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eProtein Discovery™ Standalone System Setup Guide

Data export setup guidelines​

The eProtein Discovery instrument in Standalone mode has no internet connectivity to receive or send instrument run data to the partnered cloud software. Therefore a Standalone mode requires an alternative method to export experiment data from the instrument to be analyzed on a Windows PC/laptop on MS Excel.


Data export can be enabled using three primary options:

  1. Export to a USB flash drive
  2. Export to a NAS drive on a local-area network
  3. Export to a shared folder on an attached laptop

These are described in further detail on the following pages, along with a list of equipment that you will need to provide to facilitate each option.

Please share this document with your IT department to choose the appropriate option and prepare the required equipment before installation.

Export to a USB flash drive​

In this method experiment data is retrieved by inserting a USB flash drive into the instrument and exporting the data onto it, then inserting it into a Windows laptop and using an Excel spreadsheet to analyze the data. Please check that your organization’s IT security policies allow USB flash drives before choosing this option.

Equipment to be provided by the customer during installation:​

1. A USB flash drive

  • Must have at least 2 GB of disk space (16 GB recommended)
  • Only non-encrypted USB drives are currently supported
  • Must be formatted with one of the following filesystem types:
    • exFAT (recommended)
    • EXT4
    • FAT32
    • NTFS
  1. A Windows laptop with a USB port and Microsoft Excel

Export to a NAS drive on a local-area network​

If your organization has a NAS (network attached storage) drive on the local area network then the instrument can be connected to the network and experiment data exported to the NAS drive, where it can then be read by a Windows laptop connected to the same network to analyze the data using an Excel spreadsheet.

To use this option, there must be an Ethernet port in the lab where the instrument will be situated so that it can be connected to the LAN. During installation you will need to provide the following information:

  • The IP address of the NAS drive
  • The name of the shared folder
  • The username and password of a user who has write access to the shared folder

Please check with your IT team that an appropriate Ethernet port is available in the lab and that any network or firewall configuration to allow the instrument to connect to the LAN and NAS drive has been performed prior to installation. Contact support if you need any of the following:

  • The MAC address of the instrument
  • The instrument to be configured to use a static IP address

Equipment to be provided by the customer during installation:​

  1. A LAN port in the lab that the instrument can be connected to
  2. A NAS drive on the local area network
    • The NAS drive must support the SMB v3 protocol
  3. A Windows laptop with Microsoft Excel connected to the same network with access to the shared drive

Export to a shared folder on an attached laptop​

If you have a Windows laptop in the same lab as the instrument then it can be connected to the instrument using an Ethernet cable and router to allow the instrument to export experiment data to it. The experiment data can then be analyzed on the laptop using an Excel spreadsheet.

The Windows laptop must have a shared folder that is accessible from the network. During installation you will need to provide the following information:

  • The name of the shared folder
  • The username and password of a user on the laptop who has write access to the shared folder

Please ask your IT team to set up the shared folder (we suggest “C:\eProteinReports”) and user with write access, and to configure any security settings to allow the folder to be visible to other machines on the network prior to installation. In particular please ask them to ensure that:

  • “File and printer sharing” is enabled for both public and private networks (this is necessary because Windows considers some direct connections to be “public”)
  • Any firewall running on the laptop has been configured with appropriate rules to allow the folder to be visible on the network (e.g. unblocking the file sharing port TCP 445)

The laptop setup can be verified prior to installation by connecting this and another laptop to the same LAN and then checking that the other laptop can see the shared folder and copy files to it using the username and password of the user with write access.

Equipment to be provided by the customer during installation:

  1. A Windows 10 or later laptop near where the instrument will be installed in the lab
  • Must have a spare Ethernet port, or a spare USB port for use with a USB-to-Ethernet dongle
  • Must be configured with a network-accessible shared folder and user with write access as described above
  • Nuclera Field Application Specialists will need temporary admin access to this laptop during installation

Nuclera will provide the router, Ethernet cables and dongles required to connect the laptop to the instrument.

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We are committed to providing pre-installation assistance and support to ensure a smooth and successful installation process. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

Nuclera Technical Support:
Emailtechsupport@nuclera.com
UK Phone+44 1223 942 761
US Phone+1 508-306-1297




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