Readwell Touch: User Manual

User Manual readwell TOUCH
readwell Touch
ELISA Plate Analyzer
User Manual
Version: RBK 3.500A
ROBONIK (INDIA) PVT. LTD.

Plot No.: A-374, TTC, MIDC Industrial Area,
Mahape, Navi Mumbai – 400 710. (INDIA)
Tel.: +91 (22) – 67829700, Fax : +91 (22) – 67829701
[email protected]
Website-www.robonik.in

Version No. : RBK 3.500A
Effective Date: Mar, 2014 Page 1 of 116
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. GENERAL INFORMATION.................................................................................................. 5
1.1. WARRANTY INFORMATION ........................................................................................................ 5

1.2. TECHNICAL SERVICE ................................................................................................................. 5
1.3. CONTACTS ................................................................................................................................. 5
2. GENERAL SAFETY WARNINGS......................................................................................... 6
2.1. DANGER – WARNINGS SYMBOLS:............................................................................................... 6

2.2. USE OF THE INSTRUMENT .......................................................................................................... 7
3. INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................... 8
3.1. DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................. 8

3.2. SPECIAL FEATURES ................................................................................................................... 8
3.3. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION OF READWELL TOUCH: .............................................................. 10
4. PACKAGING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE.................................................................. 11
4.1. GENERAL WARNINGS .............................................................................................................. 11

4.2. PACKAGING ............................................................................................................................. 11
4.3. INSTRUMENT TRANSPORTATION .............................................................................................. 11
4.4. STORAGE OF INSTRUMENT ....................................................................................................... 11
5. INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION............................................................................................
5.1. INSTRUMENT WORKING PRINCIPLE .............................................................................................

5.2. PERSPECTIVE VIEW ................................................................................................................. 13
5.2.1. FRONT VIEW: ..................................................................................................................... 14
5.2.2. REAR VIEW: ....................................................................................................................... 14
5.3. KEYPAD ................................................................................................................................... 14
6. INSTALLATION PROCEDURE & VERIFICATION CRITERIA................................... 17
6.1. UNPACKING INSTRUCTIONS ..................................................................................................... 17

6.2. PLACING THE INSTRUMENT...................................................................................................... 17
6.3. POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................. 17
6.4. PROTECTIVE GROUNDING ........................................................................................................ 17
6.5. PRINTER .................................................................................................................................. 17

6.6. START UP INSTRUCTIONS ......................................................................................................... 19

6.8. MICRO TITER PLATE CARRIAGE .............................................................................................. 21
6.9. PLATE LOADING & PIPETTING PROCEDURE ............................................................................. 21
6.10. READINGS CHECK ................................................................................................................. 22
7. PRECAUTIONS...................................................................................................................... 23
8. PROGRAMMING MODES................................................................................................... 24
8.1. ABSORBANCE MODE ............................................................................................................... 24

8.2. SINGLE STANDARD .................................................................................................................. 26
8.3. CUT OFF MODE ....................................................................................................................... 27
8.4. REVERSE CUT OFF MODE ........................................................................................................ 43
8.5. MULTI STANDARD MODE: ....................................................................................................... 44
8.6. PERCENTAGE ABSORBANCE .................................................................................................... 56
8.7. UPTAKE ................................................................................................................................... 56
8.8. KINETIC ................................................................................................................................... 57
9. RECALLING AND RUNNING OF STORED TEST/PROGRAMS...................................58
9.1. ABSORBANCE MODE: .............................................................................................................. 59

9.2. CUT OFF MODE ........................................................................................................................ 63
9.2. A. INVALID ASSAY IN CUT OFF MODE .................................................................................... 68
9.3. MULTI STANDARD MODE ........................................................................................................ 70
9.3. A. INVALID ASSAY IN MULTI STANDARD MODE ..................................................................... 80
10. RERUNNING ACCEPTED TESTS / PROGRAMS.......................................................... 81
11. SAMPLE AND SAMPLE DUPLICATE............................................................................. 85
12. PATIENT IDENTITY / SAMPLE IDENTITY ENTRY.................................................... 87
13. SAVE PLATE AND SAVE RESULTS................................................................................ 90
14. VIEW STORED DATA......................................................................................................... 92
15. UTILITIES.......................................................................................................................... 95
15.1. DATE & TIME SETTING .......................................................................................................... 95

15.2. PROGRAM FILTER .................................................................................................................. 96
15.3. PRINTER ON / OFF SETTING: .................................................................................................. 96
15.4. ENTER CLINIC NAME:............................................................................................................ 97
15.5. SHAKER (PLATE SHAKING MODE)......................................................................................... 97
15.6. COMMUNICATION SETTINGS:............................................................................................... 100
15.8. INSTALL USB DRIVER:........................................................................................................ 100
15.9. AUTO PRINT: ON................................................................................................................. 101
15.10. PASSWORD: ................................................................................................................... 101
16. SERIAL COMMUNICATION...........................................................................................108
16.1. SEND RESULTS .................................................................................................................... 109

16.2. SEND TEST RECORDS........................................................................................................... 111
16.3. RECEIVE TEST RECORDS ..................................................................................................... 112
17. TECHNICAL DIAGNOSIS................................................................................................115
17.1. CLEAR MEMORY ................................................................................................................. 110

17.2. LAMP AMPLITUDE ............................................................................................................... 110
17.3. PRINTER SELF TEST ............................................................................................................. 112
19. DECONTAMINATION..................................................................................................... 115
19.1. DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURE ........................................................................................ 115

19.2. PURPOSE OF DECONTAMINATION ........................................................................................ 115
19.3. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ................................................................................................ 115
19.4. PROCEDURE ......................................................................................................................... 115
20. SAFETY CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE.......................................................................... 116
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1. Warranty Information
Each Instrument is completely tested and guaranteed for twelve months from delivery
The warranty applies to all the mechanical and electrical parts. It is valid only for proper
installation, use and maintenance in compliance with the instructions given in this manual.
ROBONIK will, at its discretion repair or replace parts, which may be found defective in the
warranty period. The warranty does not include any responsibility for direct or indirect personal
and material damages, caused by improper use or maintenance of the instrument.
Parts that are inherently subject to deterioration are excluded from the warranty. In case of
defects due to misuse of the instrument, any travel and man-hour expenses will be charged extra.
In case of tenders warranty would be as per tender terms and conditions.
1.2. Technical Service

ROBONIK is always accessible to the customers for any kind of information about installation,
use, maintenance and others. When asking for service, please refer to this manual and report the
data reported on the identification label (serial number).
Only qualified technicians are entitled to repair instruments. The user should carry out ordinary
maintenance.
The technical service of ROBONIK or an authorized service center with specialized technicians,
with suitable instrumentation and original spare parts only, is always available for extraordinary
maintenance (repair), under a yearly maintenance contract or on specific demand.
1.3. Contacts
Manufacturer: European Authorized Representative
ROBONIK (INDIA) PVT LTD Obelis s.a
A-374, TTC, MIDC Industrial Area, 34, Av. de Tervuren, bte 44
MAHAPE, NAVI MUMBAI – 400 710 B-1040 Brussels, BELGIUM
INDIA Tel: (32) 2. 732. 59. 54
Fax: (32) 2. 732. 60. 03
Tel: +91-22-67829700, E-Mail: [email protected]
Fax: +91-22-67829701
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.robonik.in
2. GENERAL SAFETY WARNINGS

2.1.Danger – warnings symbols:
The following symbols are used to inform the user of the safety rules.
This symbol indicates generic danger. It means that, serious damage can occur to the
operator if described precautions are not observed.
This symbol indicates HIGH ELECTRIC VOLTAGE. It is dangerous to touch any part
having this label. Only qualified operators can access these components, after
unplugging the instrument from the Supply.
This symbol indicates that the instrument involves the handling of samples, which can
be infected (urine or human serum). In this condition, infection or contamination
might occur. Pay attention to the general safety warnings when in presence of such
biological substances. Use Protective clothes, gloves and glasses.
This symbol in the user manual indicates that damages to the instrument or erroneous
results could occur if the given warnings are not followed.
This symbol indicates a portion, which is particularly important, and should be studied
carefully.
This symbol indicates a Protective Earth or Ground terminal.
General Symbols
Symbol for “Manufacturer”
Symbol for “ IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL DEVICE”
Symbol for “AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY”
2.2. Use of the Instrument
1. The instrument has to be used for the designed purposes under specified conditions,
following proper procedures and safety rules by qualified personnel.
2. This manual contains instructions for operation performed by qualified personnel.
3. A qualified user has to make sure that environmental condition is suitable, the installation
is correct, the use and maintenance are proper according to the general safety rules as well
as to the particular precautions described in the manual. (However, he is not entitled
to repair the instrument)
4. A qualified technician is entitled to maintain and repair the instrument using the original
spare parts according to the given instructions.
5. Maintain room temperature and humidity as specified in the manual.
6. If the instrument is not used as described in the manual, the protection provided by the
instrument may be impaired.
7. Alterations to the instrument are prohibited. The user is liable for any improper
modification to the instrument, and for the deriving consequences.
8. Contact the MANUFACTURER service or authorized service center in case the instrument
need extraordinary maintenance. Specialized technicians who will be able to repair the
instrument using original spare parts will carry out the maintenance.
9. This IVD equipment complies with the emission and immunity requirements as per
IEC61326 series.
10. Warning: This equipment has been designed and tested to CISPER11 Class A. In a
domestic environment it may cause radio interference, in which case, you may need to
take measures to mitigate the interference."
11. An advisory that the electromagnetic environment should be evaluated prior to operation of
the device.
Warning: Do not use this device in close proximity to sources of strong electromagnetic
radiation (e.g. unshielded international RF sources), as these may interfere with the
proper operation.
3. INTRODUCTION
3.1. Description
readwell TOUCH is a user friendly micro plate Analyser. It is compact & lightweight. It is
designed to measure and interpret enzyme immunoassay results, both monochromatically
and bichromatically. It is intended for in vitro diagnostic use.
3.2. Special Features

The readwell TOUCH can accommodate a flat bottom as well as a round configuration.
The carriage is designed in a way that the plate automatically moves smoothly and
positions itself accurately in the optical measurement path. Readings are taken
continuously. The average value is calculated and results are presented according to the
option selected.
The readwell TOUCH operates on a WIDE voltage (90-270 volt). This eliminates the need
for an external voltage stabilizer.
The readwell TOUCH has a special provision, which allows it to be used even when a
printer is not available. Readings can be conveniently noted down manually.
The other special features of readwell TOUCH are as follows:

• Option of Lamp saving mode.
• Selection of both primary and secondary filters.
• Latest technology with battery backup for 250 tests, and more than 2500 results.
• Robust built in 52-column thermal printer with 384 stationary heads.
• Unique circuitry for long lamp life.
• Alphanumeric Patients ID entry.
• Editing of saved tests.
• Human machine user interface: Touch panel, Keypad
• Multi-standard curve up to 12 standard calibrations with one blank optional.
• Access to test by touch of key.
• Capability to connect to 80-column printer for direct report printout.
• Blank is optional.
• Setting of the Date and Time.
• Capable of storing, deleting and recalling tests.
• Multiple calibrator modes.
• Selection of duplicates for both calibrators and samples.
• Extensive software for Cut Off mode.
• Selection of Positive, Equivocal, Negative cut-off.
• Several pre-programmed calculation modes will help to facilitate data processing

of enzyme immunoassays. These are menu driven modes for simple and error
free operations.
9 ABSORBANCE MODE
9 SINGLE STANDARD MODE
9 CUT-OFF MODE
9 MULTISTANDARD MODE
9 % ABSORBANCE MODE
9 UPTAKE
9 KINETIC
3.3. Technical Specification of readwell TOUCH:

Human Machine Interface TOUCH PANEL / KEYPAD
Linear measurement range 0.000 to 3.000 Absorbance Units (A)
Photometric Accuracy ± 2% or 0.007 whichever is higher, from 0 to 1.5 A
± 3% from 1.5 A to 3.0 A
Drift <0.005 A/hr
Photometric Linearity 2.5 A
Optical measurement 8 Channel
Filters
Type of filter Narrow band Interference
Wave Length 405nm, 450nm, 492nm, 630nm, with two optional
filters namely – 560, and YYY (editable)
Half Bandwidth 10nm ± 2nm
Selection Automatic by Stepper Motor
Light Source Tungsten halogen lamp, 20 Watts
Display 6” Graphics LCD, Negative, Blue Transmissive,
Curve Plotting STN 320 x 240 dots
Graphical Representation on Printer
Plate Carrier Movement Precisely through the stepper motor
Printer Built in Thermal Printer 52 columns
Memory Battery backup supporting 2500 open channels
64 KB Non Volatile RAM
Analysis Mode Absorbance
Single Standard
Cut-off
Multi-Standard
% Absorbance
Uptake
Kinetic
Connectivity / RS232 Serial Port / USB 9600 baud, 8 data, 1 stop, no parity bits / USB
Power
Wattage
Voltage 75 Watts
115-230 Volt ± 10%, 50/60 Hz
Operation Position On horizontal flat, rigid and vibration free surface
Operating Conditions
Temperature
Relative Humidity From + 18°C to 35°C
Up to 80%
Storage Conditions From -10°C to 40°C
Temperature
Relative Humidity Up to 80%
Enclosure ABS Fire Retardant
Size (cm) 36 x 36 x 22 (lxbxh)
Weight (Approx.) 10 Kg
4. PACKAGING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE
4.1. General Warnings

Instrument has to be decontaminated before packing for transportation.
4.2. Packaging
Packaging is needed whenever the instrument is to be transported or shipped by
courier or other purposes.
To pack the instrument the following instructions has to be followed:
1. Decontaminate the instrument as explained on decontamination chapter of this manual.
2. Put the instrument into the original packaging box; Instrument has to be properly
protected by plastic protective material. Put copy of Safety clearance certificate
(copy of Safety clearance certificate is attached at the end of this manual)
3. Mark the packaging with address, instrument identification and warning labels
4.3. Instrument Transportation

The transportation of the instrument in unpacked condition must be limited within the
room where it is used, to avoid damage.
4.4. Storage of Instrument

Before storing the instrument for a long period, pack it carefully as described above
and store indoors.
Relative humidity has to be less than 85%, and temperature between -10ºC and 40ºC.
5. INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION
5.1. Instrument Working Principle:
• Switch on and program the instrument.
• Place the plate firmly onto the carriage.
• Start the test, the plate will be conveyed inside and strip is placed precisely below the
optical path. The measurement is carried out step by step.
• At the end of the cycle the results can be printed or user can save the plate data
• Results are also available at the RS232 Serial Port / USB Port.
On starting the test, the plate will be conveyed into the instrument.
Plate is moved in step by step by a well-controlled mechanism & each well is positioned
precisely below the optical path. Optical density of each well is measured as explained
below. Based on selected programming mode, sophisticated algorithms are used for
analyzing the measured value & presenting the same on the printer, display & RS232 Serial
Port / USB Port for computer Interface.
The following diagram represents the main functional elements of the instrument:
White light produced by the lamps is focused into a beam by the lens & passes through the
sample. Part of the light is absorbed by the sample & the remaining light is transmitted. It is
filtered by interference filters & focused onto the photodiodes. The photodiode converts the
received light in to an electrical signal which is in-turn transformed into digital form, from
which the microprocessor calculates the absorbance, taking in account of the blank &
bichromatic selection.
5.2. Perspective View
5.2.1. Front View:
Printer
Keypad
Touch Screen
Plate Carrier/ Holder
5.2.2. Rear View:

Ext. Printer connection
Contrast knob
Serial RS232 O/P
Cooling Fan On / Off switch

SMPS
USB output
1) Contrast Knob-use to adjust display contrast

2) Serial RS232 output
3) Cooling Fan
4) USB output
5) ON/OFF switch
6) SMPS
7) External printer connection
5.3. Keypad
1) ‘YES’ key is used to select any ‘YES’ option on screen directly.

2) ‘NO’ key is used to select any ‘NO’ option on screen directly.
3) ‘PRINT’ key is used to get a printout of current screen displayed.
4) ‘FEED’ key is used for directly accessing the RUN screen of the selected test.
5) Navigation keys are used to select any option available on current screen.
6) ‘ENTER’ key is used to run any option selected by navigation keys.
7) ‘ESC’ key is used for escaping from any screen.
8) ‘HOME’ key is used for directly accessing the shaking mode (ie. SHAKER)
(refer 15.5 for more details on SHAKER)
(Note: Functions based on HOME & FEED keys operates only when it is in List Test screen or
the first screen after initializing)
readwell TOUCH 01/03/14

Clinic name / Serial Number MENU
Select Test
1. HBSAg 6. PER_ABS RUN / SEL
2. HCVAb 7. CRP PRINT
3. UPT 8. KIN NEXT
4. TSH 9. SIN PREV
5. CPC 10. CP DEL
PLATE
DATA
User can select “List Test” screen as shown below-

MAIN MENU TEST OPERATIONS
1 Test Operations ESC 1 Select Test By Name ESC
2 Technical Diagnosis 2 Select Test By Mode
3 Utilities 3 Select Test By Number
4 View Plate 4 List Tests
5 Serial Communication 5 Add New Test
Select Test ESC

1 HBSAg S
2 HCVAb M RUN / SEL
3. UPT U
4. TSH M PRINT
5. CPC C
6. PER_ABS P NEXT
7. ABS A
8. KIN K PREV
9. SIN S
10 CP C DEL
PLATE
DATA
Select “FEED” button present on the keypad. It will display following screen for selecting the
particular test. In this way user can directly run the selected test by just entering the valid test no.
Select Test ESC Name: ABS NORM – ABSORBANCE
1 HBSAg S Pri : 450 Sec : 0 BL N
2 HCVAb M RUN / SEL
ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS
3. UPT U
4. TSH M PRINT 1 2 3 4 5 6
5. CPC C
6. PER_ABS P NEXT
7. ABS A
8. KIN K PREV
9. SIN S ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS
10 CP C DEL 7 8 9 10 11 12
Numeric Value: 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
Is Plate Loaded ? YES / NO
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
6. INSTALLATION PROCEDURE & VERIFICATION

CRITERIA
6.1. Unpacking Instructions
Check accessories as per packing list.
Kindly store all packaging materials so as to use it to repack and ship for maintenance
or servicing.
6.2. Placing the Instrument

The instrument has to be placed on a level bench.
Room temperature has to be between 10 to 35ºC with a relative humidity below 85%.
Protect the instrument from direct sunshine.
6.3. Power Supply Requirements

Plug the instrument into a power source by the locally available approved plug in cable.
Power cord should be CE, CSA, and UL marked.
115 - 230 Volt ± 10%, 50-60 Hz
6.4. Protective Grounding

Please make sure that electrical power source is properly grounded.
6.5. Printer
“READWELL TOUCH”, an ELISA Analyser is equipped with a built in 52 columns easy
load Thermal printer. Procedure to load the paper is as follows:
Opening the Paper Cover:

Slide the LEVER towards back of the printer to open lock of the Paper Cover.
Closing the Paper Cover + replacement of paper roller:

Open the Paper Flap .
Remove the paper roller from the slot.
Now place the Thermal side of the paper roll at the top into the slot provided and then close the
paper flap in the direction as shown in the following figure, till you get the locking sound. Use
Thumb impressions to push the cover .
Press the paper feed switch until the paper feeds straight and smoothly.
HINT:
When the paper is set correctly and when the closing of the paper cover is proper the FEED LED
will not glow.
It keeps on flashing when the data is being printed.
When the paper is almost finished, red lines appear on both sides of the paper.
6.6. Start up Instructions

Switch on the instrument.
The instrument initializes all the parameters internally and carries out a power on self-test
During Initializing it displays the string: “Please wait system initializing.”
It will display the ADDRESS screen after completing the initialization.
ROBONIK (INDIA) PVT LTD
A-374, TTC, MIDC Industrial Area,
MAHAPE, NAVI MUMBAI – 400 710
INDIA
Tel: +91-22-67829700,
Fax: +91-22-67829701
The instrument will print the model name “readwell TOUCH”, Version number, Clinic Name,
current Date with Time.
readwell TOUCH 01/03/14
Clinic name / Serial Number MENU
Select Test
1. HBSAg 6. PER_ABS RUN / SEL
2. HCVAb 7. ABS PRINT
3. UPT 8. KIN NEXT
4. TSH 9. SIN PREV
5. CPC 10. CP DEL
PLATE
DATA
User can select a saved test by first touching the required “Test Name” on the screen and
then touch the “SEL” option to carry out further operation on the test.
“RUN” option is used to directly run the selected test.
“DEL”: Deletes the selected test.
If the numbers of tests are more than 10, “NEXT” and “PREV” options can be used for
browsing through the list pages.
“PRINT”: For printing the test screen.
“MENU” used to select Main menu screen.
p"PLATE DATA” this option helps the user to view the Plate Results easily by selecting
this option present on the screen.
6.7. Touch Panel Check

READWELL TOUCH provides a Touch sensitive LCD panel and a KEYPAD for easy
user interface.
The Menus are displayed and the text of the parameter forms the TOUCH ZONE.
Touch screen Layout
Name: POS- CutOff ESC

Pri: 405 Sec: 0 SAVE
No Factor QC QCVal Mes. Rem
BL 0 N
NC 0 1.000 N
PC 0 1.000 N
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.000
CUTABS:
QC1 N Interpretation :
QC2 N Greyzone % (N)
QC3 N Cut off Index (Y)
QC4 N Range Pos: 0.000
Neg: 0.000
Above is the generic representation of a Test Screen. The Highlighted zones are TOUCH
ZONES, which are active. On touching the “Touch Zone” of a parameter, a sub menu/menu is
displayed or the requested action is carried out. The rest of the “Touch Zone” is deactivated.
For Example: To activate the selection

Enter the primary filter value to touch any point in the shaded area “Pri” on the LCD screen.
On proper selection the analyser responds with blinking of the parameter text and also the
TOUCH ZONE and a submenu is displayed.
To enter Test Name: Touching the “Name” touch zone provides an alphanumeric screen.
Enter the Test name by touching the Touch zone of that variable. The selected value blinks and
is displayed next to the parameter.
Selection Indicator
Selected on screen item is shown in a shaded background. When the screen first displays, the
default selection is shown. Pressing a selection either highlights that item or activates it.
6.8. Micro Titer Plate Carriage
The instrument is provided with a micro titer plate carriage to move the micro titer plate inside.
This carriage is driven by stepper motor with timing belt. It places each well of plate exactly
below the optical path of each channel. The plate carrier is moved by a well controlled stepper
motor drive.
6.9. Plate Loading & Pipetting Procedure

Controls and Sample pipetting procedure in case of CUT OFF:
Maximum number of Blanks = 5
Maximum number of Controls:
1. Negative Control = 05
2. Positive Control = 05
3. Low Positive Control = 05
Pipetting sequence should be as shown below.
6.10. Readings Check

Checking of readings should be done through controls reading within range specified in data
sheet of controls (care should be taken while preparing and pipetting controls and reagents,
reagent and control expiry dates need to be checked).
7. PRECAUTIONS
1.Do not use any sharp objects on the Touch Screen. Always use the STYLUS provided
to operate the touch panel.
2.Always check for proper grounding before installation. Never operate the instrument
when ground wire is removed.
3. Do not attempt to open the instrument and make repairs without proper technical
training. Do not allow unauthorized persons to operate or repair the instrument.
4. Use a clean plate and follow the instructions for blanking and standardizing. Do not
read any wells containing bubbles or dust particles.
5. The volume of sample, calibrators and blanks should be identical for correct readings.
The absorbance is proportionate to the path length. Pipetting should also be proper.
6. Monitoring of the printed values or displayed values during operation may help detect
an error. Check the linearity and calibration of the instrument regularly against some
standard reference.
7. Check the micro wells before use. They should be scratch-free. The micro well track in
the READWELL TOUCH has been designed in such a way that the micro wells are
totally protected from scratches.
8.Recheck the reading of high OD (above 2A).
9. Place Plate carefully on the tray.

10. Ensure that the main power switch is in OFF position before connecting.
11. Plug the instrument to the AC mains. Confirm proper grounding for trouble
free operation.
12. Connect the printer only when the instrument is OFF.
8. PROGRAMMING MODES
8.1. Absorbance Mode

In this mode the instrument gives only absorbance values of all wells of the respective plate.
Programming a New Test:
A. Select “Test Operation” B. Select “Add New Test”
2 Technical Diagnosis 2 Select Test By Mode
3 Utilities 3 Select Test By Number
5 Serial Communication 5 Add New Test
C. Select mode of operation “Absorbance” in “Add New Test”
Select Test Mode ESC
1> Absorbance 0
2> Single Standard 0
3> Cut off 0
4> Multi Standard 0
5> Percent Absorbance 0
6> Uptake 0
7> Kinetic 0
D. Enter “Test Name”

NORM – ABSORBANCE NORM – ABSORBANCE
Name : BL N ESC Name:
Pri : 405 Sec : 0 ABS
A B C D E F G H
NORM I J K L M N O P ENTER
MODE Q R S T U V W X CLEAR
DIFF Y Z , - + _ 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
E. Select primary and secondary filter

NORM – ABSORBANCE
Name: ABS BL N ESC Pri: 405 ESC
Pri : 405 Sec : 0 Sec: 0
NORM
MODE Select Filter Val:
DIFF 0 405 450

492 630 NA
NA 560 YYY
F. If blank is required select “BL”
NORM – ABSORBANCE
Name : ABS BL Y ESC
If you select “BL Y”, it will read
first well first strip ‘A1’ as a blank
Pri : 450 Sec : 0 SAVE
and subtract the absorbance of blank
NORM
well from all other well’s
MODE absorbance.
DIFF
G. In absorbance mode there are two modes of operations

Normal Absorbance Mode: Instrument gives the absorbance of each and every well.
Select touch zone “NORM”.
Differential Absorbance Mode: Instrument shows the difference of absorbance between odd
number wells and even number wells. For Example,- Strip 1- Strip 2, Strip 3 - Strip 4, Strip 5 -
Strip 6. For this Mode select touch zone “DIFF”.
In Normal Mode In Differential Mode
NORM – ABSORBANCE DIFF – ABSORBANCE
Name: BL N ESC Name: ESC
Pri : 405 Sec : 0 SAVE Pri : 405 Sec : 0 SAVE
NORM NORM
MODE MODE
DIFF DIFF
8.2. Single Standard

In this mode the instrument accepts the calibrator singly or in duplicate and then calculates the
concentration based on the single point standard curve passing through the point 0.000
A single calibrator/standard of a known concentration is used to calibrate the instrument so that the
concentration of unknown samples can be calculated according to Beer’s Law. The absorbance are
read at user selected wavelengths. If Blank is selected, instrument will automatically blank on the
first well and subtract its absorbance from each subsequent well. The second well is treated as the
calibrator/standard well. The third well is also treated as calibrator/standard well if the
calibrator/standard is in duplicate.
CALCULATION:
Sample Concentration = (Calibrator concentration /Calibrator Abs.) x Sample Abs
Name: SIN_STD SINGLE STANDARD
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 BL Y 0.000 CAL 1 ESC
DUP N DUP N SAVE
HI CO : N High> Low<
LO CO: N High> Low<
Interpret’n: N Range High>

Low<
Entry of all the parameters is similar to Multi standard mode (Please refer Multi standard for entry
of parameters)

8.3. Cut Off Mode

In this mode Cut-Off point is determined for interpretation of specimens as per formula given in
the reagent manual. The negative controls are read followed by the positive controls, Cut-off
control, low positive control. Blanking on the first well is optional. The instrument calculates the
average of the negative controls and the average of the positive control, Cut-off controls and Low
positives are also calculated.
A. Select “Add New Test”
TEST OPERATIONS ESC
1 Select Test By Name
2 Select Test By Mode
3 Select Test By Number
4 List Tests
5 Add New Test
B. Select mode of operation “Cut-Off” in “Add New Test”
Select Test Mode ESC
1> Absorbance 0
2> Single Standard 0
3> Cut off 0
4> Multi Standard 0
5> Percent Absorbance 0
6> Uptake 0
7> Kinetic 0

C. Entry of test name

Select touch Zone “Name:”
Name: POS- CutOff

Pri: 405 Sec: 0 ESC
No Factor QC QCVal Mes. Rem SAVE
BL 0 N
NC 0 1.000 N
PC 0 1.000 N
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.000
CUTABS:
QC4 N Range Pos : 0.000
Neg : 0.000
Alphanumerical characters will appears on the screen as shown below after touching “Name” on
the screen. Enter the name of the test by selecting the individual characters one by one. After
selecting all the characters select Enter option in touch screen for confirmation of test Name.
Name: POS- CutOff
HBSAG
A B C D E F G H
I J K L M N O P ENTER
Q R S T U V W X CLEAR
Y Z , - + _ 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

D. Selection of Primary and secondary filters.

Select zone “Pri:” on the touch screen
Name: HBSAG POS- CutOff
Pri: 405 Sec: 0 ESC Pri: 450 ESC
No Factor QC QCVal Mes. Rem SAVE Sec: 630
BL 0 N
NC 0 1.000 N
PC 0 1.000 N Select Filter Val:
LC 0 1.000 N 0 405 450
CC 0 1.000 N 492 630 NA
CUTFAC: 0.000 NA 560 YYY
CUTABS:
Select the required filters either Monochromatic
QC1 N Interpretation : or Bichomatic by selecting the filter values from
QC2 N Greyzone % (N) ‘Select Filter Val’ region
Neg : 0.000
E. According to the reagent manual, change Blank, NCs, PCs to ‘YES’ for QC check.
Pri: 450 Sec: 630 ESC
BL 0 N
NC 0 1.000 N
PC 0 1.000 N
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.000
CUTABS:
Neg : 0.000

F. Entry of Blank and Blank QC values

Select “BL” to enter blank details.

BL 0 Y 0.000 0.000
NC 0 1.000 Y 0.000 0.000
PC 0 1.000 Y 0.000 0.000
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.000
CUTABS:
Neg : 0.000
G. After selecting “BL”, enter total number of blanks by selecting No. of Blanks.
(Maximum 5 blank).
No. of Blanks = 1 ESC
Values Of BL <= 0.000
Numeric Value: 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
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H. Enter the QC value of the blank by selecting the touch Zone “Values of BL <=”
No. of Blanks = 1 ESC
Values Of BL <= 0.000
Numeric Value: 0.100

1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
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I. Entry of Negative control and its QC values

Select touch Zone “NC”
BL 1 Y 0.100
NC 0 1.000 Y
PC 0 1.000 Y
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.000
CUTABS:
QC1 N Interpretation:
Neg: 0.000
J. Enter Number of Negative controls by selecting touch Zone “No. of NC’s” (maximum 5
Negative Controls). Enter the QC value of the Negative Control by selecting the touch Zone
“Value of NC” and enter the value of X given in the reagent manual by selecting Zone
“Values Of X”.
No. of NC’s = 3 ESC

Values Of X = 1.000
Value of NC <= 0.150
Numeric Value
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
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K. After the entry of “No. of NC’s”, select ESC. The below screen will appear on the display.

BL 1 Y 0.100
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150
PC 0 1.000 Y
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.000
CUTABS:
Neg : 0.000
L. Entry of Positive Controls (PC).

Select touch Zone “PC”.

BL 1 Y 0.100
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150
PC 0 1.000 Y
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.000
CUTABS:
Neg : 0.000

M. After selecting “No. of PC’s”, the screen below will appear on the display. Enter number
of Positive Controls by Selecting Zone “No. of PC’s” (Maximum 5). Enter the QC value of
the Positive Control by selecting the touch Zone “Value of PC >=” and enter the value of Y
given in the reagent manual by selecting Zone “Values Of Y”.
No. of PC’s = 2 ESC

Values Of Y= 1.000
Value of PC >= 0.500
Numeric Value:
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
N. After entering the details of PCs, escape from the screen by selecting “ESC” option.
Below screen will appear on the display:

BL 1 Y 0.100
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150
PC 2 1.000 Y 0.500
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.000
CUTABS:
Neg : 0.000
NOTE: Same way you can enter values for LC (lower positive controls) and CC (Cut of
Controls)

O. Entry of CUT-OFF FACTOR:

Select touch Zone “CUT FAC” in order to enter the value for Cut Off Factor.

BL 1 Y 0.100
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150
PC 2 1.000 Y 0.500
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.000
CUTABS:
Neg: 0.000
After selecting the “CUTFAC”, it will display following screen.

ESC ESC
Value of Cut Factor = 0.000 Value of Cut Factor = 0.200
Numeric Value:
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
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Enter the Value for Cut Off Factor and select ESC
option to come out to the test parameter screen.

P. Entry of Cut off absorbance equation:

Select touch Zone “CUTABS”
BL 1 Y 0.100
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150
PC 2 1.000 Y 0.500
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.200
CUTABS:
Neg : 0.000
After selecting the “CUTABS” below screen will come on the display.
CUTABS: ESC
CUT ABS = NC + PC + CF
CUTABS: ESC
NC PC LC CC CF ENTER
+ - , * % CLEAR
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Sqrt Lg ALg Ln ALn Abs
For entering the CUTABS equation, user has to

select CUTABS present on the screen. Now enter the equation as given in the reagent manual or else
select ESC option in order to come out of the CUTABS screen.
Whereas, NC = Mean of NCs * Factor X Sqrt = Square root

PC = Mean of PCs * Factor Y Lg = LOG Aln = Anti Natural LOG
LC = Mean of LCs * Factor W Ln = Natural LOG
CC = Mean of CCs * Factor Z Abs. = any absolute value
CF = Cut off Factor ALg = Anti LOG

For Example :
For equation CUT OFF ABS = (0.45 * NC) + (0.35 * PC) + 0.10, the formula can be entered in
two ways.
1. Enter the values as it is i.e. CUTABS = (0.45*NC) + (0.35*PC) + 0.010. Keep the multiplication
factors X, Y, W, Z of controls NC, PC, CC and LC a constant number ‘01’. (Numbers,
mathematical functions and symbols for NC, PC, CC, LPC can be selected from the screen).
OR
2. In second method the formula can be entered as CUT ABS = NC + PC + CF. (Since the Value of
X, Y, Z, W is entered in the QC option of NC, PC, CC, LPC and Cut off factor in the CUT FAC
option, there is no need to enter the same data again). Means here Multiplication Factor for NC =
X = 0.45
Multiplication factor for PC = Y = 0.35 and the value of cut of factor = CUT FAC = 0.100.
This is because here NC = Mean of NCs * Factor X, PC = Mean of PCs * Factor Y as mentioned
above.
If ‘CUTOFF ABS’ = (NC + PC) / 6. This can be entered as it is CUTABS = (NC + PC) / 6 by
keeping the multiplication factors X, Y, W, Z of controls NC, PC, CC and LC a constant number
‘01’.
OR
As you know in mathematics (NC + PC) / 6 = (NC / 6) + (PC / 6) =

(1/6) * NC + (1/6) * PC = (0.166 * NC) + (0.166 * PC),
So, you can enter same equation as CUT ABS = NC + PC, by entering
Multiplication Factor for NC = X = 0.166, multiplication factor for PC = Y = 0.166.
This is because here NC = Mean of NCs * Factor X, PC = Mean of PCs * Factor Y as mention
above.

Q. QC1, QC2, QC3 & QC4. can be used for any QC Checking of the test provided in reagent
manual.
For example some kit may give QC check equation like| PCx – NCx |> 0.500,
PC / NC > 15, etc. This equation can be entered by selecting these QC options. Select touch zone
‘N’. It will change to ‘Y’, as shown in the below screen. Now select touch zone ‘QC1’ and enter
QC equation.
BL 1 Y 0.100
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150
PC 2 1.000 Y 0.500
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.200
CUTABS: NC + PC + CF
QC1 > Y Interpretation :
Neg : 0.000

Enter equation of QC and value of QC check by selecting touch zone ‘QC1 Value’ & ‘QC1 equat’.
Enter QC Value and Equation: Enter QC Value and Equation:

QC1 Value: 0.000 ESC QC1 Value: 0.500
QC1 Equat : QC1 Equat :
Numeric Value
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
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Enter QC Value and Equation:

QC1 Value: 0.000 ESC
QC1 Equat
QC Equat: PC – NC
NC PC LC CC SA ENTER
+ - , * % CLEAR
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Sqrt Log ALog Ln ALn Abs
Same way you can enter QC equations for QC2, QC3 and QC4.
*NOTE:
On screen it is mentioned that “QC1 > Y”. In most of the reagent inserts it is mentioned that QC
value should be greater than some constant value. Sometimes in the box insert it is mentioned that
the value should be less than some constant value. In such case, you can change the symbol from
“QC1 > Y” to “QC1 < Y”, only by selecting a symbol of comparison.
If any QC check is selected to ‘YES’ option, the system will not save the test without entering the
QC equation and QC check value of equation.

R. Interpretation of samples
Enter RANGE for interpretation of results either in percentage (Greyzone) or positive and negative
values of INDEX, as a ratio of (Sample Abs. / Cutoff Abs.). If Cutoff Index range or Greyzone is
not mentioned do not enter any values. Instrument will do the interpretation with references to the
Cut off absorbance.
R.1. Interpretation by GREYZONE percentage

Select touch zone ‘Greyzone % (N)’
No Factor QC QCVal Mes. Rem SAVE If you enter ‘Greyzone’ percentage
BL 1 Y 0.100 ‘10.00’, instrument will show you
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150
the same as shown in screen. It
PC 2 1.000 Y 0.500
LC 0 1.000 N makes the ‘Cutoff Index Range’
CC 0 1.000 N option ‘NO’. This means when you
CUTFAC: 0.200
are using a ‘Greyzone’ option the
QC1 > Y 0.500 Interpretation : ‘Cut off Index Range’ option will
QC2 N Greyzone % (N) not work.
Neg : 0.000
Enter % Value :
Enter % Value: ESC
% Value = 10.00
Numeric Value :
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
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Enter Greyzone percentage value

Select ESC option after entering Greyzone % value to
come out to the parameter screen.
NOTE: If you don’t select any option for interpretation of sample results, the instrument will
take Cutoff Absorbance as a reference.

It will give “Positive’ remark to sample absorbance greater than cutoff and ‘Negative’ to sample
absorbance less than cutoff.
BL 1 Y 0.100
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150
PC 2 1.000 Y 0.500
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.200
QC1 > Y 0.500 Interpretation :
QC2 N Greyzone % (Y) 10.00
QC3 N Cut off Index (N)
QC4 N Range

R.2. Interpretation by ‘Cutoff Index Range”

It is also provided to do the interpretation using ‘Cutoff Index’ by entering normal range for
‘Positive’ and ‘Negative’.
Name: HBSAG POS- CutOff Cut off Index is the ratio of
Sample Absorbance / Cut off
BL 1 Y 0.100 Absorbance.
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150 When you select ‘Cutoff Index’
PC 2 1.000 Y 0.500
–‘Y’, the ‘Greyzone %’ will
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N become ‘NO’, means inactive.
CUTFAC: 0.200 In ‘Cutoff Index’, provide the
range for interpretation, the
QC2 N Greyzone % (N) positive and negative value of
QC3 N Cut off Index (Y) ratio (Sample Abs. / Cutoff Abs.)
Neg : 0.000
RESULT RANGE: ESC

RESULT RANGE: ESC
POSITIVE >= 1.000
POSITIVE >= 0.000
NEGATIVE <= 0.000

NEGATIVE <= 0.000
Numeric Value
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
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In case of ‘Cutoff Index Range ’,

It gives the ‘Positive’ remarks to sample having index value, a ratio of …
(Sample abs. / Cutoff Abs.) greater than or equal to entered ‘POSITIVE’ value and
it gives ‘Negative’ remarks to sample having index value, a ratio of
(Sample abs. / Cutoff Abs.) less than entered ‘NEGATIVE’ value.
The sample having index value in between ‘POSITIVE’ and ‘NEGATIVE” range get remarks ‘Equivocal’ =
‘EQ’.

After entering the Interpretation values (ie. conditions for interpretation) the screen will be
displayed as follows -
Name: HBSAG POS- CutOff For example:
Pri: 450 Sec: 630 ESC If you enter POS >= 1.0 and NEG
No Factor QC QCVal Mes. Rem SAVE <=0.9.
BL 1 Y 0.100
Then, the sample will get
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150
POSITIVE remarks having INDEX
PC 2 1.000 Y 0.500
LC 0 1.000 N Value,
CC 0 1.000 N (Sam. Abs./ Cutoff Abs.) >= 1.000.
CUTFAC: 0.200
The sample will get NEGATIVE
remarks having INDEX Value,
QC2 N Greyzone % (N) (Sam. Abs./ Cutoff Abs.) <= 0.900.
QC3 N Cut off Index (Y) The sample will get EQUIVOCAL
QC4 N Range Pos : 1.000 remarks having INDEX Value,
Neg : 0.900
(Sam. Abs./ Cutoff Abs.) in the
range from 0.900 to 1.000.
S. To save the test after entering all the parameters, select ‘SAVE’ option.
Name: HBSAG POS- Cut Off

BL 1 Y 0.100
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150
PC 2 1.000 Y 0.500
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.200
QC4 N Range

8.4. Reverse Cut Off Mode

For Reverse Cut Off mode, select touch zone ‘POS’- Cut Off key. It will change to REV- Cut Off.
Name: REV- CutOff

Pri: 405 Sec: 0 ESC
BL 0 N
NC 0 1.000 N
PC 0 1.000 N
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.000
CUTABS:
QC4 N Range
In Reverse Cut Off Mode, programming of test is the same as Positive Cut off Mode. Only QC
check conditions for blanks and controls get reversed. In the ‘INTERPRETATION’, sample
absorbance, which is lesser than cut off absorbance, gets remarked POSITIVE. Sample absorbance
higher than cut off absorbance, gets remarked NEGATIVE. This is exactly the opposite to normal
POSITIVE Cut Off Mode. Same way in case you select ‘Cutoff Index Range’.

8.5. Multi Standard Mode:

In this mode the instrument accepts a maximum of 12 calibrators and calculates concentration
based on the best-fit curve. Graph is printed with Absorbance on Y-axis and concentration on X-
axis.
A. Select Main Menu/Test Operation/Add New Test B. Select Touch Zone “Multi Standard”
TEST OPERATIONS ESC Select Test Mode ESC
1 Select Test By Name 1> Absorbance 0
2 Select Test by Mode 2> Single Standard 0
3 Select Test by Number 3> Cut off 0
4 List Tests 4> Multi Standard 0
5 Add New Test 5> Percent Absorbance 0
6> Uptake 0
7> Kinetic 0
After selecting Multistandard mode it will display following screen -
Name: MULTISTANDARD
Pri: 405 Sec: 0 BL N CAL 2 ESC
DUP N DUP N
SAVE
LO CO: N High> Low<

Low<
Graph : LINEAR
Y vs X : ABS vs CONC

C. Entry of Test Name

Test Name can be entered by Selecting Touch Zone “Name:”
Procedure for entering the test name is same as that of the Cut Off mode. Refer Test Name entry in
Cut off mode for further details.
D. Selection of Primary and secondary filters

Select Touch Zone “Pri:”
Name: MUL_4P MULTISTANDARD
Pri: 405 Sec: 0 BL N CAL 2 ESC Pri: 405 ESC
DUP N DUP N Sec: 0
SAVE
LO CO: N High> Low<

Low<
Graph : LINEAR
Pri: 450 ESC
Sec: 0
Select Filter Val:

0 405 450
492 630 NA
NA 560 YYY
Select the Filters as per details given in the

reagent manual

E. Selection of Blank
Select Touch Zone “BL”. Instrument will display the message “Blank required Yes/No” at the
bottom of the Screen, select “Yes” if blank is required.
Name: MUL_4P MULTISTANDARD Name: MUL_4P MULTISTANDARD
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 BL N CAL 2 ESC Pri: 450 Sec: 0 BL N CAL 2 ESC
DUP N DUP N DUP N DUP N

SAVE
SAVE
LO CO: N High> Low<

LO CO: N High> Low<
Interpret’n : N Range High>
Interpret’n: N Range High> Low<
Low< Graph : LINEAR
Graph : LINEAR
Blank Required ? YES / NO
F. Entry of Standard Concentration

Select touch Zone “CAL” to enter Number of calibrators and its concentration.
DUP N DUP N
SAVE
LO CO: N High> Low<

Low<
Graph : LINEAR
After selecting “CAL”, it will display following screen:

Select Touch Zone “No. Of Calibrators”. Numeric screen will be displayed at the bottom of the
screen.

Select the number of calibrators (User can select min 2 and max. 12 standard in this mode).
Whereas in case of 4 Parameter, user can select min. 5 and max.12 calibrators.
No Of Calibrator: 2 ESC No Of Calibrator: 2 ESC
No Conc Abs No Conc Abs

1 0.000 0.000 1 0.000 0.000
2 0.000 0.000 2 0.000 0.000
Numeric Value
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
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Concentration Entry:
After entering the number of calibrators, concentration and absorbance column will come on the
display as shown below.
To enter concentration values select 0.000 in Conc. column corresponding to the standard and enter
the concentration value. e.g. for entering Concentration of standard 4 Select 0.000 in fourth row of
Conc. Column and enter the concentration by selecting the numerals.
(Note: 1. The concentration values should be either in ascending or descending order.
No Of Calibrator 7 ESC
1 0.000 0.000 7 10.00 0.000
2 0.500 0.000
3 1.000 0.000
4 2.500 0.000
5 5.000 0.000
6 7.500 0.000
Numeric Value
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR

Screen after entry of calibration will be displayed as follows -

DUP N DUP N
SAVE
LO CO: N High> Low<
G. Selection of Duplicate Blank and calibrators

Low<
Graph : LINEAR
For Duplicate Blank:

Select touch zone “DUP” below the “BL Y” After selecting “DUP” instrument will display
message “Duplicate Blank? Yes/ No” as shown below. Select “Yes” for Duplication of Blank.
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 BL Y 0.000 CAL 7 ESC Pri: 450 Sec: 0 BL Y 0.000 CAL 7 ESC
DUP N DUP N
DUP N DUP N
SAVE
SAVE
LO CO: N High> Low< LO CO: N High> Low<
Interpret’n: N Range High> Interpret’n: N Range High>
Low< Low<
Graph : LINEAR
Graph : LINEAR
Duplicate Blank? YES / NO


For Duplicate Calibrators:

To select Duplicate Calibrator select Touch Zone “DUP” below the “CAL 7”. After selecting
“DUP” instrument will display message “Duplicate Calibrator? Yes/No” as shown below. Select
“Yes” for Duplication of calibrators.
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 BL Y 0.000 CAL 7 ESC Pri: 450 Sec: 0 BL Y 0.000 CAL 7 ESC
DUP Y DUP N DUP Y DUP N
SAVE SAVE
HI CO : N High> Low< HI CO : N High> Low<
LO CO: N High> Low< LO CO: N High> Low<
Interpret’n: N Range High> Interpret’n: N Range High>

Low< Low<
Graph : LINEAR Graph : LINEAR
Y vs X : ABS vs CONC Duplicate Calibrator? YES / NO
Screen after standard entry & selection of duplicate – Blank & Calibrators.
DUP Y DUP Y
SAVE
LO CO: N High> Low<

Low<
Graph : LINEAR

H. Graph type along with its scales:

There are three types of graphs in Multistandard. They are mentioned as follows -
1. Linear (LINEAR)
2. Point to Point (PT TO PT)
3. 4 Parameter
There are five types of scales for X and Y axis
LOGABS vs CONC (X-axis = Concentration v/s Y-axis = LOG of ABS.)
ABS vs LOGCONC (X-axis = LOG of concentration v/s Y-axis = Absorbance)
LOGITABS VS LOGCONC (X-axis = LOG of concentration v/s Y-axis = LOGIT of Absorbance)
ABS vs CONC (X-axis = Concentration v/s Y-axis = Absorbance)
LOGABS vs LOGCONC (X-axis = LOG of concentration v/s Y-axis = LOG of absorbance)
Selection of Graph
Select Graph type as per the details given in the reagent manual by selecting Touch Zone “Graph”.
DUP Y DUP Y
SAVE
LO CO: N High> Low<

Low<
Graph : LINEAR

1. LINEAR Mode graph type:

After Selecting the “Graph” option present in the test parameter screen, it will display
following screen.
Select Graph type as Linear and its Scale type as per the details given in the reagent manual.
Graph : LINEAR ESC

Y vs X : ABS vs LOGCONC
TYPE SCALE
LINEAR LOGABS vs CONC
ABS vs LOGCONC
PT TO PT LOGITABS vs LOGCONC
ABS vs CONC
4 PARAMETER LOGABS vs LOGCONC
2. POINT TO POINT Graph Type:

Select touch zone “PT to PT” and its scale type as ‘LOGABS vs. CONC’. (as per the details given in
the reagent manual)
Graph Type : PT TO PT ESC

TYPE SCALE
ABS vs LOGCONC
ABS vs CONC

3. 4 PARAMETER Graph Type:

Select touch zone “4 PARAMETER” and it will automatically selects it's default scale type as
“ABS vs CONC”.User have to remember this regarding 4-Parameter mode.
Graph Type : 4 PARAMETER ESC

TYPE SCALE
ABS vs LOGCONC
ABS vs CONC
Select the scale type touching the required zone.

DUP Y DUP Y
SAVE
LO CO: N High> Low<

Low<
Graph : 4 PARAMETER

I. Selection of Controls
For High control select touch zone ‘HI CO: N’ Following message appears: “High Control
Required? Yes / No”. Select ‘YES’ and then enter range of control “HIGH” and “LOW”.
DUP Y DUP Y
SAVE
LO CO: N High> Low<

Low<
Graph : 4 PARAMETER
High Control Required? YES / NO
Enter range of control “HIGH” and “LOW” as per reagent manual.
Enter High Range Value: ESC Enter High Range Value: ESC
High 0.000 High 25.03
Low 0.000 Low 10.54
Numeric Value
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
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Similarly, for Low Control select touch zone ‘LO CO: N’ It will display the message “Low Control
Required? Yes / No”. Select ‘YES’ and then enter range of control “HIGH” and “LOW”.
DUP Y DUP Y
SAVE
HI CO : N High> 25.03 Low< 10.54
LO CO: N High> Low<

Low<
Graph : 4 PARAMETER
Low Control Required? YES / NO
(Note: Entry of LO CO is similar to that of HI CO)
J. Normal Range selection for interpretation of samples:

For interpretation of specimen result (POSITIVE or NEGATIVE), enter normal range given in
REAGENT MANUAL. Select “Interpretation: N”. It will change to “Interpretation: Y”. Then
select “HIGH>” and “LOW<” to enter normal range.

All the results whose
DUP Y DUP Y
concentration is coming above
SAVE the High Range will be
HI CO : Y High> 25.03 Low< 10.54
considered as positive and
LO CO: Y High> 16.61 Low< 5.45

coming below the Low Range
will be consider as negative.
Interpret’n: Y Range High> 0.000
The results having
Low< 0.000
Graph : 4 PARAMETER
concentration in between High
and Low range will get
remarks ‘Equivocal’ = ‘EQ’.

Enter Normal Range for positive and negative samples.

Enter HIGH Range value:
Enter HIGH Range value:
High> 15.25 ESC
High> 0.000 ESC
Low< 9.46
Low< 0.000
Numeric Value
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
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After entering all the parameters save the test by selecting “SAVE” option.

DUP Y DUP Y
SAVE
HI CO : Y High> 25.03 Low< 10.54

Low< 9.46
Graph : 4 PARAMETER
(*Same way you can make a test for Single standard, % Absorbance and uptake)

8.6. Percentage Absorbance

The Percentage Absorbance Mode requires one calibrator (read singly or duplicate). In this mode,
calibrator is considered to have a concentration of 100%. The absorbance’s of unknown samples
are read and compared to the calibrator absorbance, and reported as % concentration of calibrator.
Refer 8.5 for parameter entry.
Name: % ABSORBANCE
DUP N DUP N
SAVE
LO CO: N High> Low<

Low<
8.7. Uptake
In this mode the instrument accepts the calibrator singly or in duplicate and then calculates the
concentration based on the single point standard curve passing through the point 0.000
A single calibrator/standard of a known concentration is used to calibrate the instrument so that the
concentration of unknown samples can be calculated according to Beer’s Law
Sample Concentration = Calibrator Absorbance * Calibrator Concentration
Sample Absorbance
Name: UPTAKE
Pri: 405 Sec: 0 BL N CAL 1 ESC
DUP N DUP N
SAVE Please refer 8.5 for
HI CO : N High> Low< parameter entry.
LO CO: N High> Low<

Low<

8.8. Kinetic
After entering Test Name and Filter values, select Read Time and Read Period.
KINETIC KINETIC
Name: KIN ESC Name: KIN ESC
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 SAVE Pri: 450 Sec: 0 SAVE
Read Time: 1 min. Read Time: 1 min.
Read Period: 15 sec. Read Period: 15 sec.
Numeric Value
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
KINETIC “Read Time” is total read period of the whole test.

Name: KIN ESC You need to enter it only in minutes.
Read Time: 1 min.
Read Period: 15 sec.
Numeric Value
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
“Read Period” is time interval between two readings.

User must enter it in seconds.
Finally select the “Save” option in order to save the test in KINETIC mode
KINETIC
Name: KIN ESC
Read Time: 1 min.
Read Period: 15 sec.

9. RECALLING AND RUNNING OF STORED TEST/PROGRAMS
2 Technical Diagnosis 2 Select Test by Mode
3 Utilities 3 Select Test by Number
5 Serial Communication 5 Add New Tests
Test can be recalled by Name, Mode, Number or by List test.

The entire saved tests are available on the List Test or on the first screen after
initialization.
User can directly RUN the test by selecting RUN option present on the screen.
TEST OPERATIONS Select Test ESC
1 HBSAG C RUN / SEL

1 Select Test By Name ESC
2 TSH M PRINT
3 ABS A NXT
3 Select Test By Number
4 MUL_4P M PREV
4 List Tests
5 CP C DEL
5 Add New Tests
PLATE
DATA
Tests can be selected with the help of SEL option present on the Select Test screen in order to
EDIT / PRINT the test parameters entered before saving the test.
Select Test ESC NORM – ABSORBANCE
1 HBSAG C RUN / SEL Name : ABS BL N ESC
2 TSH M PRINT
Pri : 450 Sec : 0 EDIT
3 ABS A NXT
4 MUL_4P M PREV
NORM RUN
5 CP C DEL MODE
PLATE DIFF PRINT
DATA

9.1. Absorbance Mode:

Select the test and point to RUN option
Select Test ESC
TEST OPERATIONS
1 HBSAG C RUN / SEL
1 Select Test By Name ESC
2 TSH M PRINT
3. ABS A NXT
3 Select Test By Number 4 MUL_4P M PREV
4 List Tests 5 CP C DEL
5 Add New Tests PLATE

DATA
On selecting RUN option it will display following screen.

The instrument will ask “Is Plate Loaded? YES / NO”, select ‘Yes’. Instrument will read the
absorbance using mechanical plate movement. After completion of reading it will ask:
“Is Plate Removed? YES / NO”. Remove the plate and Select ‘YES’.
Name: ABS NORM – ABSORBANCE Name: ABS NORM – ABSORBANCE

Pri : 450 Sec : 0 BL N Pri : 450 Sec : 0 BL N
ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS
7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12
Is Plate Loaded ? YES / NO Is Plate Removed ? YES / NO

Details of absorbance of all wells in table format for each strip will be displayed on the screen as
shown below.
Name: ABS NORM – ABSORBANCE In this operation if you keep BLANK
Pri : 450 Sec : 0 BL N YES
The first well of first strip will be
1 2 3 4 5 6
0.028 0.145 0.100 0.017 0.089 0.135 considered as blank and instrument will
-- -- give the absorbance of remaining all well
--
with blank subtraction from original
--
-- absorbance.
0.071 0.123 0.113 0.054 0.116 0.060
The “PRINT MATRIX” will print the

7 8 9 10 11 12 details of entire plate with well
0.362 0.078 0.410 1.440 0.746 0.224 identification and absorbance of that
-- --
well, like…..
--
-- A
-- W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6
0.112 0.111 0.093 2.568 0.396 0.015
0.125 0.250 0.350 0.450 0.550 0.650..
ESCPRINTMATRIX SEND PLATE LOAD NEXT
Using “SEND PLATE” plate data can be

sent to computer using either USB or
SERIAL RS232.
“LOAD NEXT” is used to load the Next

Plate in order to get the absorbance of
next plate

Example Print-out of ABSORBANCE test obtained from READWELL TOUCH

After running the plate in Absorbance mode, user can take the print of the result in the form of
Print matrix which will be printed as follows –

Differential Absorbance Mode: In differential absorbance mode the instrument will give the
absorbance difference each set of “ODD” number strip and EVEN number strip.
Name: ABS DIFF– ABSORBANCE
It is showing the absorbance only for
Pri : 450 Sec : 0
even number strips. This absorbance
1 2 3 4 5 6 values are actually differences between
0.900 1.700 0.900
each well of strip 1 and well of strip
0.200 1.000 1.800
0.300 1.100 1.900
2.You can get the difference between set
0.400 1.200 2.000 of 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. It is
0.500 1.300 2.100
not possible to change this combination.
0.600 1.400 2.200
0.700 1.500 2.300
0.800 1.600 2.400 In “PRINT MATRIX”, you will get the
print of entire plate data with actual
7 8 9 10 11 12
0.100 0.900 1.700
absorbance of each well and difference of
0.200 1.000 1.800 absorbance between ODD well and
0.300 1.100 1.900
EVEN well, like
0.400 1.200 2.000
0.500 1.300 2.100
0.600 1.400 2.200
0.700 1.500 2.300
0.800 1.600 2.400
ESC PRINTMATRIX SEND PLATE LOAD NEXT
A
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12
0.300 0.279 0.524 0.497 0.816 0.499 0.082 0.474 0.651 0.331 0.394 0.562
0.000 0.021 0.000 0.028 0.000 0.316 0.000 -0.391 0.000 0.320 0.000 -0.168
B
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12
0.506 0.584 0.648 0.194 0.472 0.457 0.822 0.346 0.679 0.387 1.047 0.130
0.000 -0.077 0.000 0.453 0.000 0.015 0.000 0.476 0.000 0.292 0.000 0.918

9.2. Cut off Mode

After recalling the test saved in Cut-Off mode, it will display following screen.
User can take the print of the test parameters by selecting “PRINT” option present on the
screen. It will print all the details of the test parameters alongwith QC equations.
Name: HCV POS- Cut Off
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
No Factor QC QCVal Mes. EDIT
BL 1 Y 0.100 0.000 RUN
NC 2 1.000 Y 0.150 0.000 PRINT
PC 2 1.000 Y 0.500 0.000
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.100
CUTABS: 0.1*PC+CF
QC4 N Range
To change values press EDIT
A) For running the test in CUTOFF mode select the particular test and point to RUN option
present on the “List Test” screen.
Select Test ESC Name: HCV POS- Cut Off
1 TSH M RUN / SEL Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
2 ABS A PRINT No. of Samples: 0 RUN

DUP N SIMUL PID
3 HCV C NXT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
4 MUL_4P M PREV
B
5 CP C DEL NC
PLATE NC
DATA
NC
PC
PC

B) It shows the 12 strips horizontal with 8 wells vertical with blanks and controls loaded in
first strip. Select the ‘No. of Samples’ and enter the total Number of samples you want to
load with the help of numeric screen displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
No. of Samples: 10 RUN
DUP N SIMUL PID
DUP N SIMUL PID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
B S3
B
NC S4
NC
NC S5
NC
NC S6
NC
PC S7
PC
PC S8
PC
S1 S9
Numeric Value: 10
S2 S10
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
C) After entering No. of samples, select RUN. The plate-loading tray will come out and the
following message will appear: “Is plate loaded? YES / NO”

Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
DUP N SIMUL PID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
B S3
NC S4
NC S5
NC S6
PC S7
PC S8
S1 S9
S2 S10

D) Here the plate is loaded in the direction that controls should go in first. Select “YES”.
The instrument will read the controls and samples.
Following message appears: “Is plate removed? YES / NO”. Remove the plate and select YES.

Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
DUP N SIMUL PID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
B S3
NC S4
NC S5
NC S6
PC S7
PC S8
S1 S9
S2 S10
Is Plate Removed? YES / NO
E) After selecting YES, result screen will appear with the measured values of average blank,
average of all controls and the cut off absorbance. To check the results of samples, select
option ‘Display value’

Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
No Factor QC QCVal Mes. Rem ACCEPT
BL 1 Y 0.100 0.050 TEST
NC 2 1.000 Y 0.150 0.098
PC 2 0.100 Y 0.500 2.658 PRINT
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.200 CUTABS: 0.563 Display
VALUE
QC1 2.560 QC2
QC3 QC4 LOAD
NEXT
Range % 10.00

F) ‘DISPLAY VALUE' option will display the result of all samples along with the controls
selected.
Name: HCV POS- Cut Off ESC
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 BL Y
Range PERCENTAGE % 10.00 NXT
Pos: 0.330
CUT ABS= 0.300 Neg: 0.270 PREV
NO SAMP ABS AVG INDEX REM PID
A1 B 0.050 0.050
B1 NC
--
--
G1 S1 0.200 0.200 0.254 NEG PQR-1
H1 S2 1.854 1.854 7.245 POS PQR-2
PRINT SAVE PRINT PLATE
RESULTS RESULTS MATRIX OPT.
G) By selecting ‘ACCEPT TEST’ option you can save this test with the details of controls
absorbance. Next time it is possible to run the same test without loading controls. This means that
the previous stored values of controls can be used.
All the details are in table format, as per row and column shown on the screen. You can obtain the
print of the same format by selecting option ‘PRINT RESULTS’. To check the results of next
samples, choose option ‘NXT’, and then print it in format as shown on the screen by option ‘Print
Results’
You can obtain the print in matrix format, by selecting option ‘PRINT MATRIX’.
In matrix form you will get the print as per your tray/plate for all the wells. Instrument prints seven
different parameters in print matrix for a single well.
ROW IDENTIFICATION A, B, C,D,……
WELL NUMBER W1, W2, W3, W4…..
WELL ID OR SAMPLE NUMBER BL, NC, PC, OR S1, S2, S3, …..
PATIENT IDENTIFICATION RAMESH, VIKAS, etc.
WELL ABSORBANCE 0.050, 0.098, 0.085, …
SAMPLE CONCENTRATION 0.738, 0.689, 2.578,…
INTERPRETATION / REMARKS POS or NEG or EQ

Example Print-out of POS-CUTOFF test obtained from READWELL TOUCH

9.2. A. Invalid Assay in Cut Off Mode

If any individual control behaves incorrectly and it’s absorbance is not satisfying the QC check
value of that control, the following message appears: “Invalid Assay” and a remark “HI” or “LO”
for that particular control. OR if the QC1, QC2, QC3 and QC4, which has an other QC condition
of controls (like some reagent manual gives condition PC-NC > 0.2 or NC/PC > 0.5) the following
message appears: “Invalid Assay” and a remark either ‘HI’ or ‘LO’ for that QC condition.
Name: HBSAG POS- Cut Off
(NOTE: The absorbance of
Pri: 405 Sec: 0 ESC
controls should not go above
No Factor QC QCVal Meas. Rem ACCEPT 3.50. If it is > than 3.50, it
BL 1 Y 0.100 0.105 HI TEST
will show the remark ‘HI’ for
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150 0.200 HI
PC 2 0.100 Y 0.500 0.456 LO PRINT that control. In such a case
LC 0 1.000 N edit the control absorbance.)
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.200 CUTABS: 0.563 DISPLAY
VALUE
QC1 2.560 HI QC2
QC3 QC4 LOAD
Invalid Assay NEXT
In such case, delete an individual control, so that the average of remaining controls will
satisfy the QC condition of that control as per reagent manual.
To select any control for deleting, you must select the touch zone as shown in the above
screen.
When you select any particular control for deleting (suppose you have selected Negative
Control (NC), ‘HI’ or ‘LO’ remark appear on the screen.
“Select EDIT / DEL key to proceed”. To delete the control select ‘DEL’. After deleting that
control, the absorbance of that control will become zero and the average of controls will also
get changed. Select ‘ESC’ option to come back to the Result screen.

NC VALUE : 0.200 ESC
NC1 0.150 DEL
NC2 0.350 HI
NC3 0.200 HI
When you go back, you will get the edited values for average of control with no remark for any
control and no “Invalid Assay” message.
*NOTE:
Make the blank absorbance valid in case the absorbance doesn’t meet the QC conditions.
If necessary valid the control absorbance because the absorbance of the blank affect the absorbance
of all controls and samples.
It is recommended that, for a test with single blank and single control, if absorbance doesn’t satisfy
QC conditions or if all controls of any single type (means all NC controls or all PC controls)
doesn’t meet the QC, the test will become totally invalid. It is not possible to make the VALID
TEST and new controls have to be loaded.

9.3. Multistandard:
After recalling the test in multistandard mode it will display following screen. Take the print of the
test parameters if required and select “Run” option. Or else you can directly run the test from the
List Test screen.
Multi Standard Mode
Name: TSH MULTISTANDARD
DUP N DUP Y EDIT
RUN
HI CO: Y High> 25.03 Low< 10.54 PRINT

Low< 9.46
Graph: 4 PARAMETER
A) For running the test in MUL_STD mode select the particular test and point to RUN
option present on the screen. On selecting RUN option it will display following screen.
Select Test ESC Name: TSH MULTISTANDARD ESC
1. HBSAg C Pri: 450 Sec: 0
2. HCVAb M RUN / SEL No. of samples: 0 RUN
3. UPT U DUP N SIMUL PID
4. TSH M PRINT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
5. CPC C B
6. PER_ABS P NEXT C1
7. CRP C C2
8. KIN K PREV C3
9. SIN S C4
10. CP C DEL C5
C6
PLATE C7
DATA HI CO: 0 LO CO: 0
COL COL
ROW ROW

B) To enter total No. of HI controls, select “HI CO:” option and enter numeric value.
Numeric Value
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
C) If you select No. of HI controls = 2, then you have to locate the position of HI controls by
selecting column number and row number.
For column number entry select “COL” option and enter column number.
HI CO : 2
ROW COL
2
3
Please Enter Col Entry: 1

Numeric Value:
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
For row entry select “ROW” option and enter row position.
HI CO : 2
ROW COL
A 2
B 3
Please Enter Row Entry: 1

Row Entry:
A B C D E F G H ENTER
CLEAR
Similarly, you can enter No. of LO Controls and locate its positions.

D) You can locate Controls from first well or after last calibrator to last well of strip 12 in
any test.
Suppose you select column 2 & row A for first HI control and column 2, row B for second HI
control then the location of HI control will be display on screen as shown below.

Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
No. of samples: 0 RUN
DUP N SIMUL PID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
B HC
C1 HC
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
HI CO: 2
COL
ROW
E) Select No. of samples you want to run. In case of 10 samples, it will load 10 samples
as follows -
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
No. of samples : 10 RUN
DUP N SIMUL PID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
B HC S5
C1 HC S6
C2 LC S7
C3 LC S8
C4 S1 S9
C5 S2 S10
C6 S3
C7 S4
HI CO: 2 LO CO: 2
COL COL
ROW ROW

F) Now Select RUN option so that readings can be taken in MULTI STANDARD mode.
The plate holder will come out and will display the message string- “Is Plate loaded YES / NO”.
The plate has to be loaded in such a way that the direction of the calibrators should go in first
and then select ‘YES’.
The instrument will read the absorbance of calibrators and samples. And finally display the string-
“Is plate removed? YES / NO”. Remove the plate and select ‘YES'. The plate holder will go inside
and following screen will be flashed on the display.
(Note: It takes maximum 6 min only in case of 4 parameter)
Name: MULTI STANDARD ESC
Pri: Sec: BL CAL NXT
DUP DUP PREV
Range High > Low <
HI CO : High > Low < SAVE
LO CO : High > Low < RESULT
NO SAMP ABS AVG CONC REM PID
Please Wait…………
It may take maximum 6 minutes.
LOAD PRINT PLATE VIEW ACCEPT PRINT
NXT MATRIX OPT. GRAPH TEST RESULTS
After reading it will display all the details of calibrators, samples and controls on the screen as
shown below-
Name: TSH MULTI STANDARD ESC
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 BL Y CAL 7
DUP N DUP N
Range High > 15.25 Low < 9.46 NXT
HI CO : High > 25.03 Low < 10.54
LO CO : High > 16.61 Low < 5.45 PREV
A1 B 0.050 0.050 SAVE
B1 C1 0.070 0.070 0.000 RESULT
C1 C2 0.257 0.257 2.500
--
--
--
G1 S1 0.200 0.200 2.100 NEG TSH-1
H1 S2 1.854 1.854 9.845 POS TSH-2
All the details as per row and column are shown on the screen. The printout of the same format can
be obtained by selecting ‘PRINT RESULTS’. To check the results of next samples, select ‘NXT’
and print the format shown on screen by option ‘Print Results’.
You can get the print in matrix format, by selecting ‘PRINT MATRIX’.

In matrix form you will get the print as per your plate for all the wells. Instrument will print seven
different parameters in print matrix for a single well as follows:
ROW IDENTIFICATION A,B, C,D,……
WELL NUMBER W1, W2, W3, W4…
WELL ID OR SAMPLE NUMBER B, C1, C2, C3, OR S1, S2, S3,..
PATIENT IDENTIFICATION RAMESH, VIKAS, etc.
WELL ABSORBANCE 0.050, 0.098, 0.085, …
SAMPLE CONCENTRATION 0.738, 0.689, 2.578…
INTERPRETATION / REMARKS POS, NEG, EQ,
Remember that Negative sign result is interpreted as zero both in printout as well as on
screen. Example Print-out of MultiStandard test obtained from READWELL TOUCH

G) On selecting ‘View Graph:’, it displays the Graph screen with all the details of X-axis and
Y-axis. Select ‘PRINT’ option to obtain the print out.
Origin at : X =0.000 , y = 0.000

X / div = 2.500 , y / div = 0.150 ESC
3.000
+ PRINT
EDIT
2.000 +
1.000
+
0.001 + +
0.000 10.00 20.00 40.00
Select ‘ACCEPT TEST’ option to save this test with the details of calibrator absorbance. It is
possible to run the same test without loading calibrators. The previous graph can be used for new
samples.
(* NOTE: If you do not want to run the calibrators each time, please select “ACCEPT TEST”
option to save graph, whenever you run the test with calibrators.)

9.3.A. Invalid assay in Multi standard Mode

In Multi standard, the absorbance of calibrators should be in increasing or decreasing from one
calibrator to the next calibrator. If any calibrator/s behave(s) incorrectly you will obtain a message
“Invalid Assay” at the bottom of the screen.
HI CO : High > Low <
LO CO : High > Low < PREV
A1 B 0.050 0.050 SAVE
B1 C1 0.070 0.070 0.000 RESULT
C1 C2 0.257 0.257 2.500
---
---
---
Invalid Assay
NXT MATRIX OPT. GRAPH: TEST RESULTS
If Assay is Invalid then “Accept Test”, “Save Results”, “Print Matrix”, “Save Plate” options
are blocked. In such a case, select VIEW GRAPH option and change the ASSAY to VALID with the
help of EDIT option present on the Graph screen.
CAL 1 2.562 ESC CAL1 2.562
CAL 2 1.865 CAL 2 2.259
CAL 3 2.050 CAL 3 2.050
CAL 4 1.054 CAL 4 1.054
CAL 5 0.648 CAL 5 0.648
CAL 6 0.356 CAL 6 0.356
CAL 7 0.045 CAL 7 0.045

Numeric Value: 2.250
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
You can easily select any particular calibrator by touching the particular touch zone and edit the
absorbance of that. After editing the calibrator’s absorbance select “ESC”. A message will appear:
“PLEASE WAIT…” and then the modified graph will appear on the screen.
If calibrator's value being edited in Multistandard mode then "*Mod…" string is displayed in the
print.

9.4. Kinetic:
Select “RUN” to start to run the test in Kinetic mode.
KINETIC
Name : KIN ESC
Pri : 450 Sec : 0 EDIT
Read Time : 1 min. RUN
.
Read Period : 15 sec. PRINT
Or else you can directly run the test from the List Test screen by selecting RUN option present on
the screen.
Select Test ESC
1. HBSAg C
2. HCVAb M RUN / SEL
3. UPT U
4. TSH M PRINT
5. CPC C
6. PER_ABS P NEXT
7. CRP C
8. KIN K PREV
9. SIN S
10. CP C DEL
PLATE
DATA

The “D/M” means delta per minute of reaction. When test will over, instrument will show you the
“D/M” values of reaction done in each well.
Name: KIN KINETIC Name: KIN KINETIC
Pri : 450 Sec : 0 Pri : 450 Sec : 0
D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M
7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12

Is Plate Removed ? YES / NO
It is showing the “D/M” values for each and every well in table format.
Name: KIN KINETIC
Pri : 450 Sec : 0
D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M
1 2 3 4 5 6
0.020 0.002 0.010 0.035 0.056 0.001
0.030 0.056 0.075 0.100 0.068 0.090
-- --- --- --- --- ---
-- --- --- --- --- ---
D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M D/M
7 8 9 10 11 12
0.020 0.002 0.010 0.0.35 0.056 0.001
0.030 0.056 0.075 0.100 0.068 0.090
--- --- --- --- --- ---
ESC PRINTMATRIX SEND PLATE LOAD NEXT

In “PRINT MATRIX”, you will get the print of entire plate data with initial absorbance of each
sample, average delta values of each sample and “D/M” values of each well, like…
A
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6
0.200 0.100 1.200 0.300 2.600 0.900.. these are initial absorbance.
0.010 0.001 0.005 0.017 0.028 0.001.. these are average delta values.
0.020 0.002 0.010 0.035 0.056 0.001.. these are “D/M” values of each sample.
B
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6
0.300 0.100 1.200 0.200 2.600 0.800..
0.015 0.028 0.037 0.050 0.034 0.045..
0.030 0.056 0.075 0.100 0.068 0.090..
On selecting “SEND PLATE” option user can send the plate data to computer with the help of USB
or SERIAL communication.
“LOAD NEXT” is used to load the next plate.

• Example Print-out obtained from READWELL TOUCH
(Note: Same Procedure can be used to create and run the test in all other modes, like
Single Standard, % Absorbance & Uptake)

10. RERUNNING ACCEPTED TESTS / PROGRAMS

“ACCEPT TEST” option is used to store the data of controls or calibrators. After running any test
first time with controls or calibrators, user can select the option “Accept Test” to save the data of
controls or calibrators, so that next time when you want to load the same test, there is no need to
load controls or calibrators in ELISA plate. You can use previously stored data. If user recall the
test with saved parameters then "Using stored values" strings should appeared in the printout.
A) In “CUT OFF” Mode:

Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
No Factor QC QCVal Mes. Rem ACCEPT
BL 1 Y 0.100 0.050 TEST
NC 3 1.000 Y 0.150 0.098
PC 2 0.100 Y 0.500 2.658 PRINT
LC 0 1.000 N
CC 0 1.000 N
CUTFAC: 0.200 CUTABS: 0.563 Display
VALUE
QC1 2.560 QC2
QC3 QC4 LOAD
NEXT
Range % 10.00
B) In “Multi standard” Mode:

HI CO : High > Low < 0.000
A1 B 0.050 0.050 SAVE
B1 C1 0.070 0.070 0.000 RESULT
C1 C2 0.257 0.257 2.500
---
---
G1 S1 0.200 0.200 2.100 NEG TSH-1
H1 S2 1.854 1.854 9.845 POS TSH-2

When you want to run such an accepted test, select that particular test for instant ‘CUTOFF’
mode and point to ‘RUN’ option present on the Select Test screen.

Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
DUP N SIMUL PID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Load Blank? YES / NO

Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
DUP N SIMUL PID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Load Controls? YES / NO
This time, the blank and controls will not be loaded directly and you will get the following
questions: “Load Blank? YES / NO” and “Load Controls? YES / NO”.
If you are running both, select ‘YES’, and if you want to use earlier stored data of controls
select ‘NO’, so that you can run only samples to get their results without loading Blank and
Controls.
If you want to load only ‘Blank’, select “Load Blank? YES” and
“Load Controls? NO”.
In case if you are using previously Stored “Blank” and “Controls” then it will print
following strings in the printout-
“Using Blank Stored value…..” and “Using Controls Stored value….”

C) In Multi Standard / Single Standard / % Absorbance / Uptake Mode:

Name: TSH MULTI STANDARD Name: TSH MULTI STANDARD
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
No. of Samples: 0 RUN No. of Samples: 0 RUN
DUP N SIMUL PID DUP N SIMUL PID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Load Blank ? YES / NO Load Calibrators? YES / NO
In Calibrator Mode, after asking “Load Blank? Yes / No” you will get the following question “Load
Calibrators? Yes / No”. If you are loading new calibrators and want the results of samples as per new
graph select “Load Calibrators? YES”.
Or else, If you are not loading new calibrators and want to use previously stored graph select “Load
Calibrators? No”.
If you want to load only ‘Blank’, select “Load Blank? YES” and “Load Calibrators? NO”.
In case if you are using previously Stored “Blank” and “Calibrators” then it will print following strings in
the printout-
“Using Blank Stored value…..” and “Using Calibrator Stored value….”
NOTE: User can view the Saved Graph from the Test parameter screen before re-running
the same test.
DUP Y DUP Y EDIT
RUN
HI CO: Y High> 25.03 Low< 10.54 PRINT

Low< 9.46
Graph: 4 PARAMETER

On selecting GRAPH option, it will display following screen where user can select “PLOT” option
in order to view the Valid GRAPH Screen.
1 0.000 0.220
2 10.00 0.454
3 25.00 0.725
4 50.00 1.026
5 100.00 1.269
6 150.00 1.850
7 200.00 2.000
ESC PRINT PLOT
The Graph screen will be displayed as shown below-
Origin at : X =0.000 , y = 0.000

X / div = 2.500 , y / div = 0.150 ESC
3.000
+ PRINT
EDIT
2.000 +
1.000
+
0.001 + +
0.000 10.00 20.00 40.00

11. SAMPLE AND SAMPLE DUPLICATE

While loading the samples you can load a single sample in single well or a single sample in
adjacent two well and finally the instrument will take the average of it known as Sample Duplicate.
The instrument will load the controls / calibrators automatically in any new test or not accepted
test. You have to provide the number of samples. If you are loading single samples keep “DUP”-
No. Select “No. of Samples:” to enter total samples.
Name: HCV POS- Cut Off Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
No. of Samples: 0 RUN No. of Samples : 0 RUN
DUP N SIMUL PID
DUP N SIMUL PID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 B
12 NC
NC
B
NC
NC PC
NC PC
Numeric Value: 10
NC
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
PC 7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
PC

Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
No. of Samples : 10 RUN
DUP N SIMUL PID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
B S3
NC S4
NC S5
NC S6
PC S7
PC S8
S1 S9
S2 S10

If you want to load duplicate samples select “DUP” option and then enter the number of samples
by selecting “No. of Samples” Name: HCV POS- Cut Off
Name: HCV POS- Cut Off Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC No. of Samples : 0 RUN
No. of Samples : 0 RUN DUP Y SIMUL PID

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
DUP Y SIMUL PID
B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
NC
B NC
NC NC
NC PC
NC PC
PC Numeric Value: 10
PC 1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR

Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
No. of Samples : 10 RUN
DUP Y SIMUL PID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
B S2 S6 S10
NC S2 S6 S10
NC S3 S7
NC S3 S7
PC S4 S8
PC S4 S8
S1 S5 S9
S1 S5 S9
(* Similarly, user can load the samples and Sample Duplicates in all other modes)

12. PATIENT IDENTITY / SAMPLE IDENTITY ENTRY

To enter Patient ID for all samples there is an option provided in loading screen
shown as “PID”
After entering number of samples either single or duplicate, select “PID”.
A) Individual PID entry -
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 ESC
Sample PID ESC
1 PRST123
DUP N SIMUL PID
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
3
B S3
4
NC S4
5
NC S5
6
NC S6
7 NEXT
PC S7
8
PC S8
9 PREV
S1 S9
10 SEQL
S2 S10
Sample PID ESC

1 PRST123 PRST123
2 A B C D E F G H
3
4 I J K L M N O P ENTER
5 Q R S T U V W X CLEAR
6
7 NEXT Y Z , - + _ 1 2
8
9 PREV 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
10 SEQL
One by one you can enter name of each patient. The character length of PID is only 7 characters in
the following combinations –
Since PID of the Patient is entered with the help of Alpha-numeric characters, the combination
must be as mentioned below.
Alphabets Numbers
4 3
3 4
2 5

For example -
1. In the first combination, user can enter PID with 4 Alphabets and 3 Numbers. That means,
entered PID should be PQRS123
2. Similarly, for the second combination, user can enter PID with 3 Alphabets and 4 Numbers.
And therefore, entered PID will be UTV1234
3. And for the third combination, user can enter PID with 2 Alphabets and 5 Numbers ie. PID
will be displayed as RB12345
4. But one can’t enter the PID with 1 Alphabet and 6 Numbers since its maximum numeric
count is 65500.
(Note: The same combinations should be used during SEQUENTIAL entry also.)
B) Sequential Patient ID Entry

This one by one entry will take more time, therefore one more option to enter Patient Ids is
provided. This option is “SEQL” sequential entry.
If you select “PID” option for patient ID entry, the following question appears on the screen:
“Delete Previous PIDs? Yes / No”. If you select NO, it will directly load the previously entered
PIDs for sample and if you select YES, it will delete the previous PIDs.
Now select ‘SEQL’, it will display Alphanumeric screen where user can enter different sequential
PIDs. Follow the steps below-
Enter Alphabets Enter Initial Sample number
PRST
A B C D E F G H
Q R S T U V W X CLEAR Numeric Value: 01
Y Z , - + _ 1 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
Enter Initial Alphabets. Maximum 4 characters. Enter Initial Well Number. This is the starting
well location of any particular batch.

Enter last sample number Enter initial PID number
Numeric Value: 10 Numeric Value: 123

1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER 1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR 7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
Enter Initial PID Number. This is the starting Enter last Well Number. This is the last well
number of any particular batch. location of any particular batch.
The final screen will appear which displays the sequential IDs of patient samples for the well
location that is selected.
Sample PID ESC
1 PRST123
2 PRST124
3 PRST125
4 PRST126
5 PRST127
6 PRST128 NEXT
7 PRST129
8 PRST130 PREV
9 PRST131
10 PRST132 SEQL
Go to the next and previous screen with the help of “NEXT” and “PREV” option present on the
screen.
(*NOTE: The entered PID get stored in instrument memory, until you delete it by using option,
“Delete previous PIDs? Yes / NO”)

13. SAVE PLATE AND SAVE RESULTS

In all modes of operation, there are two options provided to store results.
A) In Cut Off mode:
Name: HCV POS- Cut Off ESC
Pri: 450 Sec: 0 BL Y
Range PERCENTAGE % 10.00 NXT
NO SAMP ABS AVG CONC REM PID PREV

A1 B 0.050 0.050
B1 NC
--
--
--
--
--
--
PRINT SAVE PRINT PLATE
RESULTS RESULTS MATRIX OPT.
B) In Multi standard or any calibrator mode:

HI CO : High > Low <
A1 B 0.050 0.050 SAVE
B1 C1 0.070 0.070 0.000 RESULT
C1 C2 0.257 0.257 2.500
--
--
--
--

If “PLATE OPT.” is selected, you will obtain two options.
1. SAVE PLATE DATA ESC
2. SEND PLATE DATA
1. “SAVE PLATE DATA”, it helps the user to save the entire plate information along with the
control/calibrator information (maximum 10 plate data can be saved).
2. “SEND PLATE DATA” is used to send the data from instrument to computer through USB or
serial RS232 connection.
If “SAVE RESULT” option is selected the information of samples only except controls/calibrators,
with test name, patient ID and date will be saved.
“SAVE RESULTS” option is used to save the details related to samples.

14. VIEW STORED DATA
The stored plate or stored results appear on the screen by selecting option “View Plate” in “MAIN
MENU”.
MAIN MENU
1 Test Operations ESC 1 PLATE RESULTS ESC
2 Technical Diagnosis 2 PATIENT RESULTS
3 Utilities
4 View Plate
5 Serial Communication
14.1. PLATE RESULT:

It displays the details of stored plate (last 10 plates) with date, test name and
mode of operation in descending order. User can select any test to view its plate
results by selecting this option.
1. PLATE RESULTS ESC
2 PATIENT RESULTS
SIN
02/03/14
NO SAMP ABS AVG RES REM PID
A1 C1 0.083 0.083 50.00
B1 S1 0.544 0.544 326.7 POS VSP-1
C1 S2 0.367 0.367 220.3 NEG VSP-2
NO DATE TEST MODE ESC D1 S3 0.538 0.538 322.9 POS VSP-3

E1 S4 0.300 0.300 180.2 NEG VSP-4
4 02/03/14 SIN S
F1 S5 0.700 0.700 420.0 POS VSP-5
3 01/03/14 TSH M SEL -- -- --- --- ---- --- ---
2 28/02/14 HBSAG C -- -- --- --- ---- --- ---
1 25/02/14 CPC C
G2 S14 0.326 0.326 195.6 NEG VSP-14
H2 S15 0.491 0.491 294.7 EQ VSP-15
4 02/03/14 SIN S ESC NEXT PREV PRINTMATRIX SENDDATA PRINT
Press Select key ot proceed
“Print Matrix” will print the details of entire plate in matrix format as explained earlier.
“Print” will print only the data displayed on screen.
“Send data” can be used to send the data from instrument to computer through USB or serial
RS232 connection.

Note: User can directly view the details of Plate Results by accessing it through Plate Data
option present on the Select Test screen.
Select Test ESC
1. HBSAg C
2. HCVAb M RUN / SEL
3. UPT U
4. TSH M PRINT
5. CPC C
6. PER_ABS P NEXT
7. CRP C
8. KIN K PREV
9. SIN S
10. CP C DEL
PLATE
DATA
14.3. PATIENT RESULTS

It will show the details of all samples, saved in memory using option “SAVE RESULTS”
in all different modes, as explain earlier. This option will display the data in table format
as shown below. Test name, Mode of test operation, result of sample, PID and Remark will
appear on the screen. The instrument has a memory to store 2500 sample results.
This option doesn’t show the information of controls or calibrators.
01 / 03 / 14
Test M Result PID Remarks
1 PLATE RESULTS ESC
MUL_4P M 10.48 VSR1 EQ
2 PATIENT RESULTS MUL_4P M 12.63 VSR2 POS
MUL_4P M 7.450 VSR3 NEG
MUL_4P M 13.80 VSR4 POS
SIN S 267.7 NRA1 EQ
SIN S 220.3 NRA2 NEG
SIN S 326.7 NRA4 POS
ESC NEXT PREV PRINT
“PRINT” is used to print the details as available on the screen.

“NEXT” and “PREV” options are used to browse through the pages so that one can view
all the results one after the other.

NOTE:
1. When there is not enough memory the following message appears:
“Memory Left for samples- First Samples Deleted”
The instrument automatically deletes a number of samples that are stored in the beginning
and then save the new samples at that location.
2. If a test is being deleted or edited then previously stored results of that particular test are
displayed with their test mode as "X". But test name retained as it is.
01 / 03 / 14
Test M Result PID Remarks
MUL_4P X 10.48 VSR1 EQ
MUL_4P X 12.63 VSR2 POS
MUL_4P X 7.450 VSR3 NEG
MUL_4P X 13.80 VSR4 POS
SIN S 267.7 NRA1 EQ
SIN S 326.7 NRA4 POS
ESC NEXT PREV PRINT

15. UTILITIES
UTILITIES consists of 10 different functions which can be viewed as follows-
UTILITIES Version (RBNK 3.500A)

MAIN MENU
1 Test Operations ESC 1 Date and Time ESC
2 Program Filter
2 Technical Diagnosis 3 Printer On / Off: ON
4 Enter Clinic Name
3 Utilities
5 Shaker
4 View Plate 6 Communication Settings : USB
7 CV Diagnostic OFF
8 Install USB Driver
9 Auto Print: OFF
10 Password
15.1. Date & Time Setting

This Utility helps the user to set current Date and Time.

1 Date and Time ESC
Date – DD / MM / YY ESC
2 Program Filter
3 Printer On / Off: ON 01 / 03 / 14
4 Enter Clinic Name

Time – Hrs : Min : Sec
5 Shaker
12 : 30 : 10
6 Communication Settings: USB
7 CV Diagnostic OFF
9 Auto Print: OFF
10 Password

15.2. Program Filter

It consists of two editable filters and thus helps the user to edit the filters if any.
1 Date and Time ESC XXX
2 Program Filter
3 Printer On / Off: ON
4 Enter Clinic Name
5 Shaker Numeric Value : 405
6 Communication Settings : USB 1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
7 CV Diagnostic OFF 7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
9 Auto Print: OFF
10 Password
Edit Filters? YES / NO XXX 405
YYY
Numeric Value : 690

1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTER
7 8 9 0 . CLEAR
15.3. Printer On / Off setting:

Its a toggle between Printer ON and Printer OFF
1 Date and Time ESC
2 Program Filter
4 Enter Clinic Name
5 Shaker
6 Communication Settings : USB
7 CV Diagnostic OFF
9 Auto Print: OFF
10 Password

15.4. Enter Clinic Name:

Enter your Clinic Name and select “ENTER”. The character length is maximum 19 characters.
1 Date and Time ESC UTILITIES Version (RBNK 3.500A)
2 Program Filter
3 Printer On / Off: ON CLINIC MEDICARE
4 Enter Clinic Name
A B C D E F G H
5 Shaker
6 Communication Settings : USB I J K L M N O P ENTER
7 CV Diagnostic OFF Q R S T U V W X CLR

8 Install USB Driver Y Z , - + _ 1 2
9 Auto Print: OFF
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
10 Password
15.5. Shaker (Plate Shaking Mode)

Shaker is used for shaking the plate before running any test. The Shaker screen is displayed as
follows –
1 Date and Time ESC
2 Program Filter
Shake Time 0 sec ESC
4 Enter Clinic Name Shake Speed 0
5 Shaker
Start
6 Communication Settings : USB
7 CV Diagnostic OFF Stop
9 Auto Print: OFF
10 Password

Shake Time 0 sec ESC Shake Time 0 sec ESC
Shake Speed 0 Shake Speed 0
Start Start
Stop Stop
Numeric Value: 20
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTR
7 8 9 0 . CLR
Shake Speed 0 The total shake time can be entered in seconds
Start
Stop
Numeric Value: 05
1 2 3 4 5 6 ENTR
7 8 9 0 . CLR
Regarding the “Shake Speed”, there are 10 types of speeds. You can choose any speed by
entering numbers from 1 to 10. The shaking speed increases as the number increases.
Respective
Speed RPM
1 200
2 210
3 220
4 230
5 240
6 250
7 260
8 270
9 280
10 290

After entering shake time and shake speed, select Start option. When “Start” is selected, the tray
will come out and on the screen you will obtain a message “Is plate loaded? Yes / No”. Load the
plate and select YES option.
Shake Time 20 sec ESC Shake Time 20 sec ESC
Shake Speed 5 Shake Speed 5
Start Start
Stop Stop
Is Plate Loaded? Yes / NO
After selecting ‘YES’ the tray will go inside and instrument will do the shaking of plate for the
given time period with selected speed.
When the shaking is finished, the plate holder will come out and display a message-
“Is plate removed? Yes / No”. Remove the plate and select ‘YES’ to end the process.
Shake Speed 5
Start
Stop
Is Plate Removed ? Yes / NO
Similarly, to stop the Shaking process in between select “STOP” option present on the screen.
After selecting STOP option it will display the message string – ‘Is Plate Removed? YES / NO’.
Select NO to terminate the ongoing process.
Note: ‘HOME’ key is also used for directly accessing the shaking mode (ie. SHAKER)

15.6. Communication Settings:

It is a toggle between USB and SERIAL communication. User can either switch to USB or Serial
communication by connecting their respective cables.
UTILITIES Version (RBNK 3.500A) UTILITIES Version (RBNK 3.500A)

1 Date and Time ESC 1 Date and Time ESC
2 Program Filter 2 Program Filter
3 Printer On / Off: ON 3 Printer On / Off: ON
4 Enter Clinic Name 4 Enter Clinic Name
5 Shaker 5 Shaker
6 Communication Settings : USB 6 Communication Settings : SERIAL
7 CV Diagnostic OFF 7 CV Diagnostic OFF
8 Install USB Driver 8 Install USB Driver
9 Auto Print: OFF 9 Auto Print: OFF
10 Password 10 Password
This setting is very important, whenever you want to transfer data from instrument to computer.
You can transfer data either using USB or by Serial RS232 cable.
NOTE: The option 7. “CV Diagnostic OFF” is not for users. It is for factory use only.
15.8. Install USB Driver:
This option present in the Utilities helps the user to install the USB Drivers in their respective
computers. Remember that before installing the USB drivers you must first switch on to the
USB communication settings.
UTILITIES Version (RBNK 3.500A) UTILITIES Version (RBNK 3.500A)
1 Date and Time ESC 1 Date and Time ESC
2 Program Filter 2 Program Filter
3 Printer On / Off: ON 3 Printer On / Off: ON
4 Enter Clinic Name 4 Enter Clinic Name
5 Shaker 5 Shaker
6 Communication Settings : USB 6 Communication Settings : USB
7 CV Diagnostic OFF 7 CV Diagnostic OFF
8 Install USB Driver 8 Install USB Driver
9 Auto Print: OFF 9 Auto Print: OFF
10 Password 10 Password
Install USB Drivers ? YES / NO

15.9. Auto Print: ON

It is a toggle key between Auto Print: ON and Auto Print: OFF.
After completing the running process it automatically takes the print of the result and its
graph if any in order to maintain the record of the plate run in the form of hard copy.
Auto Print is active in all modes excluding ABS mode. For Auto Print, user must set the
printer ON otherwise it will display the error string “Disable printer YES / NO?”
15.10. PASSWORD:
Select Password option in order to Set the Password so that one can’t ADD, EDIT,
DELETE and SEND / RECEIVE Test records without entering the valid Password.

1 Date and Time ESC
2 Program Filter
Password Utility
4 Enter Clinic Name
5 Shaker 1 Enable / Disable ESC
6 Communication Settings : USB 2 Set Password
7 CV Diagnostic OFF
3 LOGIN
9 Auto Print: OFF 4 LOGOUT
10 Password
15.10.1. ENABLE / DISABLE:

Enable / Disable helps the user to set the Password or Remove the Password from the
Password Utility. Enter Password with the help Alphanumeric screen which is displayed
after selecting Enable / Disable option.
Password Utility ESC
1 Enable / Disable ESC ADMIN PASSWORD

A B C D E F G H
2 Set Password I J K L M N O P ENTER
Q R S T U V W X CLR
3 LOGIN
Y Z , - + _ 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
4 LOGOUT
Enter “PASSWORD” and select ENTER

15.10.2. SET PASSWORD:

This option helps to set the PASSWORD along with the USER name.
Password Utility
ADMIN PASSWORD
1 Enable / Disable ESC
A B C D E F G H
2 Set Password I J K L M N O P ENTER
Q R S T U V W X CLR
3 LOGIN
Y Z , - + _ 1 2
4 LOGOUT 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Enter “PASSWORD” and select ENTER
USER MEDICARE
A B C D E F G H
Q R S T U V W X CLR
Y Z , - + _ 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Enter appropriate USER name and select ENTER

15.10.3. LOGIN:
After entering the Password user needs to select LOGIN.
Password Utility
USER MEDICARE
1 Enable / Disable ESC
A B C D E F G H
2 Set Password
Q R S T U V W X CLR
3 LOGIN
Y Z , - + _ 1 2
4 LOGOUT 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
To Login/ enable user, enter the USER name and select ENTER
15.10.4. LOGOUT:
Password Utility Password Utility
1 Enable / Disable ESC 1 Enable / Disable ESC
2 Set Password 2 Set Password
3 LOGIN 3 LOGIN
4 LOGOUT 4 LOGOUT
Logout
To Logout / disable user, select LOGOUT option

present on the screen

16. SERIAL COMMUNICATION

The instrument is equipped with an RS232 serial port for PC configuration ie. User-computer
interface. A cable is available to link the instrument to PC.
Communication will only start when both ends detect the presence of an active terminal
or device.
RS232 port settings in a windows Operating system.
PORT SETTINGS
Bits per second : 9600
Data Bits :8
Parity None : None
Stop Bits :1
Flow control : None
There is an option present on the Main menu screen named as SERIAL Communication
which is used for transferring data from instrument to the computer and also from
instrument to instrument. MAIN MENU ESC
1. Test Operations
2. Technical Diagnosis
3. Utilities
4. View Plate
5. Serial communications

16.1. Send Results:

SEND RESULTS helps the user to transfer all the Results stored in the instrument to the
computer via Serial Communication.
Results can be send either through USB or SERIAL communication.
Before Sending the Results check whether the Serial cable / USB cable is connected to
both the ends of the instrument and the computer respectively.
MAIN MENU SERIAL COMM.

1. Test Operations ESC ESC
2. Technical Diagnosis 1 Send Results
3. Utilities 2 Send Test Records
4. View Plate 3 Receive Test Records
SERIAL COMM. ESC SERIAL COMM. ESC

1 Send Results 1 Send Results
2 Send Test Records 2 Send Test Records
3 Receive Test Records 3 Receive Test Records
Sending…..
Send Results? YES / NO
These Results are send through Application which are created in “.csv” format, Convert the
corresponding format to Excel file which is created as shown below –

16.2. Send Test Records:

This option helps the user to send the Test Records created in one instrument to another
instrument serially with the help of serial cable. And therefore one has to select serial
communication in Utilities.
SERIAL COMM. SERIAL COMM.

ESC ESC
Send Test Records? YES / NO

Suppose by default if Serial Communication is set to USB then it will display following screen
with msg string.
SERIAL COMM. ESC
1 Send Results
2 Send Test Records
3 Receive Test Records
Invalid in USB communication !!!
16.3. Receive Test Records:

This option is used for receiving the Test Records from one instrument to another. On selecting
“Receive Test Records”; it will display the string – Download Test Records? Yes / No. Select
“Yes” in order to receive the data from the other instrument.
SERIAL COMM. SERIAL COMM.
ESC ESC
Download Test Records ? YES / NO
Note: 1. User must first restart the instrument before sending the data from one instrument to
another.
2. Remember that while transferring Test Records from one instrument to another
one must first select “Receive Test Records” and then select
“Send Test Records” in order to send the data from one instrument to another.
For instance, let us take an example which will show how the Test Records are
transferred from instrument to instrument.
Let “Instrument 1” resemble the screen of the Instrument which will receive the Test
Records from other instrument. And “Instrument 2” resemble the screen of the
Instrument which will send the Test Records to other instrument.

Instrument 1
MAIN MENU ESC

SERIAL COMM. ESC
1. Test Operations 1 Send Results
2 Send Test Records
3. Utilities
4. View Plate
Download Test Records ? YES / NO
Now for Sending Test Records switch on to Instrument 2.

Instrument 2
MAIN MENU ESC

SERIAL COMM. ESC
1. Test Operations 1 Send Results
2 Send Test Records
3. Utilities
4. View Plate
Send Test Records? YES / NO
Select “YES” in order to send all the test records
SERIAL COMM. ESC

1 Send Results
2 Send Test Records
Sending……..

And similarly, Instrument 1 will display the following screen which denotes that the instrument is
downloading the Test Records.
SERIAL COMM. ESC
1 Send Results
2 Send Test Records
1248
After completing the process of transferring the data, one must restart both the instrument and
check for the data transferred between the instruments
In this way, one can transfer Test Records from instrument to instrument.
3. User can Send and Receive the Test Records only through serial cable and
therefore one has to set the Serial Communication: SERIAL in Utilities.
If Serial Communication is set to USB, then it will display following screen –
SERIAL COMM. ESC
1 Send Results
2 Send Test Records
Invalid in USB communication !!!

17. TECHNICAL DIAGNOSIS
Technical Diagnosis is present in “Main Menu”.

MAIN MENU
TECHNICAL DIAGNOSIS ESC
1 Test Operations ESC
1. Clear Memory
2 Technical Diagnosis
2. Lamp Amplitude
3 Utilities
3. Printer Self test
4 View Plate
4. Lamp Centering Check
17.1. Clear Memory

This option is used to clear entire saved Test Records and Patient Results along with saved plates.
The “Test Records” are the different kind of programmed test that are made in different modes of
operation and saved in instrument program memory.
TECHNICAL DIAGNOSIS ESC TECHNICAL DIAGNOSIS ESC
1. Clear Memory 1. Clear Memory
2. Lamp Amplitude 2. Lamp Amplitude
3. Printer Selftest 3. Printer Selftest
Clear Results? YES / NO Clear Test Records? YES / NO
Select “Clear Memory”, it will display the message string “Clear Results? Yes / No”. Select “Yes”
in order to clear the Results stored in the memory. This will only clear the Patient Results and Plate
Results stored in the memory by displaying the message “Clearing Memory….” Similarly, another
message string “Clear Test Records? Yes /No” will be displayed on the screen. These records are
the Tests created in the particular modes. Select “Yes” to delete the Test Records stored in the
memory.
17.2. Lamp Amplitude
This option is used to check the light gain of filters used in the instrument. There are 8- channels
used of same type. This option shows the gain of each channel filter in table format. In the

instrument the range of amplitude is from 600.00 to 2450.00. If the amplitude goes below 600.00
for any channel, the message “Amp –Low” will appear on the screen for that particular channel
if the amplitude goes more than 2490.00, than the over range saturation voltage figure of 2500.00
will be passed.
The gains of filters are set within a required range. When you select this option, the lamps will turn
ON, tray holder plate will comes out and the instrument will start showing amplitudes (gains) of all
filters one by one.
TECHNICAL DIAGNOSIS ESC LAMP AMPLITUDE ESC
1. Clear Memory 1 Stability Check
2. Lamp Amplitude 2 Filter Amplitude
3. Printer Self test
4. Lamp Centering Check
Filter : 560 ESC

1. Stability Check:
CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4
1921.8 2011.7 1983.7 1875.2
1920.4 2010.3 1982.4 1874.2
LAMP AMPLITUDE ESC
1919.4 2009.3 1981.7 1873.4
1 Stability Check 1918.5 2008.5 1981.2 1872.9

1918.0 2007.8 1980.8 1872.5
2 Filter Amplitude --- ---- --- ----
--- ---- --- ----
--- ---- ---- ---
CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8
1921.0 1868.4 1899.1 1848.0
1919.9 1867.3 1898.1 1846.6
Displays the Lamp Amplitude of all the filters.
1919.2 1866.5 1897.4 1845.8
1918.7 1866.0 1896.9 1844.9
---- ---- ---- ----
--- ---- ---- ----

2. Filter Amplitude:
LAMP AMPLITUDE ESC
LAMP AMPLITUDE ESC
1 Stability Check
1 Stability Check
2 Filter Amplitude
2 Filter Amplitude Select Filter Val:
0 405 450
492 630 NA
NA 560 YYY
Displays the Lamp amplitude of a single selected filter.

Filter : 560 ESC
CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4
1997.6 1869.1 2042.2 2014.2
1997.5 1868.9 2042.3 2014.3
1997.2 1868.9 2042.3 2014.5
1997.1 1868.9 2042.5 2014.6
1997.0 1868.7 2042.6 2014.7
--- ---- --- ----
--- ---- --- ----
--- ---- ---- ---
CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8
1904.8 2007.7 1891.1 1935.2
1904.7 2007.7 1891.1 1934.9
1904.9 2007.7 1891.2 1935.0
1905.1 2007.9 1891.3 1934.9
---- ---- ---- ----
--- ---- ---- ----
17.3. Printer Self test

It is used to check the printing of thermal printer. Is it printing perfectly or not?
When you select this, it will print first two lines of Technical Diagnosis Screen.
17.4. Lamp Centering Check:

NOTE: “Lamp Centering Check” is not for users. It is only for service purpose.

18. Trouble Shooting
CAUSE /CORRECTIVE ACTION
You will get this message, if paper is not loaded properly

or lever is not at correct position. Check all possibilities.
1) Printer disabled Also check ON LINE and FEED LED glowing or not and
Disable Printer YES / NO? when you switch ‘ON’ the instrument check paper is
moving forward or not. If LEDs are not glowing and paper
is not moving forward contact service engineer.
You can get this message in any mode of operation.
Before reading absorbance, instrument is checking the
filter reference voltages of all 8 channels. If filter voltage
of any channel is less than minimum required voltage, it
will display a message “Check Light Path!!! CH x”. Here
‘x’ is channel numbers having reference voltage less than
2) “Check Light Path!!! CH x”
minimum required.
For ex. If reference voltage of channel 3 is less the
Where ‘x’ is any channel number
message will be displayed “Check Light Path!!! CH 3”. It
X = 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8
will indicate all channel numbers having less reference
voltage, like
“Check Light Path!!! CH 1 3 6 ”
In such a case, there is a possibility of filter gain of that
channel is reduced or intensity of lamp of that channel has
become poor, so contact factory engineer.
If in the Cut Off and Multi standard mode the controls and
3) Invalid Assay
standards are not ok then this error message will appear.
If Number of saved tests exceeds the memory limit of 250

4) Memory Full
tests then delete the unwanted tests and save the test.
Using data receiving application on computer,

1) If you have not connected the data cable (USB or
Serial) correctly, you will get this message.
2) If you have selected ‘Communication Setting’ (ref.
14.5), USB on instrument, and you have selected a

‘Serial’ communication on computer data receiving

application, you will get this message. In such a case
5) “Check USB Application on select ‘USB’ communication, on computer and select
Computer ‘YES’ key to transfer data.
Do you want to continue? To avoid this message, connect proper data cable, select
YES / NO” the same communication medium (USB or Serial), on
computer data receiving application, which you have
selected on instrument ‘Communication Setting’.
Instrument will display this message, if there is problem
with MOC sensor PCB or with filter tray stepper motor.
The MOC sensors are used to detect the position of filter
6) Filter Movement Error!!! tray. These two sensors are mounted on bottom of the
OR mechanism. One detects the home position and second
Filter Index Error!!! detects the each filter position of filter tray. In such a
condition we need to check the connection to these sensor
and also the connection of stepper motor, which is used to
move filter tray.
Instrument will display this message, if there is problem
with MOC sensor PCB or with plate carrier stepper motor.
The MOC sensors are used to detect the position of plate
7) Plate Movement Error!!! carrier. These two sensors are mounted on top of the
OR mechanism. One detects the home position and second
Plate Index Error!!! detects the each strip position of plate carrier. In such a
condition we need to check the connection to these sensor
and also the connection of stepper motor, which is used to
move plate carrier.

19. DECONTAMINATION
19.1. Decontamination Procedure
If the instrument is to be shipped after being exposed to potentially hazardous material, it should
be decontaminated. The following procedure outlines the method of decontaminating the
instrument before packaging and shipment.
19.2. Purpose of Decontamination
Decontamination minimizes the risk to all who come in contact with the instrument during
shipping, handling, and servicing.
19.3. General Considerations
• Any laboratory instrument that has been used for clinical analysis is considered a
biohazard and should be decontaminated prior to handling. Intact skin is generally
considered an effective barrier against infectious Organisms; however, small abrasions
and cuts may not be always being visible. Prophylactic gloves must be worn when
handling instruments that have not been decontaminated. Gloved hands should be
considered contaminated at all times and must be kept away from eyes, mouth and nose
at all times.
• Mucous membranes are considered prime entry routes for infectious agents. Wear eye
protection and a surgical mask when there is a possibility of aerosols.
• Eating and drinking while decontaminating instruments is not advisable.
19.4. Procedure
• A solution of .5% Sodium Hypo Chlorite (NaOCL) solution (Bleach) is used. Commercial
bleach is 5% NaOCL; household bleach is 3% NaOCL. When using commercial bleach, use
a 10:1 mixture; if using household bleach, a 6:1 mixture is required. This is a caustic
solution. It is important to wear gloves and eye protection when handling it.
• Wipe down the carrier and all exposed surfaces of the unit with the bleach solution.
Remove the top shroud of the instrument and wipe down the top surface of the
instrument base, as well as the inside of the top shroud.
• Reassemble the unit and discard the used gloves and towels.

20. SAFETY CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE

Please complete all information requests on this form prior to returning the instrument to the
manufacturer or your local distributor for servicing, repairs or return. Thank you for your co-
operation.
Customer Contact
Address Position
Dept
Tel:
Country Fax:
Post Code
Model No. Serial No.

Accessories
Returned
Date of Purchase (if known)
Complaint
Has the equipment been exposed to any of the following: (*delete as applicable)
a) Blood, body fluids, pathological specimens *YES/NO
If YES, please specify
b) Other Biohazard *YES/NO

If YES, Please specify


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User Manual readwell TOUCH

ELISA Plate Analyzer

ROBONIK (INDIA) PVT. LTD.

1.1. WARRANTY INFORMATION ........................................................................................................ 5

2. GENERAL SAFETY WARNINGS......................................................................................... 6

2.1. DANGER – WARNINGS SYMBOLS:............................................................................................... 6

3.1. DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................. 8

4. PACKAGING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE.................................................................. 11

4.1. GENERAL WARNINGS .............................................................................................................. 11

5.1. INSTRUMENT WORKING PRINCIPLE .............................................................................................

6. INSTALLATION PROCEDURE & VERIFICATION CRITERIA................................... 17

6.1. UNPACKING INSTRUCTIONS ..................................................................................................... 17

6.6. START UP INSTRUCTIONS ......................................................................................................... 19

8.1. ABSORBANCE MODE ............................................................................................................... 24

9. RECALLING AND RUNNING OF STORED TEST/PROGRAMS...................................58

9.1. ABSORBANCE MODE: .............................................................................................................. 59

10. RERUNNING ACCEPTED TESTS / PROGRAMS.......................................................... 81

11. SAMPLE AND SAMPLE DUPLICATE............................................................................. 85

12. PATIENT IDENTITY / SAMPLE IDENTITY ENTRY.................................................... 87

13. SAVE PLATE AND SAVE RESULTS................................................................................ 90

14. VIEW STORED DATA......................................................................................................... 92

15.1. DATE & TIME SETTING .......................................................................................................... 95

16. SERIAL COMMUNICATION...........................................................................................108

16.1. SEND RESULTS .................................................................................................................... 109

17. TECHNICAL DIAGNOSIS................................................................................................115

17.1. CLEAR MEMORY ................................................................................................................. 110

19. DECONTAMINATION..................................................................................................... 115

19.1. DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURE ........................................................................................ 115

20. SAFETY CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE.......................................................................... 116

In case of tenders warranty would be as per tender terms and conditions.

1.2. Technical Service

2. GENERAL SAFETY WARNINGS

This symbol indicates a Protective Earth or Ground terminal.

Symbol for “Manufacturer”

Symbol for “ IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL DEVICE”

Symbol for “AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY”

2.2. Use of the Instrument

2. This manual contains instructions for operation performed by qualified personnel.

5. Maintain room temperature and humidity as specified in the manual.

3.2. Special Features

The other special features of readwell TOUCH are as follows:

• Several pre-programmed calculation modes will help to facilitate data processing

3.3. Technical Specification of readwell TOUCH:

4. PACKAGING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE

4.1. General Warnings

4.3. Instrument Transportation

4.4. Storage of Instrument

5.2. Perspective View

5.2.1. Front View:

Plate Carrier/ Holder

5.2.2. Rear View:

Cooling Fan On / Off switch

1) Contrast Knob-use to adjust display contrast

1) ‘YES’ key is used to select any ‘YES’ option on screen directly.

readwell TOUCH 01/03/14

2. HCVAb 7. CRP PRINT

3. UPT 8. KIN NEXT

4. TSH 9. SIN PREV

5. CPC 10. CP DEL