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A - Appendix A
Structure of the Barcode Files
The barcodes are assigned to the currently selected labware group in the labware
generator. To select a group, click on one of the labware items in the group. The
selected labware items are shown with a shaded yellow colour.
When you create the labware group in the labware generator, you must do this in
a single step. If you create the labware group using several steps and choose
non-adjacent wells, you will not be able to select the entire group to assign the
barcodes.
Data lines in the barcode file for column number(s) which are not included in the
currently selected labware group will be ignored. For example, if the first labware
group extends over columns 1 and 2 in the labware generator and you select this
labware group when you import the barcode list, data lines for column 3
(GridPos=3) will be ignored.
Example file:
GridPos,SiteOnGrid,SRCRackID
dummy_string
1,1,ABB123
1,2,BAB321
1,3,DCC123
A.2.5 Barcode File for the Freedom EVOware Plus Runtime Controller
The Specify plates by barcodes option in the Freedom EVOware Plus Runtime
Controller allows you to run processes using specific labware items which are
identified by their barcodes.
If you check the Specify plates by barcodes checkbox, you will prompted to
choose a .txt or .csv file which contains a list of barcodes.
The .txt file should have the following structure:
MyLabware001,MyLabware002,Sample1,Reagent1
ABB123,BAB321,DCC123,AAA123,BBA321
DED123,BAB321,BCD123,BBB123,CDA321
...
The first line of the file is a comma-separated list of the labware source icon
names (as shown in the Process Editor). You do not need to include all of the
source icon names which are used in your process. You only need to include the
source icon names whose barcodes are relevant.
Subsequent lines list the barcodes of the labware which should be used. Freedom
EVOware Plus lets you run several processes in parallel, and each line lists the
barcodes for one process copy. Make sure that there are enough lines for the
number of process copies you want to run. Each line should include the same
number of barcodes as the number of labware source icon names in the first line.
Empty lines in the file are ignored. You can use semicolons “;” or pipe characters
“|” as the separator character instead of commas. The barcodes must not include
any of these three separator characters.
The structure of the .csv file is as follows:
Put the labware source icon names in the first row of the table, each of them in a
separate table cell. Subsequent rows of the table contain the barcodes of the
labware which should be used.
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