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17 - Special Features, Example Scripts and Processes,
Configuring and Using PMP (Pressure Monitored Pipetting)
Tab. 17-3 Default actions for PMP aspiration errors (cont.)
Error message a)
MediumLeakageShort
Default b)
AspirationError
PlausibilityCheckFailed
Action taken with the default PMP configuration
• Continue, dispense back and pipette nothing
• Ignore, continue pipetting
• Continue, dispense back and pipette nothing
• Ignore, continue pipetting
a) These strings are also shown in the Freedom EVOware log file
b) This error is output if the PMP result is not available or none of the other errors are applicable
Clot error is the only PMP error which allows operator intervention (see
18.1.3 “Clot Error (PMP)”, 18-3). See also 10.2.1 “LiHa Aspirate Parameters
(Fixed Tips and DiTis)”, 10-7, ON PMP Clot Error).
The following table shows the default error mapping to internal PMP error flags if a
PMP error is detected during aspiration:
Tab. 17-4 Default error mapping for PMP aspiration errors
PMP Error Message
Clot
Clogged
NullCurve
MediumLeakageShort
Default
AspirationError
PlausibilityCheckFailed
Default mapping to internal PMP error flags
• E_PMPDetectedTipOcclusion
• E_PMPInstrumentError
• E_PMPInstrumentError
• E_PMPUnspecifiedError
• E_PMPUnspecifiedError
• E_PMPDeficientVolume
• E_PMPUnspecifiedError
The following table shows the resulting pipetting error codes in the report file of
the Export Data command for the four internal PMP error flags:
Tab. 17-5 Mapping between PMP error flags and pipetting error codes
PMP Error Flag
• E_PMPDetectedTipOcclusion
• E_PMPDeficientVolume
• E_PMPInstrumentError
• E_PMPUnspecifiedError
Pipetting error code
400 (hex)
800 (hex)
2000000 (hex)
4000000 (hex)
See Tab. 15-8 “Pipetting error codes in the report file output by the Export Data
command”, 15-54 for more information.
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