Using kit SQK-RNA004-XL for base caller

[wonaya]

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Dorado version

Hi, I was wondering if dorado is supporting this kit for base calling and demux.

Dorado subcommand

Basecaller

The issue

[2025-11-04 19:18:05.354] [error] SQK-RNA004-XL is not a valid barcode kit name. Please run the help command to find out available barcode kits.

System specifications

p3.2xlarge 8 61G 1 nvidia v100 4 0 Static, 4 dynamic as needed

[malton-ont]

@wonaya,

You have not provided your dorado command line, but from the error I deduce that you have used --kit-name SQK-RNA004-XL. This kit is not a barcoding kit, and does not need to be specified in this way.