Agilent Technologies BenchCel Microplate Handler, Quick Manual

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Emergency stops
G5580A BenchCel Microplate Handler Quick Guide
To recover the BenchCel device after an emergency stop:
1
If the robot dropped labware before or during the emergency stop, remove the
labware that was dropped. Also remove labware at teachpoints or other locations.
2
If the BenchCel robot attempted to place labware at a location that was not free, a
collision might have occurred resulting in misalignment of the robot gripper. Check
the robot gripper alignment:
a
Move the robot arms so that they are perpendicular to the x -axis.
b
Make sure the bottom of the robot gripper pads are perpendicular to the robot
arms. If they are not, contact Agilent Technical Support.
Figure
Gripper alignment: (
A)
Correct, (
B
) Incorrect
3
At the emergency-stop pendant, turn the button clockwise to restore power to the
motors.
4
If you stopped a protocol run in an emergency, select one of the following in the
VWorks message dialog box:
A B
Selection Description
Diagnostics Opens the BenchCel Diagnostics dialog box. See step 5 .
Note: This selection is available only when you are in the
middle of a protocol run and not while you are in
BenchCel Diagnostics.
Retry Attempts to restart the current command or task in the
run.
Ignore and continue Ignores the current command or task and continues to
the next command or task in the protocol sequence.
Abort Aborts the current command or task in the run. Select
Abort if you have determined that the protocol run is not
recoverable.