The Guided Transfer operation is a hands-off alternative to the “Advanced Transfer”.

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The concept is simple: you select your source(s), destination(s), and input the volume you want to transfer then Guided Transfer will automatically calculate the rest.

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One important thing to note at this stage is that the Guided Transfer operation uses a “Source Pool” rather than the typical “Source” selector. This means that the volume of each of the chosen sources will pool together, allowing the total overall source volume to exceed the volume available in a single source item.

Guided Transfer may not use each of the chosen sources – the automated calculations within Guided Transfer will determine how much liquid is needed and will use sources appropriately.

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Guided Transfer also handles tip ejection – ensuring efficiencyand accuracy are both maximised. However, it is possible to turn off eject tipand bypass the eject tip calculation entirely.

Despite being usable while almost entirely automated, it isstill possible to configure the transfers to some degree.

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This configuration view is a slightly stripped back version of the regular transfer configuration; here, you can set advanced settings suchas blowout and travel gap. By default, Guided Transfer will send the tip deep into the source object to aspirate – just 2mm from the bottom.

Guided Transfer is the simplest way to perform a transfer or set of transfers – for more granular control, consider using the “Advanced Transfer” operation.

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