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8 - Configuration Tool
Device Driver Configuration
Number of slots per tower
Choose the number of slots which are available per physical incubator (4 or
6). If the logical incubator extends over more than one physical incubator, all
of them must have the same number of slots.
Temperature
Specify the temperature of the logical incubator (range, model MIO1: 25° to
47°C; range, model MIO2: 25° to 65°C). The same temperature is used for all
of the slots of the logical incubator. Specify 0 to disable the heater. To ensure
that the incubator reaches and maintains a stable temperature, make sure
that the incubator doors are not left open.
Note: For special applications, you can use the SetTemperature command to
assign a different temperature to individual slots during script or process runtime.
Shaker speed
Specify the speed at which the labware should be shaken during incubation
(range, model MIO1: 1 to 10.5 Hz; range, model MIO2: 1 to 8.5 Hz). Specify 0
to disable shaking. Shaking requires the incubator shaker option.
Towers panel
Number of Towers
Choose how many physical incubators are used by this logical incubator
(maximum 8). Depending on your choice, additional tabs will appear (1, 2, 3
etc.).
Device address
For each of the Towers tabs (physical incubators), choose the device address
which is associated with this logical incubator. Choose the address as
“hardware address plus 1”. On heated incubators, the hardware address is set
with the blue address switch at the back. Each physical device (regardless of
device type) must have a unique hardware address.
Examples
Example 1: Two logical incubators (Incubator1, Incubator2) each have three slots
and share the same physical incubator (tower 1). Incubator1 starts at slot 1 (the
topmost slot) and has a temperature of 35 °C; Incubator2 starts at slot 4 and has a
temperature of 40 °C.
Example 2: One logical incubator has 7 slots and starts at slot 4 of tower 1. The
last used slot is then slot 3 of tower 2.
Additional settings in the configuration file for the incubator driver
Two of the parameters in the [Settings] section of the configuration file for the
incubator driver allow you to adjust the warning level if the incubator temperature
differs from the configured value.
• The configuration file is located in the Freedom EVOware installation directory
and has the name Te-Incubator1.ini (for the first heated incubator) to Te-
Incubator3.ini (for the third heated incubator).
• The parameter TempRange specifies the threshold for the warning. The
incubator driver interrogates the actual incubator temperature once per
minute and a warning is output if the temperature differs from the configured
temperature by more than the specified range (either hotter or colder).
TempRange is specified as an unsigned integer in °C.
• The parameter TempWarnDelay specifies a time delay after inserting the
labware in the incubator and before the first warning is output. This allows
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