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16 - Device Commands
Commands for the Te-Stack Te-MO
16.33 Commands for the Te-Stack Te-MO
The Te-Stack is used to store a stack of microplates, tube racks or DITI racks and
to present them to the instrument for pipetting operations. It fetches the labware
from the stacker tower (or “cartridge”) and moves them to a special position where
they can be accessed by the liquid handling arm or robot manipulator (RoMa).
The Te-Stack can be fitted with a barcode scanner which can read barcode labels
on plates when they are inserted or removed. The Te-Stack is fitted to the side of
the pipetting instrument alongside the worktable. It can also be fitted above the
Te-MO. The barcode scanner option is not available in this case.
The Te-Stack normally has two towers, each of which can hold up to 50
microplates (depending on microplate height). When you fetch the labware, the
Te-Stack brings it from the specified tower to the Te-Stack transfer position, where
it can be picked up by the RoMa. To return the labware, the RoMa places it on the
Te-Stack transfer position and the Te-Stack moves it back into the specified tower.
Both towers share the same transfer position. A moveable carrier (the “shuttle” or
“slide”) is used to move the labware between the transfer position and the two
towers.
To increase the available storage capacity, Freedom EVOware can group several
physical Te-Stack devices into one logical Te-Stack device (see 8.5.28.3 “Te-Stack
and Te-Stack Te-MO Configuration - Towers Tab”, 8-98).
The Te-Stack can also be fitted above the Te-MO. The Te-Stack Te-MO can only
put plates on the front two sites of each of the three Te-MO slides (it does not
need a plate robot or slide to do this). For mechanical reasons, the rear three Te-
MO sites are not accessible to the stacker. The barcode scanner option is not
available for the Te-Stack Te-MO. The Te-Stack Te-MO cannot pick up Te-MO
troughs or Te-MO Wash & Refill centers.
16.33.1 Te-Stack Te-MO - InitStacker Command
The InitStacker command initializes the Te-Stack Te-MO. You must initialize the
hardware with this command before you use the other commands for this device.
This command has no execution parameters or objects, pre-actions or postactions.
16.33.2 Te-Stack Te-MO - MoveObject Command
The MoveObject command moves the labware to a site on one of the Te-MO
slides.
This command is mainly intended for special applications; it is not normally used
as a process step.
Objects
The Te-Stack MoveObject command operates on an object of type Object or a
derived type with default name MP. It moves the object to a Location with default
name MoveLocation.
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