Chapter 17

17.7

Maintenance

Removing air bubbles from the flowcell

If air bubbles form in the flowcell, remove them following the procedure below.

1 Display the maintenance menu.
(➤P.264 "17.2 Displaying the maintenance menu")

2 Click [Remove Flowcell Air Bubbles].
The maintenance name appears in the status area. If you click it, the dialog box appears. Wait until the process
finishes. When the process finishes, the dialog box closes automatically.

17.8

Rinsing the flowcell

If the flowcell clogs or becomes dirty, rinse the flowcell.

1 Make sure that the analysis mode of the status area is [Manual]. If the mode is
set to [AutoLoader], press the mode switch.
The mode changes to [Manual] and the sample tube holder is automatically ejected.

2 Make sure that the instrument is in the ready state.
If the analysis status LED/instrument status shown
in the bottom left corner of the IPU screen does not
light green, wait until it does.

Analysis status
indicator LED

3 Display the maintenance menu.
(➤P.264 "17.2 Displaying the maintenance menu")

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