Tecella Pico User Manual

Pico

Installation Guide

Tecella

3001 Red Hill Ave, Ste 1-204

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

[phone]

[email protected]

Pico Installation Guide

1 Before you begin

1.1 Introduction

The Tecella Pico is a USB-powered whole cell patch clamp amplifier. The Pico was
designed with ease-of-setup and ease-of-use as top priorities. By integrating the
digitizer, the headstages, the internal model cell, and the USB, the installation process
consists primarily of connecting the USB cable. No additional computer hardware is
required, and no tools are needed to install the Pico.

1.2 Package contents

Please confirm that the following items were included in the package.

 Pico amplifier
 USB Cable
 BNC Extender
 BNC Cable
 Any optional items you may have purchased.

1.3 Software components

The following software components are necessary.

 Tecella Driver Installer
 Either TecellaLab software or WinWCP software

1.4 Minimum computer requirements

The following are the minimum system requirements for the computer.

 Processor (any of the following)

o Any dual core Intel or AMD processor (including any Intel Core Duo)
o Minimum 1GHz for any single core Intel or AMD processor

 1GB RAM (2GB recommended)
 2GB free space on Hard Drive
 One free USB port
 Windows XP, Vista, or 7

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2 Driver installation

Go to www.tecella.com/download. Click on the TecellaDriverInstall link as shown below.

Run the installer. You will see the following screen.

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Once the installation is complete, you will see the following screen.

3 Plug In The Pico

Connect the Pico to the computer using a USB cable.

When plugging in the Pico for the first time, the driver will automatically install.

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4 Software

Axograph can be purchased/downloaded from:

http://axographx.com/

WinWCP can be purchased/downloaded from:

http://spider.science.strath.ac.uk/sipbs/software_ses.htm

TecellaLab can be downloaded from:

http://www.tecella.com/download

4.1 Installing Axograph or WinWCP software

For instructions on installing Axograph or WinWCP, please follow the instructions
available from the corresponding site listed above.

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4.2 Installing TecellaLab software

To install the TecellaLab software, simply unzip the downloaded file to your desired
location.

Double-click on TecellaLab.exe to start the program.

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5 Software Use

Please refer to the User Guide for the appropriate software (Axograph, WinWCP, or
TecellaLab) for detailed information.

6 Technical Support

Please contact Tecella for technical support at:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Mail: Tecella

3001 Red Hill Ave, Ste 1-204
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
USA

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