Do measurements in Access

Access is the BactoBox® platform you reach by connecting your BactoBox® to your computer. It opens in your browser.

Run your measurements from Access, and your BactoBox® records them for you.

• No dilution calculations. Enter the dilution factor, and Access works out the concentration of your undiluted sample.

• No writing results down by hand. Each result is stored with its sampling time, dilution factor and label.

• Plots. See your growth curve in real time, in both concentration and cell size.

• All your data in one place, ready to download as a CSV file.

1

Open Access

Connect your BactoBox® to your computer and open Access. See Connect to Access. The buttons you know from your BactoBox® now sit on your screen.

2

Create a measurement group

Create a Basic measurement group, as shown below. It collects your measurements in one table. To plot a growth curve, pick Growth curve instead. You can change the type later. See Create and open measurement groups for all group types.

Create a measurement group.

3

Measure and annotate each sample

Set Sampled at, the dilution factor and a label, then click Measure. When the measurement is done, Access adds the concentration of your undiluted sample to the table. See Label your samples.

Add information on your sample and click Measure.

4

Download your data

Open the measurement group and click Export CSV. To download all your measurements at once, click Download summary in the side bar. See Export your data.