Molecular Devices FLIPR Tetra, User Manual

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Robotic Integration
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removeplates<SP>none<TAB>
platehandler<SP>idle<TAB>
plate_on<SP>no<TAB>
camera_temp<SP>ok,-35,-35<TAB>
chamber_temp<SP>off,0,0<TAB>
waste_bottlea<SP>ok<TAB>
waste_bottleb<SP>ok<TAB>
fill_bottlea<SP>ok<TAB>
fill_bottleb<SP>ok<TAB>
tips<SP>on<TAB>
outer_auto_door<SP>closed<CR>
Suggested Steps in Command Usage
• Send status command
• Response will be instrument status
Loadplate<TAB>Location, Last Plate[, BAR CODE]
<CR>
Command Description
Loads plate or tips to the specified location from landing pad. The
plates or tips must have been placed on the instrument landing pad
prior to the command being issued. Up to 13 plates (1 source plate, 12
compound plates) can be used in single experiment.
Additional parameters are available to provide the bar code for the
delivered plate and identify the final plate for an assay.
The bar codes of up to 5 plates can be recorded in the data file.
Command Parameters
There are four parameters available for use with this command.
The parameters are location, bar code, and last plate. The location
parameter is required. The bar code and last plate parameters are
optional. If the bar code parameter is used then the plate order
parameter must also be used.
Location parameter must be one of following:
• re–which indicates read plate location.
• s1–which indicates source plate 1 location.
• s2–which indicates source plate 2 location.
• s3–which indicates source plate 3 location.
• ti–which indicates tips loading location.