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9 - Specifying Your Instrument Setup
Configuring Carriers
Use to offset RoMa vector
Check the checkboxes to indicate how many unique sites the device or carrier
has for the RoMa to access. The total number of RoMa sites is shown in the
Sites field. The checkboxes determine the directions in which the RoMa
needs to move to access the sites (X, Y and/or Z).
For most carrier types, you should check all three checkboxes (X, Y and Z).
Special cases:
A common type of carousel has 9 towers and 21 microplates per tower (X=1,
Y=9, Z=21, 189 labware items) but only one site for the RoMa to access (the
carousel transfer position). In this case, you should only check the X column.
A single Te-Stack has 1 or 2 towers and 50 microplates per tower (X=1 or 2,
Y=1, Z=50) but only one site for the RoMa to access (the Te-Stack transfer
position). In this case, you should only check the Y column.
A double Te-Stack has 4 towers, 50 microplates per tower and two sites
(transfer positions) for the RoMa to access (X=2, Y=2, Z=50). The RoMa can
access both transfer positions by moving in the Y direction, so you should only
check the Y column (total of 2 RoMa sites).
Use the Te-Stack Right carrier if the Te-Stack is mounted on the right side of
the worktable; use the Te-Stack Left carrier if the Te-Stack is mounted on the
left side of the worktable:
Fig. 9-16 Double Te-Stack Right (with the default tower configuration)
The Te-Stack X and Y coordinates are not the same as the worktable grid
coordinates. See also 8.5.28.3 “Te-Stack and Te-Stack Te-MO Configuration -
Towers Tab”, 8-98.
Robot
The pipetting instrument uses robots to pick up and put down labware on
carriers. Movement commands for robots are called “robot vectors”. If you
want to create or edit a robot vector for this carrier, you must first choose the
robot you want to use (RoMa, MCA96 or CGM for the MCA384).
If your pipetting instrument is fitted with two plate robots (RoMa 1 and
RoMa 2), you should create a vector for both plate robots for all carriers which
can be accessed by both robots. Tip: the home position for plate robot 1 is at
the rear left of the instrument.
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