Chapter 3. Using Quantasoft Software - BIO RAD QX200 Instruction Manual

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Using QuantaSoft
Software
QuantaSoft Software (v. 1.4 and later) organizes and provides one-click access
to the three main steps of droplet analysis in the left navigation bar, moving you
through the entire workflow:
Setup — enter information about the samples, assays, and experiments
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(see Section 3.1)
Run — start the run and control the instrument, if needed (see Section 3.2)
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Analyze — compute nucleic acid concentration (see Sections 3.3 and 3.4)
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QuantaSoft Software uses the following file types:
Template (*.qlt) — user-defined plate layout settings (no data) for reading a
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ddPCR ™ plate
Raw data (*.qlb) — unprocessed data from each well in a ddPCR plate
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Results (*.qlp) — user-defined plate layout settings and processed data for a
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ddPCR plate
Comma-separated values (*.csv) — analyzed data in a format that can be
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assessed using other programs, such as Microsoft Excel
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