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.

This Bravo is connected via ethernet

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

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

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.

Specifies the communication port on the computer.

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.

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.

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.

Modified Variables area

Lists the profile settings that have been modified since the last time the profile was updated. The software clears the table when you click Update this profile, and logs the information in the profiles activity log (text box) at the bottom of the page.

Activity log

Displays a running log of updates for the current diagnostics session. This activity log is recorded in the VWorks Main Log. For details on the Main Log, see the VWorks Automation Control User Guide.