Agilent Technologies Bravo Platform User Manual page 252

Bravo Platform User Guide
Control
Z-axis safe position
Prompt user to home
W-axis on first initialization
Run device at medium
speed during protocol
Always move to safe Z
before each process
Ignore plate sensor during
pick and place
Allow "top of stack" fluid
handling
Enable tips-off tip-touch
E Diagnostics quick reference
Description
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.
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.
Sets the device speed to medium during a protocol
run.
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.
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.
Permits fluid handling tasks to be performed in the
labware at the top of a specified stack.
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.
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