Use Cases


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Scan Your Sequencing Kit

Scanning sequencing kits is a part of the Personal Genome Machine ( Ion PGM) and Ion Proton instrument setup workflow. The Torrent Browser template wizard (under the Plan tab) also supports specifying the sequencing kit when you create a template or a planned run.

Here is an example of the kit scanning page and keyboard during the Ion PGM system setup:









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Scanning the sequencing kit is preferred to selecting a checkbox, because scanningprovides more detailed kit information that can be used for troubleshooting or other purposes.

The choice of sequencing kit affects thenucleotide flows on the Ion sequencer.

The template wizard

Enter the sequence kit in the Torrent Browser template wizard, under the Kits chevron:

The visual reminder in the planned run helps prevent error on instrument.