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Sony MA900 - saving instructions

How to save your....

Experiment file

  1. File -> Database -> Export
  2. Highlight your experiment from the list on the left, should be at the top if created that day
  3.  Click the two arrows to bring your experiment to the list on the right
  4. Next to Output File, click the three dots. Save to This PC -> FlowCyto Share X:\ drive -> Your folder
  5. Name the experiment and include the current date
  6. Export
  7. Remove files from the software under the Experiment Tab after exported. Right-click -> Delete

FCS Files

  1. Right-click the Experiment name -> Export FCS files.
  2. Next to Output folder, click the three dots. Navigate to This PC -> FlowCyto Share X:\ drive -> Your Folder. Create New Folder with today’s date. Select this new folder again, OK.
  3. Export

PDFs

  1. Double-click the tube within your experiment that has saved data to open the worksheet.
  2. Worksheet Tools -> Print -> Print
  3. Save to This PC-> FlowCyto Share X:\ drive -> Your Folder, and give the pdf a name. Save.
Don't forget: Saving your data is your responsibility. We regularly delete experiments from our instrument's computers to free up memory.