Instruction Manual

Acceptable Gel Combinations Unacceptable Gel Combinations
1 2 1 2
Upper bay A 1miniformatgel 2minior1midi
formatgels
1miniformatgel 2minior1midi
formatgels
Lower bay B 1miniformatgel 2minior1midi
formatgels
2minior1midi
formatgels
1miniformatgel
ThecassettebaysarelabeledAandBforconvenience,andthecassettesarefreelyinterchangeable
betweenthebays.Thereisnopreferenceastowhichbaycontainswhichcassettewhenrunningthe
combinationof1midiand2minigels.Also,onebay(eitherAorB)canremainemptyduringarun.
Table1.Acceptablegeltransfercombinationswhenbothbaysareinuse.
2.1 User Interface
TheuserinterfaceconsistsofanLCDmenuscreenonthefrontofthesystem.Threebuttonsbelowthe
screenareusedtonavigateamongmenuscreens.Threebuttonstotherightofthescreenareforuser
selections.Astandardalphanumerickeypadisusedforinputoftextandnumbers.
FromtheHomemenu,threemodesareavailable:
•NEWmode.Create,run,andsaveanewprotocolforyourproteinofinterest
•LISTmode.SelectfromeitheralistofBio-Radpreprogrammedprotocolsoptimizedforavarietyof
proteinandgeltypesoralistofuser-denedprotocols
•TURBOmode.QuickaccessmenufortransfersofmixedMWproteins(MW5–150kD).Designedfor
efcienttransferofawidevarietyofproteinsoverabroadrangeofmolecularweights
Fig.4.Trans-BlotTurbosystemuserinterface.
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Turbo™BlottingSystem