Software overview

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This topic describes the software components that you use to operate the Bravo Platform.

Note: For a description of the software interface that you use to run the AssayMAP Bravo Platform or the Bravo Metabolomics Sample Prep Platform, see the Literature Library page in the corresponding workbench software.

 

 

VWorks software

You use the VWorks software to:

•	Set up the system. You create device files for your specific set of devices. You can also create user accounts with different levels of privileges to enforce access policies.

•	Define labware. Labware definitions describe the type and the geometry of the labware that the devices will be handling during the protocol runs.

•	Specify pipette speed and accuracy.

•	Create protocols. Protocols determine the sequence of tasks that you want to automate in a run.

•	Run, pause, monitor, and stop protocols. You can start, pause, monitor, and stop a protocol run from the host computer.

For detailed descriptions, see the VWorks Automation Control Setup Guide and the VWorks Automation Control User Guide.

Bravo Diagnostics

Bravo Diagnostics is software that you open from within the VWorks software. You use Bravo Diagnostics to do the following:

•	Create Bravo profiles. Each profile specifies the following:

–	Ethernet connection for the LAN communication

–	Type of liquid-handling head

–	Teachpoint settings. The teachpoints ensure the positional accuracy of the pipette head and gripper, if included, at each deck location

–	Deck configuration

–	Whether the Bravo robot and an external robot can operate on the Bravo deck concurrently

•	Establish communication with the Bravo device using a Bravo profile.

•	Verify that the device functions properly and troubleshoot problems. The controls enable you to:

–	Run tasks individually. For example, you can perform a Tips On or Tips Off task independently of a protocol.

–	Home the head and send the head to home position.

–	Control the motions of an individual axis or disable the motors of selected axes for manual moves.

Figure. Bravo Diagnostics dialog box

 

 

 

Related information

 

For more information about...	See...
Using Bravo Diagnostics	Using diagnostics software
VWorks software	• VWorks Automation Control Setup Guide • VWorks Automation Control User Guide