Agilent Technologies PlateLoc User manual

Agilent Technologies

PlateLoc Thermal

Microplate Sealer

UserGuide

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October/2006

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Letter to our Customers

Dear Customer,

The Agilent Technologies acquisition of Velocity11 resulted in the following

changes:

•Creation of Agilent Technologies Automation Solutions, formerly Velocity11

•Renaming of some Velocity11 products

•New Customer Service and Technical Support contact information

•New website address for product information

Please make a note of the following changes as they impact this user guide.

Velocity11 product name changes

New contact information

Documentation feedback: [email protected]

Technical Support: 1.800.979.4811 or +1.408.345.8011

[email protected]

Customer Service: 1.866.428.9811 or +1.408.345.8356

[email protected]

European Service: +44 12081443513

euroservice.aut[email protected]

Web: http://www.agilent.com

Velocity11 product name Changes to …

Access2 Automated Microplate

Loader

Automated Centrifuge Loader

Element Automation System BioCel 900 System

IWorks Device Driver Programming

Interface

VWorks DCL Interface

PlatePierce Seal Piercing Station Microplate Seal Piercer

VCode Barcode Print and Apply

Station

Microplate Barcode Labeler

Velocity11 Robot 3- Axis Robot

VHooks Integration Interface VWorks Hooks Interface

VPrep Pipetting System Vertical Pipetting Station

VSpin Microplate Centrifuge Microplate Centrifuge

VStack Labware Stacker Labware Stacker

Agilent Technologies

Contents

PlateLoc User Guide i

Contents

Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Who should read this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

What this guide covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

What’s new in this user guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Accessing Velocity11 user information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Chapter 1. PlateLoc introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Description of the PlateLoc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Hardware overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Connection panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Plate requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Seal material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Lab automation system software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

PlateLoc workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 2. Unpacking and installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Installation workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Meeting Lab requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Unpacking the PlateLoc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Connecting the power source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Connecting and disconnecting the air source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting and disconnecting the argon source (Gas-Purging PlateLocs only) . . . . . 34

Connecting to the controlling computer (lab automation systems only) . . . . . . . . . . 37

Installing the PlateLoc ActiveX software (lab automation systems only) . . . . . . . . . . 38

Chapter 3. Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Turning on and turning off the power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Turning on and turning off the air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Turning on and turning off the argon (Gas-Purging Platelocs only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Tilting and stowing the touch screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Adjusting the touch screen contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Loading and unloading a roll of seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Creating and managing profiles (lab automation systems only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Establishing communications with the PlateLoc (lab automation systems only) . . . . 62

Contents

PlateLoc User Guide

Chapter 4. Sealing plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Loading an insert and a plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Setting the sealing parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Starting the seal cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Stopping a seal cycle in progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Chapter 5. Optimizing seal quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Reasons for running optimization tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Optimization test guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Adjusting the sealing parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Chapter 6. Routine maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Cleaning the hot plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Cleaning the touch screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Chapter 7. Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Hardware problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Diagnostic tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Reporting problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Appendix A. Integrating the PlateLoc into third-party

systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

PlateLoc ActiveX control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Integrating the PlateLoc ActiveX control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Appendix B. Quick reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Touch screen menus and commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

PlateLoc Diagnostics parameters and commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Appendix C. Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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Preface

PlateLoc User Guide

Preface

This preface introduces the PlateLoc User Guide. This preface contains

the following topics:

❑“Who should read this guide” on page iv

❑“What this guide covers” on page v

❑“What’s new in this user guide” on page vii

❑“Accessing Velocity11 user information” on page viii

Preface

PlateLoc User Guide

Who should read this guide

Job roles This user guide is for people with the following job roles:

Related topics

Job role Responsibilities

Installer Someone who unpacks, puts together,

and tests the PlateLoc before it is used.

Lab manager, administrator, or

technician Someone who is responsible for:

❑Solving the more challenging

problems that might arise

❑Developing training materials and

standard operating procedures for

operators

Operator Someone who performs the daily

production work using the PlateLoc

and solves routine problems.

Your organizationmay choose to create

its own procedures for operators

including the procedures in this guide.

For more information about... See...

What this guide covers “What this guide covers” on page v

What’s new in this version “What’s new in this user guide” on

page vii

How to access different formats of

this user guide “Accessing Velocity11 userinformation”

on page viii

Preface

PlateLoc User Guide

What this guide covers

What is covered This guide covers the installation, setup, and operation of the PlateLoc

that is used in the following ways:

❑As a single device, controlled from the built-in touch screen

interface

❑Integrated withother devices in aVelocity11lab automation system,

controlled from a computer

This guide also provides the ActiveX reference information needed to

integrate the PlateLoc in a third-party lab automation system.

What is not covered This guide does not provide instructions for:

❑Creating protocols and setting task parameters in the Velocity11 lab

automation software

❑Operating other devices in Velocity11 lab automation systems

❑Operating the PlateLoc integrated into a third-party lab automation

system

Firmware version This guide documents PlateLoc firmware version 3.7.2.

Software version This guide documents PlateLoc ActiveX (PlateLoc.ocx) version 7.

Related guides The PlateLoc User Guide should be used in conjunction with the

following user documents:

❑Velocity11 lab automation system user guides, such as the BenchCel

User Guide and the BioCel User Guide.These user guides provide the

system setup requirements and user operation instructions.

❑Velocity11 lab automation system software user guides, such as the

VWorks User Guide. These user guides explain how to create

protocols and set task parameters for each device in the system.

❑Third-party lab automation system user documents. These

documents explain how to set up and use the third-party lab

automation system.

Preface

PlateLoc User Guide

Related topics For more information about... See...

Who should read this guide “Who should read this guide” on

page iv

What’s new in this version “What’s new in this user guide” on

page vii

How to access different formats of

this user guide “Accessing Velocity11 userinformation”

on page viii

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