Dear All OK I'll speak up. We have been using the current version of Expo software on an Elite ESP for over six months now and have found it easy and reliable to use. However, I can't say I have tested it fully as we use the Elite almost exclusively for sorting human chromosomes. Control of the cytometer with Expo is more foolproof as, apart from sending stored protocol settings the first time a protocol is loaded and sending sorting gates and parameters, changes in settings are mainly controlled from the touch screen with the PC picking up the changes. This avoids the problem of SENDING when you wanted to RECEIVE and vice versa (hardened Elite users will know what I mean!). For sorting, the Autoclone interface is particularly nice to use after the standard Elite software and the rolling event display in Setup mode is ideal for checking that chromosome peaks aren't straying out of sorting gates. The software has a host of automated reporting modes but as we don't process large numbers of tests on large numbers of patients I cannot comment on how useful or reliable these are. So the bottom line is that the Expo software works fine (at least for dual laser sorting), gives a nice Windows environment and makes control of the cytometer more foolproof. However, I still use WinMDI for presentations as Expo doesn't have density plots. Nigel *************************************************** Dr. Nigel P. Carter The Sanger Centre Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Hinxton Cambridge CB10 1SA UK Tel: +44 (0) 1223 494860 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 494919 email: npc@sanger.ac.uk <mailto:npc@sanger.ac.uk> *************************************************** International Society for Analytical Cytology "Applying technology to the study of cells" If you would like to find out more about ISAC, please visit our WWW site at http://www.isac-net.org or contact me directly. Nigel Carter, ISAC Secretary *************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Steve G. Hilliard [mailto:steve@habanero.cb.uga.edu] Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 12:34 To: cyto-inbox Subject: Re: WIN-FCM and EXPO I'll add my concerns re: the Expo software. Come on, speak up--is anyone using it? It looks great in demo--how does it perform in a production environment? Anyone? Steve +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Steve G. Hilliard (706) 542-9474 University of Georgia Cell Analysis Facility flowman@uga.edu URL: http://floweb.cb.uga.edu/Floweb/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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