4 Setting up the BenchCel device
Initializing the device
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BenchCel Microplate Handler User Guide
Initializing the device
About this topic
To establish communication between the computer and the BenchCel Microplate
Handler, you initialize the BenchCel device. You can initialize the BenchCel Microplate
Handler in the following ways:
•
BenchCel Diagnostics
. To control the BenchCel Microplate Handler using BenchCel
Diagnostics, initialize the profile in BenchCel Diagnostics.
•
VWorks window
. To control the BenchCel Microplate Handler from the VWorks
window, for example, to run a protocol, initialize the device in the VWorks window.
Before you start
Ensure that you have added the BenchCel device to a VWorks device file and that you
have a valid BenchCel profile.
Initializing the device in Diagnostics
To initialize a profile in BenchCel Diagnostics:
1
In the
VWorks
window, open the device file for the profile that you want to initialize.
To open a device file, choose
File > Open >
.
Device.
In the
Open File
dialog box, select
the file, and then click
Open
.
2
Click
No
if the
Would you like to initialize devices now?
message appears.
3
In the device file
tab, select the device, and then click
Device diagnostics
to open the
BenchCel Diagnostics dialog box.
