Download SeqScape Software Version 2.1 User Guide

Contents
Preface
How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Conventions Used in This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Workstation Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
How to Obtain More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
How to Obtain Services and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Chapter 1
Introduction to ABI PRISM SeqScape Software
New Features in SeqScape Software v2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
New Features for v2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
For Users of Earlier Versions of SeqScape Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Features of v2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
About SeqScape Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Genetic Analyzer Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SeqScape Software Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resequencing Data with SeqScape Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Data Sources for Resequencing Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Levels of Automated Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What the Software Does . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
How the Software Performs Analyses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 2
1-5
1-5
1-5
1-5
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-7
Getting Started
Administrator: Registering the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
License and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Registering Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Hardware and Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Hard Drive Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
SeqScape Software Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
ABI PRISM SeqScape Software v2.1 User Guide
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