RIDA qLine®autoBlot/RIDA qLine® Soft - Quick start guide (LIS)

Initiating RIDA qLine® autoBlot and requesting worklist

1. Turn on the power source and start the device (the device
can also be switched on already)

The device will check all components. If the check was

successful press the “START” button and the screen will
switch automatically to the start screen.

2. Double click on the following icon to start RIDA qLine® Soft on the
external PC (RLink autoBlot and RLink LIS-ASTM Interfaces
should start automatically at PC startup). It is used to generate
worklists with requests for every patient.

3. Go back to the RIDA qLine® autoBlot and select the

“Back” button in the upper right corner. The following
screen will appear:

4. Choose the “Worklists” button and the following

possibilities will appear:

Choose “Start worklist” and go on.

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5. If the device is connected to the network the button
“Carousel -> L.I.S” is highlighted, if the connection is
inactive (detailed information on last page) the button is
faded out.

Place the samples in the sample carousel and choose the

”Carousel -> L.I.S” button. Ensure correct arrangement of
barcodes. All barcodes must be placed vertically and the
probes have to be aligned to the direction of the barcode
reader.

6. Close the lid and press the “SCAN CAROUSEL” button

and all 36 positions are scanned. Do not use barcodes
twice. If barcodes are present more than once, an error
message occurs and the user has to remove barcodes
which are present more than once. Press “Ok” to go on.

Scanning of samples begins at position 1 in the sample

carousel and barcodes are allocated in this order. If
barcodes are missing or scanning of barcodes was not
successful, you can add missing barcodes. Therefore press
the ”+” button (manually specify sample).

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 You are able to choose the position of the missing barcode
and the name of the missing sample ID.

7. If all barcodes/patient ID`s are present please press

“request worklist”. The following window appears.

You have to confirm this window with “OK”, to start the

worklist.

8. In the first step, reagents are loaded for the assay.

Required volumes are shown on the right side. If wash
buffer and reagents have been loaded in a sufficient
volume, click the arrow button pointing to the right.

Required panels for the worklist are shown and have to

be loaded to the strip holder in the order shown in the
window on the left.

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 Before starting the assay, you are prompted to check all
reagents and consumables. To start the assay, all items
must be confirmed.

When presence of all reagents is confirmed, the right arrow

occurs and by clicking the button the assay is started.

9. All steps performed are shown in the assay run log

window. Open the lid to pause the assay. To continue the
assay close the lid. You are also able to stop the assay at
any point of time. To do so, click the abort button. The
device will stop at the next possible point of time.

To abort the assay, you have to confirm the action.

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 Afterwards a notice occurs, and via clicking on the “Back to
menu” button, you are directed back to the Worklist menu.

10. After scanning in the RIDA qLine® autoBlot, the

image is automatically sent to the RIDA qLine®
Soft to calculate the results. Right-click the
results to print or save.

11. To send all the results to the local LIS, you have to
click the “LIS Export” Button.

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RLink autoBlot

The RLink LIS-ASTM Software is an interface that manages the connection between the RIDA qLine®
Soft and the local LIS.

The RLink autoBlot Software is also an interface for

information/data exchange between the RIDA qLine® autoBlot
device and the RIDA qLine® Soft analysis Software.

To ensure a stable connection, the device and the PC must be

connected to the same network and the the RLink autoBlot
Software needs to be active. Both interfaces should start
automatically during the PC startup. Whenever the software icons
appear in the Microsoft taskbar, the interfaces are active. Double
click to open.

If the device is started before the software runs, the connection will be established automatically.

If the software started before the device, the connection must be set manually in the RLink autoBlot
Software.

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