Rotaphor V6 Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis

Latest Version from 30.08.2007

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This page contains everything you need to try the new software for controlling the pulsed field electrophoresis apparatus "Rotaphor".

The software might be used without the chamber, since an additional window allows the manual simulation of the signals coming usually from the apparatus.

Standard Windows-Installations are missing the dot-net functionality necessary for running the "Rotaphor software". The respective upgrade needs to be done only once. In order to avoid downloading the respective package (~19MB) over and over again, we have compiled two versions of the Rotaphor windows installer. One version including the Upgrade and one without:

Instructions: After download, open the .zip archive and copy the contend to a folder of your choice. This folder should be deleted after installation. Now execute Setup.exe. If Windows is already upgraded with the DotNet extension, the Rotaphor program will be installed directly by the usual "Windows-Installer". Please follow the respective instructions. If you did not yet upgrade Windows, you will be asked, wether you want to do this. If you accept, the upgrade procedure starts right away if you use DotNet including version. Please accept the licence and wait until a further window tells you that the installation is finished (please be patient - the installer seems to be inactive a relatively long time showing "0 minutes left"). Unfortunately, the Windows installer does not allow the installation of the upgrade and the program in one go. Therefore, the setup.exe needs to be executed once again.

If you want to upgrade the program only, please uninstall the original program first using the system management utility: software. Then follow the mentioned installation process. During this procedure, neither user accounts nor electrophoresis parameter lists are changed or deleted.

The start menu should now show two additional entries belonging to the Rotaphor program.

We hope you enjoy this new software

Your Rotaphor Team

Last Changes:

2.6.04 V6.1.02 Handbook added, Indexproblems removed, Informations added to Logbook
3.6.04 V6.1.03 Connection to hardware lost bug removed
9.7.04 V6.1.10 Autostart restricted to crashes (e.g. due to a power failure), display of wrong gel scans removed, switching off the buffer circulation during temperature calibration inverted, help updated, handbook corrected
4.9.04 V6.1.11 Temperature control hystereses improved, display of temperature if temperature is out of range, program works now without administrator rights
4.9.04 V6.1.12 Steps lost display problem solved, Thread Priorities adjusted, Service display option added, Program inkompatibily message added and solution for continuation of elektrophoresis implemented
23.11.04 V6.1.15 Autostart language bug removed, Index problem with chinese Windows removed, program does not start with chinese Windows removed, simplified chinese as user language enabled
22.12.04 V6.1.16 German special characters are displayed again
01.02.05 V6.1.17 Userinformation will be storded at a place conform to Windows rules
10.02.05 V6.1.18 Logfile may be saved, Speed reduction with Interference errors activated, Helpsystem updated
28.02.05 V6.1.20 Logfiles with Backups now all savable, some timing problems removed
01.03.05 V6.2.0 Final Version for delivery
21.04.05 V6.2.1 Sorting Problem in User Account Administration solved
03.04.06 V6.3.01 Menue topic "Calibrate Temperature" reformulated
Detection and eliminataion of user errors during temperature calibration
Online help and manual was updated.
31.06.06 V6.4.01 Tolerance of light barrier detection improvedt
Addition "Service Logbook Entries" implemented.
07.07.06 V6.4.02 Program may now be ended during user selection and user definition.
12.07.06 V6.4.03 Running a second instance of the Rotaphor program is now prevented to avoid hardware blockage
16.07.06 V6.4.04 Very fast restart after an error message sometimes blocked all further inputs. Eliminated.
31.07.06 V6.5.01 Application of a second dimension did position the rotor sometimes wrong. Eliminated
Interval und angle parameters are now hidden during a standard electrophoresis.
Input of physically impossible values during temperature calibration reactivates default values.
27.08.06 V6.5.2 Minor improvements in user interface, tests without power supply enabled.
28.03.07 V6.5.3 Automatic stop of alarm when lid is opened, Error behaviour after "Power supply removed during use" improved, simulation of power failure reenabled in demo mode

Aktualisiert 30.08.2007