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• MCA96 Get Tips: This direct command is used to get MCA96 DITIs or tip
blocks. See 15.68.5 “MCA96 Get DITIs Command”, 15-167 and
15.68.7 “MCA96 Get Tip Block Command”, 15-170.
• MCA96 Drop Tips: This direct command is used to put down MCA96 DITIs or
tip blocks. See 15.68.6 “MCA96 Drop DITIs Command”, 15-168 and
15.68.8 “MCA96 Drop Tip Block Command”, 15-171.
• MCA96 Safe Flush: This direct command is used to discard the contents of
the MCA96 tips to a specified location (typically into a microplate or a trough).
If hazardous liquid is left in the tips after completing a script or process, you
can use this command to empty the tips for safety reasons. It can also be
used to recover the contents of the tips if the script or process was aborted for
some reason before it completed.
5.4.1.5 Direct commands for the MCA384 and the CGM
Direct commands are used for service purposes, e.g. for picking up DITIs or
flushing the tips. They provide a convenient alternative to creating and running a
pipetting or maintenance script which carries out the same function. For general
information on direct commands see 5.4.1.3 “Direct commands”, 5-10.
• MCA384 Get DITIs: See 15.69.8 “MCA384 Get DITIs Command”, 15-191.
• MCA384 Drop DITIs: See 15.69.9 “MCA384 Drop DITIs Command”, 15-
194.
• MCA384 Get Head Adapter: See 15.69.6 “MCA384 Get Head Adapter
Command”, 15-189.
• MCA384 Drop Head Adapter: See 15.69.7 “MCA384 Drop Head Adapter
Command”, 15-190.
• MCA384 Safe Flush: This direct command is used to discard the contents of
the MCA96 tips to a specified location (typically into a microplate or a trough).
If hazardous liquid is left in the tips after completing a script or process, you
can use this command to empty the tips for safety reasons. It can also be
used to recover the contents of the tips if the script or process was aborted for
some reason before it completed.
• Dock CGM. This direct command is used to dock the common gripper module
of the MCA384. See also 15.69.13 “MCA384 Dock CGM Command”, 15-
204.
• Undock CGM. This direct command is used to undock the common gripper
module of the MCA384 and rotate the gripper to a specified angle (in 0.1
degrees steps). See also 15.69.14 “MCA384 Undock CGM Command”, 15-
204.
5.4.1.6 Robot Vectors
Click this tab to view the movement vectors which have been defined for the plate
robot, the multi channel arm and the tube robot.
This tab only shows home vectors and vectors which were not assigned to
carriers or labware items in the Edit Carrier or Edit Labware dialog boxes.
Plate robot vectors specify movements to be carried out by the RoMa (Robot
Manipulator). Current Tecan pipetting instruments can be fitted with up to two
RoMas. See 9.6 “Creating and Editing Plate Robot Vectors”, 9-55.
Multi channel arm vectors specify movements to be carried out by the MCA.
Current Tecan pipetting instruments can only be fitted with one MCA. MCA
vectors are very similar to RoMa vectors. See 9.8 “Creating and Editing MCA
Vectors”, 9-69.
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