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3. GS Sequencer
3.
GS Sequencer
3.1 Launching and Exiting the Application
3.2 Signing In and Signing Out
3.3 Starting a Sequencing Run
3.4 Instrument Tab
3.5 Data Tab
3.6 GS Sequencer Output
3.7 Other Features and Functions
3.1
Launching and Exiting the Application
The GS Sequencer application can be launched by double clicking its icon on the GS FLX+ Instrument desktop (Figure 5). The GS Sequencer application is used to set up and launch sequencing Runs, monitor the GS FLX+ Instrument components, and manage data sets.
Figure 5: The GS Sequencer icon on the desktop
The application can also be launched from a terminal window on the instrument with the following command:
sequencer.sh
 
The GS Sequencer application window has three areas; the Status Area (top), the Global Action Area (right), and the Main Content Area (center) (Figure 6).
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Status Area – contains the instrument name, the Operator ID, the status and status icon.
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Global Action Area – contains buttons for ‘Exit’, ‘Start’, ‘Abort’, ‘Config’, ‘About’, and ‘Help’.
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Main Content Area – initially contains the sign-in screen. After signing in, it contains the ‘Instrument’ and ‘Data’ tabs.
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The Instrument tab is divided into an upper ‘Procedure’ area and a lower ‘Instrument Sensor Readings’ area (see Figure 7 and Section 3.4, below).
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The Data tab contains tools to manage the data sets stored on the GS FLX+ Instrument (see Section 3.5).
 
To exit the GS Sequencer application, click the Exit button located in the Global Action Area.
Figure 6: The GS Sequencer Introduction and Sign-In Form