Profiles tab quick reference

Procedure	See…
Create a profile, or manage the available profiles	Creating and managing profiles
Initialize a profile	Initializing the device
Change the liquid-handling head	Changing the Bravo head

Procedure

See…

Create a profile, or manage the available profiles

Creating and managing profiles

Initialize a profile

Initializing the device

Change the liquid-handling head

Changing the Bravo head

Control	Description
Profiles name list	Specifies the active profile. Select the profile that you want to use from the list.
Create a new profile	Displays the Create Profile dialog box so that you can name the new profile. To add a profile, see Creating and managing profiles.
Create a copy of this profile	Creates a copy of the profile selected in the Profiles name list. The new profile name has the prefix, Copy of.
Rename this profile	Displays the Rename Profile dialog box so that you can rename the profile selected in the Profile name list.
Delete this profile	Confirms the profile to be deleted, and then deletes the selected from the Profile name list.
Update this profile	Saves changes to the selected profile. The Modified Variables area displays the unsaved variables until the Update this profile button is activated, which clears the Modified Variables area.
Initialize this profile	Initiates communication with the Bravo Platform using the selected profile.

Control

Description

Profiles name list

Specifies the active profile.

Select the profile that you want to use from the list.

Create a new profile

Displays the Create Profile dialog box so that you can name the new profile.

To add a profile, see Creating and managing profiles.

Create a copy of this profile

Creates a copy of the profile selected in the Profiles name list. The new profile name has the prefix, Copy of.

Rename this profile

Displays the Rename Profile dialog box so that you can rename the profile selected in the Profile name list.

Delete this profile

Confirms the profile to be deleted, and then deletes the selected from the Profile name list.

Update this profile

Saves changes to the selected profile.

The Modified Variables area displays the unsaved variables until the Update this profile button is activated, which clears the Modified Variables area.

Initialize this profile

Initiates communication with the Bravo Platform using the selected profile.

Control	Description
This Bravo is connected via ethernet	Specifies an Ethernet communication connection between the device and the computer.
Device ID	Displays the device number of the Bravo device that is communicating with the computer.
Find available device	Opens the Discovered BioNet Devices dialog box, which lists the connected Bravo devices that the software found.
This Bravo is connected via serial	Available only for earlier model devices. Specifies a serial communication connection between the device and the computer.
Serial port	Specifies the communication port on the computer.

Control

Description

This Bravo is connected via ethernet

Specifies an Ethernet communication connection between the device and the computer.

Device ID

Displays the device number of the Bravo device that is communicating with the computer.

Find available device

Opens the Discovered BioNet Devices dialog box, which lists the connected Bravo devices that the software found.

This Bravo is connected via serial

Available only for earlier model devices. Specifies a serial communication connection between the device and the computer.

Serial port

Specifies the communication port on the computer.

Control	Description
Approach height	Specifies the z-axis distance or height (safety margin) above a microplate that the tips move to before moving to another quadrant of the microplate.
Z-axis safe position	Sets the safe z-axis distance or height of the liquid-handling head. A z-axis safe position of 0 is the highest position possible for the liquid-handling head. A z-axis safe position of 10 means the liquid-handling head is 10 mm below the highest point. If you select the Always move to safe Z before each process option, the Bravo Platform moves to the z-axis safe height when moving between labware locations. Increasing this value may shorten run times by minimizing the z‑axis movement between tasks. Making this value too large causes the liquid-handling head to crash into labware when moving between plate locations.
Prompt user to home W‑axis on first initialization	Enables a warning to display when the Bravo Platform is initialized and before the w-axis is homed. The warning allows time for you to make sure that liquid is not unexpectedly dispensed from tips during the homing.
Run device at medium speed during protocol	Sets the device speed to medium during a protocol run.
Always move to safe Z before each process	Moves the liquid-handling head to the specified z-axis safe position between processes. If you select this option, the Bravo head moves to the specified z-axis safe height when moving between labware locations. Select this option if you have not specified the labware on the deck. If you do not select this option, the Bravo Platform will automatically determine the safe z‑axis point based on the labware specified, thereby optimizing the processing time. To prevent damage to the labware or the Bravo Platform components, do not select this option if you have not specified the labware.
Ignore plate sensor during pick and place	Bravo Platform with gripper only. Enables the software to ignore the microplate sensor during a pick-and-place movement. Select this option if the microplate sensor is broken but you still want to test the pick-and-place function.
Allow “top of stack” fluid handling	Permits fluid handling tasks to be performed in the labware at the top of a specified stack.
Enable tips-off tip-touch	Performs a tip touch in the tip box after a Tips Off task to ensure that the tips fall from the head into the tip box.
This is a Bravo SRT	Bravo SRT model only. Specifies that this Bravo device is the SRT model, which is shorter than the standard model. If you are using 250‑µL tips on the SRT model, select this check box, configure the tip box location, and install the special SRT platepad for 250‑µL tip boxes to ensure greater z‑axis clearance and prevent potential hardware crashes. See (Bravo SRT only) Setting up an LT tip box location.

Control

Description

Approach height

Specifies the z-axis distance or height (safety margin) above a microplate that the tips move to before moving to another quadrant of the microplate.

Z-axis safe position

Sets the safe z-axis distance or height of the liquid-handling head.

A z-axis safe position of 0 is the highest position possible for the liquid-handling head. A z-axis safe position of 10 means the liquid-handling head is 10 mm below the highest point.

If you select the Always move to safe Z before each process option, the Bravo Platform moves to the z-axis safe height when moving between labware locations. Increasing this value may shorten run times by minimizing the z‑axis movement between tasks. Making this value too large causes the liquid-handling head to crash into labware when moving between plate locations.

Prompt user to home W‑axis on first initialization

Enables a warning to display when the Bravo Platform is initialized and before the w-axis is homed.

The warning allows time for you to make sure that liquid is not unexpectedly dispensed from tips during the homing.

Run device at medium speed during protocol

Sets the device speed to medium during a protocol run.

Always move to safe Z before each process

Moves the liquid-handling head to the specified z-axis safe position between processes.

If you select this option, the Bravo head moves to the specified z-axis safe height when moving between labware locations. Select this option if you have not specified the labware on the deck.

If you do not select this option, the Bravo Platform will automatically determine the safe z‑axis point based on the labware specified, thereby optimizing the processing time.

To prevent damage to the labware or the Bravo Platform components, do not select this option if you have not specified the labware.

Ignore plate sensor during pick and place

Bravo Platform with gripper only. Enables the software to ignore the microplate sensor during a pick-and-place movement.

Select this option if the microplate sensor is broken but you still want to test the pick-and-place function.

Allow “top of stack” fluid handling

Permits fluid handling tasks to be performed in the labware at the top of a specified stack.

Enable tips-off tip-touch

Performs a tip touch in the tip box after a Tips Off task to ensure that the tips fall from the head into the tip box.

This is a Bravo SRT

Bravo SRT model only. Specifies that this Bravo device is the SRT model, which is shorter than the standard model.

If you are using 250‑µL tips on the SRT model, select this check box, configure the tip box location, and install the special SRT platepad for 250‑µL tip boxes to ensure greater z‑axis clearance and prevent potential hardware crashes. See (Bravo SRT only) Setting up an LT tip box location.

Control	Description
Head type	Specifies the liquid-handling head type for the profile.
Change head	Starts the Change head wizard, which positions the liquid-handling head for easy access and provides prompts that step you through a procedure. IMPORTANT If you are changing the currently installed liquid-handling head for the same type of head and want to edit the profile, you may use the Change head wizard. Otherwise, see Changing the Bravo head. The Change head button is available only after you initialize a Bravo profile.
Teaching tip type	Specifies the type of pipette tip to use for setting the teachpoints. If you change the Teaching tip type in a profile, you must reteach the deck locations using the new tip type.
Check head type on initialize	Verifies that the liquid-handling head specified in the profile matches the head mounted on the Bravo Platform when the profile is used by a protocol. CAUTION If this check box is cleared, the Bravo Platform will run with any liquid-handling head installed. Therefore, if the profile specifies a 96-channel head type, but a 384-channel head is installed, the head will crash. Note: If this check box is cleared, the w-axis controls in the Jog/Teach tab will be disabled even when the device is initialized.

Control

Description

Head type

Specifies the liquid-handling head type for the profile.

Change head

Starts the Change head wizard, which positions the liquid-handling head for easy access and provides prompts that step you through a procedure.

IMPORTANT If you are changing the currently installed liquid-handling head for the same type of head and want to edit the profile, you may use the Change head wizard. Otherwise, see Changing the Bravo head.

The Change head button is available only after you initialize a Bravo profile.

Teaching tip type

Specifies the type of pipette tip to use for setting the teachpoints.

If you change the Teaching tip type in a profile, you must reteach the deck locations using the new tip type.

Check head type on initialize

Verifies that the liquid-handling head specified in the profile matches the head mounted on the Bravo Platform when the profile is used by a protocol.

CAUTION If this check box is cleared, the Bravo Platform will run with any liquid-handling head installed. Therefore, if the profile specifies a 96-channel head type, but a 384-channel head is installed, the head will crash.

Note: If this check box is cleared, the w-axis controls in the Jog/Teach tab will be disabled even when the device is initialized.