VWorks Automation Control Setup Guide
Notices
Preface
About this guide
Accessing user guides
Setting up the VWorks software
VWorks setup workflow
Starting up and logging in
Software components and folder structure
Reporting problems
Using compliance features
About features that support compliance
Audit trails and audit trail reports
VWorks records of interest
Managing record states
Using E-Signatures
Detecting tampering
Defining labware
About defining labware with the Labware Editor
Labware Editor overview
Workflow for defining labware
Opening the Labware Editor
Adding a labware entry
Setting general properties
Setting microplate properties
Setting tip and well properties for pipetting
Creating and assigning labware classes
Adding a labware image
Setting Centrifuge Loader properties
Setting BenchCel properties
Setting Bravo properties
Setting Stacker properties
Specifying pipette speed and accuracy
About liquid classes
Opening the Liquid Library Editor
Creating a liquid class
Calibrating the pipettor
Tracking and managing labware in storage
About labware inventory management
Opening the Inventory Editor
About inventory groups
Creating and managing location groups
Creating and managing plate groups
Adding labware information in the inventory database
Moving labware between storage devices
Removing labware information from the inventory database
Using a plate group to process labware
Creating plate group with barcode input file
Inventory Editor views and filters
Auditing plate volumes in the Inventory Editor
Reinventorying the labware inventory
Exporting and importing the inventory data
Resolving labware inventory problems
Using the Experiments Editor
Experiment IDs and Experiments database overview
Creating and managing experiment IDs
Selecting an experiment ID and adding notes
Closing and archiving an experiment ID
Creating an experiment ID report
Exporting and importing experiment IDs
Setting up and connecting to Inventory database
Installing MySQL for Inventory database
Installing and setting up a MySQL ODBC
Connecting to the Inventory database
Setting up and connecting VWorks Experiments database
Setting up PostgreSQL for the Experiments database
Connecting to the Experiments database
Setting up and connecting VWorks E‑Signatures database
Setting up PostgreSQL for the E-Signatures database
Connecting to the E-Signatures database
Migrating files from previous VWorks versions
About migration
Migrating files from VWorks v12.3–13.1x
preface
whatthisguidecovers
accessingvelocity11userguides
loginprojectinstrument
logginginloggingoutandchangingpasswords
openingsaving
installingandsettingupvw4
audittrailreport
audittrailreport2
changestateofrecord
e-signatures
tamperdetection
defininglabware
creatingalabwareentry
settingplateproperties
settingvpreppipettingsystemproperties
creatingandassigninglabwareclasses
addingalabwareimage
settingcentrifugeloaderproperties
settingbenchcelworkstationproperties
Settingbenchcelproperties
settingbravoplatformproperties
settingbravoproperties
settingvstackstackerproperties
settingvstackproperties
specifyingpipettespeedandaccuracy
aboutliquidclasses
openingtheliquidlibraryeditor
creatingaliquidclass
calibratingthepipette
trackingandmanaginglabwareinstorage
aboutlabwareinventorymanagement
openingtheinventoryeditor
aboutinventorygroups
creatingandmanaginglocationgroups
creatingandmanagingplategroups
loadinglabwareintostoragedevices
movinglabwarebetweenstoragedevices
unloadinglabwareoutofinventory
inventoryeditorviewsandfilters
auditingplatevolumesintheinventoryeditor
reinventoryingtheplateinventory
resolvingplateinventoryproblems
abouttrackingexperimentdata
createexperiment
addnotes
archiveexperiments
expIDnotes
resolvingexpeimentIDdatabaseproblems
migratingprotocols