Viewing Instrument Details

You can view your connected instruments as follows:

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As icons in the Recent Instruments section of the Home page

Note: The PTC Tempo 48/48 dual block thermal cycler appears as two instruments, one for each block.

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In list format on the Instruments page

Instrument-specific details are described in the following table.

Column

Description

Type

Icon for the instrument type or series

Model

Specific instrument model (96, Deepwell, 384)

Instrument Name

Name defined on the instrument touch screen

Instrument Status

Instrument status, as identified by the following icons:

Idle — Powered up, online, error free, and ready to execute a run

Offline — Not detectable by BR.io (instrument is shut down or internet connection is lost)

Connecting — BR.io is connecting to the instrument

Running — Executing a run

Paused — Run is paused

Error — Instrument experienced an error

Time remaining

Time remaining to the completion of an in-progress run

Expand and collapse arrows

Icon displayed on the right, indicating expand or collapse the display when you select the instrument row:

Expand to show instrument details and run information
Collapse to hide instrument details and run information

Instrument details

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Serial number

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IN USE BY ANOTHER USER message (if you are not the owner)