This guides walks you through checking your controls. It explains how to set up Ladder and Control options.   

 STEP 1 - HOW TO CHECK CONTROLS 

• Check Controls evaluates ladders, controls, and QA profiles to determine if they are within established parameters.
• Click on the "Check Controls" button under the QC Checks tab.
• Make sure your table is open and active on the screen.

STEP 2 - REVIEW THE RESULTS

• The ladders, controls, and QA profiles that are within established parameters are highlighted green. The ones that are not are highlighted pink.
  • Once you click on the “Check Controls” button, only the controls will appear on the table.
    • To bring the samples back in view, either hit the F8 button (once and just the samples will be shown, twice and both samples and controls will be shown) or go back to the View tab, and click on All or Samples depending on what you want to view.

STEP 3 —WHAT TO DO IF CHECK CONTROLS IS NOT PICKING UP YOUR CONTROLS

• Check Controls depends on the settings in the database. You may need a few expressions added.
• Open up the ArmedXpert Options Window.
  
  • This can be found by click on the green ArmedXpert Icon on the upper left hand corner of the screen.

STEP 4 - GO TO "LADDERS AND CONTROLS"

• Click on "Quality Control" on the left side of the window.
• Click on the "Ladders and Controls" tab.
• The top portion has the Control qualifiers. These qualifiers enable the controls to be picked up during the quality control check. For example, .“Ladder.” will pick up any control that contains the word Ladder, no matter what characters are before or after the word.

STEP 5 - CHANGE EXPRESSIONS MANUALLY

• The expressions can be changed by clicking on the Expression column in the row that you would like to change and then change to the correct expression.
• Regular expressions are being used.
  
  • The easiest regular expression is the QA which just means check for a sample with QA in the name. The pipe character is above the 'enter' key usually shift +'\'- it looks like a double line or fat semi-colon on some keyboards.

STEP 6 - OR SELECT NEW TABLE

• NicheVision Forensics can help with you with setting the Expressions. We can send you a new table to use when checking controls. Please contact us for more information.
• First step in selecting a new table, is to commit the table to the database.
• Open the a New Ladder and Control table in ArmedXpert.
• Click on the "Commit Samples to Data Source" button under the Data tab in ArmedXpert.

STEP 7 - COMMIT SAMPLE TO DATA SOURCE

• The Datasource Commit window will open.
• Click on the table you wish to commit, click the > button, and the table will be move to the box on the right.
• The table name and Type (kit) will be filled in; you can change these if wanted.
• Click on the “Commit” button.
• When finished with the window, hit the “Done” button to close the window.

STEP 8 - INSERT TABLE

• Go back to the "Ladders and Controls" tab in the ArmedXpert Options window.
• Click on the "Select Tables" button.
• Click on the appropriate table on the left.
• Click on the > button. The table will move to the box on the right.
• Click on the “Load” button to load the table.

Last updated on March 7, 2012 by NicheVision