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qPCR Integration : Working with Scispot Agent
qPCR Integration : Working with Scispot Agent
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Written by Satya Singh
Updated over 7 months ago

To sync the QuantStudio PCR systems a Scispot Agent is used to sync the data from your local computer to Scispot. The process is split into 2 stages.

  • Local Configuration of the qPCR machine

  • Agent Configuration

Step 1. Local Configuration

Step 2. Local Configuration

Step 3. Install the Scispot Agent

  • Download the scispot agent as a zip file into the computer recieving the qPCR data

  • Extract the zip file

Manual Scispot Agent Initialization & Debugging

If problems with syncing occur the agent can be manually started for validation and debugging.

  • Open a Command Prompt in your computer

  • Navigate to the folder containing the agent in your files and copy the path highlighted in blue.

  • Input the command cd path_to_scispot_agent. Replace path_to_scispot_agent with your path. Example cd C:\Users\agvan\Downloads\scispot_agent\scispot_agent and click enter.

  • Input the command start /B java -cp scispot-agent-1.0.jar com.scispot.ScispotAgentApplication and click enter. Keep the command prompt open and minimized in the background of the computer.

  • After adding, modifying or deleting files in your results folder, open the command prompt to view the logs of the Scispot Agent

Data Storage

Files uploaded via the Scispot Agent are stored inside AWS S3 buckets. Through Glue, the files from the S3 bucket can be integrated into Scispot Labsheets for viewing and downloading.

NOTE: Not every account will have these integrations. Please contact [email protected] if you don't see these features enabled.

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