MyGo MINI PCR3208 User manual
USER GUIDE
PERSONAL PRECISION
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WELCOME
Thank you for choosing the MyGo Mini.
The MyGo Mini is the world’s most compact
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Learn how to install your
MyGo Mini - from seng it
up on your workbench, to
conguring the instrument
and installing the soware.
Learn some useful ps for
using your instrument.
Learn the basics of seng
up an experiment on your
MyGo Mini.
Learn how to easily analyse
your results.
Learn how to export your data
for use with other soware.
Learn how to look aer your
MyGo Mini.
If you ever have a problem
with your instrument, learn
how to troubleshoot it here.
CONTENT
This quick start guide will teach you what you need
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3.
SETUP
You should have the following items in the MyGo Mini box:
Please keep the box the MyGo Mini came in, in case you need to
protect your MyGo Mini during storage or shipment in future.
Heatsink
Lid
Foot
Display LEDs
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The lid of the MyGo Mini
can be removed from the
instrument and must be
aached at all mes when
not in use. To remove the
lid push down and turn
anclockwise. To aach
the lid, rst line up the lugs
on the lid with the grooves
on the mount plate as
shown below. Once aligned
press down, and then turn
clockwise to secure unl you
feel a hard stop.
If the instrument is
connected to power the
instrument will say “Lid on”
and “Lid o” when you aach
and remove the heated lid.
The instrument will display
green when the lid is ed,
and display pulsang yellow
when the lid is removed.
The lid may get warm during
operaon; this is normal.
This is the outer body of
the instrument and enables
ecient cooling of the
system during thermal
cycling. Ensure that there
is free airow around the
instrument - do not cover
or wrap the instrument,
and keep it at least 5 cm
away from objects or walls.
The foot should always be
placed facing down on your
worktop during operaon.
Grooves
Lugs
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MYGO MINI CONNECTIONS
If you turn your MyGo Mini upside down you will see
Insert the USB drive here
to run an experiment from
the USB drive, or to update
rmware using a USB drive.
You can use the supplied USB
drive extension cable.
This is for connecng your
MyGo Mini to your LAN or
computer.
USB Port
Ethernet Port
Power
This is to connect your MyGo Mini to the provided power supply unit.
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the instrument and the
or directly to your computer.
Wi-Fi if your network supports it.
POWERING ON YOUR MYGO MINI
to run.
CONNECTING
YOUR MYGO MINI
is shown on the following page...
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MyGo Mini Connection Modes
1. Direct network connection
2. Local area network connection
3. USB drive connection
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MYGO MINI LIGHTS AND SOUNDS
help you understand what the instrument is doing.
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Green Idle / Ready to run
Yellow
Blue
cooling down
Blue
Pink
Red
Fault detected
“Lid On”
completed
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INSTALLING YOUR
mygopcr.com.
Double-click on the
windows installer and follow
the on-screen instrucons
to install your MyGo Mini
soware on Windows.
Double-click on the
disk image and follow
the on-screen instrucons
to install your MyGo Mini
soware on your Mac PC.
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MyGo Mini connected to the network please connect
to your MyGo Mini Instrument.
Please select Conguraon
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To add your new MyGo Mini
select the Add b uon. You
will now be presented with
a list of available instruments.
Please select MyGo Mini
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Double-click on the
instrument you wish to
connect to, or press
with the instrument selected.
The instrument will now
be added to the list of
for use in the soware.
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TIPS
Here are some great ps to keep in mind whilst running your
MyGo instrument.
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The MyGo Mini lid can get warm during operaon, this is
completely normal.
This should ensure that all contents are at the boom of the
tubes, and there are no bubbles present. Reacon mixtures
which are viscous, or contain high levels of detergents, will
require stronger centrifugaon to remove bubbles. Please use
sucient g-force to ensure that no bubbles are present.
If the lid is o dust may fall into the wells and aect the
performance of your instrument.
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Intensity (RFU)
Cycle
Bubbles can cause opcal artefacts as shown in the graph
below. Ensure that no bubbles are present in reacon volumes.
Please keep your work space clean including all lab equipment
like surfaces, pipees, and tube racks. This will keep the
instrument clean and help maintain good results.
We recommend a roune cleaning of your instrument. To do so
follow the cleaning guide in the Maintenance section.
Please disable all power saving sengs e.g. sleep and
hibernate.
Artefact
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CREATE A NEW EXPERIMENT
EXPERIMENT
Click New to create
a new experiment.
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Once you have created a new experiment the
w ill be displayed as shown below:
By default the experiment
name will be “New
” with a date
and me stamp, which
can be edited.
The summary will give
you informaon about the
instrument you are running,
the sengs chosen and any
useful notes you choose to
add about your experiment.
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The drop down
menu gives you the opon to
open an experiment normally
or as a template that can be
used for a new run.
OPEN AN EXPERIMENT
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An experiment le will contain
all the data and analyses but
can not be re-run.
To open as an
s elect the rst opon
shown on the opposite page.
Opening an experiment le
as a template allows you to
use the same prole, samples,
sengs and analyses to
re-run a previous experiment,
generang new data. When an
experiment le is opened as
a template, it has the same:
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2.
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4.
If you wish to open an
as
s elect the second opon.
To open a USB run navigate to the USB locaon using the
dialog window shown to the le. Select in the
drop down menu and then double click on the USB
run.
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SAVING AN EXPERIMENT
that data is not lost.
When starng a run you will
be prompted with the window
displayed below.
Make sure the rst checkbox is selected and your
experiments will be automacally saved. To prevent
the soware from showing this dialog again, select the
second checkbox. You can change these sengs later
by clicking and selecng .
To automacally save your
data when the experiment
has nished, rstly click
and choose the
locaon to save your run to.
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