3M MDS100 User Manual

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1.  To generate an Instrument Temperature Log report, which lists the instrument’s temperature at 5 second intervals during 

all runs, select 

Reports on the menu bar, and then select Instrument Temperature Log… You can also click Generate 

Reports next to the Generate Reports

  icon on the Start page, or your can click 

Generate Reports next to the 

Generate Reports

  icon on the Sidebar to generate an Instrument Temperature Details report. 

2.  Select 

Instrument Temperature Log… from the list of reports that appears.

3.  When the Instrument Temperature Details report window appears, select the date range to include and select the filter 

parameters you want to use and the values for the filter parameters you selected. 

a.  Select the 

All dates option to include test results done on any date, or select the Date range option to include 

test results done within a range of dates. If you select the 

Date range option, enter the start and end dates by 

entering them directly or selecting them though use of the calendar. The default option is the date range including 
the past week. 

b.  The filter parameters on the Instrument Temperature Log report window are both optional. Click the dropdown 

menu and select the values you want include in the Instrument Temperature Log report. The defaults are all run 
IDs and all instruments.

Run ID

ID assigned to the run when it was set up (only 
completed runs are listed, oldest runs first) 

All runs included

List 

Instrument

Serial number of the instrument on which the test 
was done (connected and not connected instru-
ments are listed)

All instruments 
included

List 

4.  Click the 

[Generate] button after selecting and entering the filters you want to use. You can also click the [Cancel] 

button to return to the Start Page without generating a report. This query must scan a large amount of data, and it 
could return a large number of results. Generating this report could take significant time and produce a large amount of 
information.

5.  A loading indicator 

 appears while the 3M Molecular Detection Software generates the print preview for 

display on the screen. Refer to the Appendix for an example of this report.

6.  Click the 

[Print] button 

 at the top of the window to print the report.

7.  To save the Instrument Temperature Log report, click the 

[Export] button 

 then select a file format from the list 

(Microsoft Excel, Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word). When the Windows Save As dialog opens, select a folder in which to 
store the file and click the 

[Save] button.