BeadChip Carrier

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The iScan System comes with one BeadChip carrier. The carrier holds up to four BeadChips for scanning at one time.

The BeadChip carriers consist of the following components:

• Latches (shown closed in the following illustration)
• Raised stops
• BeadChip slots
• Lift button
• Recessed pin

A. Latch
B. Raised stop
C. BeadChip slot
D. Lift button
E. Recessed pin

BeadChip carrier barcodes identify the individual BeadChip carriers and determine when a BeadChip position is occupied or empty.

These barcodes are necessary when performing automated scanning. During automated scanning, the barcodes enable BeadChips to be quickly located in the output or error stacks on the AutoLoader. The barcodes also notify the scanner when to retry scanning a BeadChip position if it does not successfully read a BeadChip barcode on the first attempt.

Top View of BeadChip Carrier Barcode

  1. Carrier barcode
  2. Empty barcode

Side View of BeadChip Carrier Barcode

If the carrier does not have a barcode number, the barcode number for the first BeadChip in the carrier is used instead. The format for the number is _1stBeadChipBarcode.