Hi, 

Any idea if there's a way to get the Instrument type (i.e. NextSeq, HiSeq, etc), from the instrument name field in the Fastq read header? - I've tried looking for a map of sorts in Illumina's documentation, but to no avail. 

Thanks,  
There was a post @SeqAnswers where we had a recap of the types of sequencer specific fastq headers (my google-fu has not turned up that post yet). Following is a very rough approximation of start of fastq headers that are sequencer specific.

Edit: Just want to add that it is possible to change the default read header in one of the set up files (so the following may not always be true). 

@HWI-Mxxxx or @Mxxxx - MiSeq<br>
@HWUSI - GAIIx<br>
@HWI-Dxxxx - HiSeq 2000/2500<br>
@Kxxxx - HiSeq 3000(?)/4000<br>
@Nxxxx - NextSeq 500/550<br>
@Axxxxx - NovaSeq<br>
@Vxxxxx = NextSeq 2000<br>
Edit (08/2022)<br>
@AAxxxxx - NextSeq 2000 P1/P2/P3<br>
@Hxxxxxx - NovaSeq S1/S2/S4<br>

