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FCAP Array™ Software v1.0.1 for MacOS®



Features
System Requirements
Installation
Launching FCAP Array Software
Limitations and Known Issues




Features


The following features are available with FCAP Array software. Refer to the user’s guide for complete details.

  • Quantitative and qualitative data analysis
  • FCS 2.0 and 3.0 file import
  • Experiment wizard
  • Plex wizard to define bead groups used in a bead assay
  • Batch analysis


System Requirements


This version of FCAP Array software has been validated for use on computers running English (United States) Regional Options:

  • Mac OS 10.3 operating system
  • Mac OS 9.2

Compatibility with computers and operating systems using other Regional Options has not been tested.

FCAP Array software requires a Apple Macintosh workstation equipped with the following minimum configuration:

  • PowerPC processor (PowerPC G3 400MHz or better recommended)
  • 32 MB of RAM
  • 16 MB of available hard-drive space
  • CD ROM Drive for the installation
  • USB port for the hardware key
  • Optionally a USB port barcode reader


Installation


Refer to Installing FCAP Array Software in Chapter 2 of the FCAP Array Software User’s Guide.



Launching FCAP Array Software


1. To launch FCAP Array software, do either of the following:
Double-click the FCAP Array software shortcut icon on the desktop
Select Start > Programs > FCAP Array v2.0 > FCAP Array v2.0
2. As the software launches, the Login to FCAP Array dialog is displayed.



3. Enter your user name and password. Click Log in.
4. If the login fails, a message appears asking you to re-enter your user name and password.

When FCAP Array software is installed there is a user with user name Administrator, password welcome, and administrative rights.

The Administrator password should be changed immediately.

NOTICE User names and passwords are case-sensitive. The password can be blank.


Limitations and Known Issues


Experiment, Sample, and Standard Name for Files to be Imported into BD FACSArray™ Software

BD FACSArray software cannot import experiments that contain any of the following characters in the experiment, sample, or standard names: period, comma, forward slash, or back slash. Therefore, users creating an FCAP Array experiment to direct acquisition on the BD FACSArray bioanalyzer, cannot use any of the restricted characters in the experiment, sample, or standard names.

BD FACSArray Software BD CBA Flex Set Templates

To ensure that the P1 singlet gate is applied to the exported template file within BD FACSArray software, ensure all setup control wells are acquired, close the Experiment, and then open it before saving it as a template.

Excluding a Standard Curve Point Using the File Assignment View

If you deselect the checkbox for a standard curve point in the File Assignment view, the software will be unable to fit a standard curve for the experiment. For a standard curve to be generated during analysis, all standard curve points must have at least one valid replicate. To remove a specific data point from all standard curves on an experiment, use the Sample view to delete the standard sample, or return to the plex wizard and reduce the number of standard curve points, excluding the one to be removed. For more information about this subject, refer to the FCAP Array Software User’s Guide.




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