the first task to be run appears, in this example ‘Dispense’); you are now ready to prime the 402, after which you can run the Method that you have just created.

Dispense Screen (1)

Dispense Screen (2)

Dispense Screen (3)

Dispense Screen (4a)

Dispense Screen (4b)

Dispense Screen (5)

Dispense Screen (6)

Dispense Screen (7)

Task Selection Screen 2

Rinse Screen

Task Edit Screen

Save Screen

Essential Steps

Run Screen

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Gilson 402 manual Press ESC, Dispense Screen 7 appears, Run Screen

402 specifications

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