BenchCel Diagnostics - Controls tab

The Controls tab contains the following areas:

•	Graphical display area

•	BenchCel Diagnostics - Jog/Teach tab

•	BenchCel Diagnostics - Labware tab

Graphical display area

 

 

Selection or command	Description
Labware	Specifies the selected labware.
Editor	Starts the Labware Editor.
Plates have lids	Indicates that the labware you selected for processing have lids.
Speed	Specifies the relative speed at which the robot head and arms moves: Fast, Medium, and Slow. Changing the robot speed This speed control applies only in BenchCel Diagnostics.
Load All	Places all the stacks of labware on the shelves in preparation for a protocol run. After a stack of labware is loaded, you cannot remove the labware rack.
Unload All	Places all the stacks of labware on the stacker grippers so that you can remove the labware racks.
Stacker n - Load plates	Moves a microplate on the shelves at the specified stacker in preparation for a downstack process or protocol run.
Stacker n - Unload plates	Moves the microplate back on the stacker grippers so that you can remove the labware rack.
Stacker n - Unlock rack	Retracts the locking pin to allow you to remove the labware rack.
Stacker n - Open stacker gripper	Opens the clamps that open the stacker grippers in the labware rack.
Stacker n - Close stacker gripper	Closes the clamps that close the stacker grippers in the labware rack.
Stacker n - Extend shelf	Extends the shelf at the specified stack.
Stacker n - Retract shelf	Retracts the shelf at the specified stack.
Move to Stacker n	Moves the robot into position to grip a microplate in the stack.
Downstack from Stacker n	Moves the first microplate from the specified labware rack in preparation for a protocol run.
Upstack to Stacker n	Moves the microplate into the specified labware rack.
Edit	Opens the Teachpoint Details dialog box. See Teachpoint Details dialog box.
Move to sensor	Moves the microplate to the sensor offset position.
Move to <teachpoint>	Moves the robot from its current position to the selected teachpoint.
Pick from <teachpoint>	Picks up the plate from the selected teachpoint, and then the robot backs away from the teachpoint into the safe zone.
Place at <teachpoint>	Moves the robot from its current position and places the plate at the selected teachpoint. After placing the plate, the robot backs away from the teachpoint into the safe zone.
Transfer to <teachpoint>	Moves a plate from the currently selected teachpoint to the other selected teachpoint. To transfer a plate from a stack, you must first click Load Stacker. During the transfer, the robot downstacks the plate, places it at the other selected teachpoint, and then backs into the safe zone. If the robot is transferring a plate from one teachpoint to another, the robot picks up the plate from the currently selected teachpoint, places the plate at the other selected teachpoint, and then backs into the safe zone.
Delid from <teachpoint>	Lidded labware only. Removes the lid from the labware that is at the selected teachpoint.
Relid to <teachpoint>	Lidded labware only. Replaces the lid on the labware that is at the selected teachpoint.