Using the Editors While Creating Methods
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Biomek® 3000 Laboratory Automation Workstation Quick-Start Guide
3.8
Manually Controlling the Pod
If you need to control the Biomek 3000 instrument outside of a method, including
moving the bridge and head assembly outside of a method, you will use
Manual
Control
.
Manual
Control
is also used to control the pod when framing the gripper
tool and when recovering from errors. Some devices can also be controlled outside a
method using
Manual
Control
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, for additional information.
Using the following instructions, you will use
Manual
Control
to move the pod to a
different position on the deck. You’ll move the pod to the Z-max height first to make
sure you don’t hit anything on the deck and then you’ll move the pod to a selected
position.
Note:
If you launch the simulator, you can watch the pod move as you complete the
following steps.
To move the pod using
Manual
Control
:
To home all axes and move the head assembly using
Manual
Control
:
1. Choose
Instrument>Manual Control
.
Manual Control
appears (Figure 3-
19). Here is where you can choose to which position you want to move a pod.
Figure 3-19. Manual Control