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8.1 Pipette management:
Here you can register your individual VWR Electronic pipettes. Registering a pipette is required to
allow for transfer of your personalized protocols onto the pipette, as well as updating the pipette
settings.
Register a new pipette by clicking Register new pipette button and follow the instructions on the
screen:
1. Connect a pipette to the PC via USB cable and click Next. Should the pipette not be recognized
immediately, disconnect the USB cable, reconnect it and click Try again button. If a pipette is
already correctly connected when Register new pipette button is clicked, this step is skipped.
2. Type in the name of the pipette and click Finish.
3. Pipette is now listed in the Registered pipettes list along with the basic information (Model,
Firmware version, Serial number, Minimal volume (μL), Maximal volume (μL), Last maintenance
date, Next maintenance date).
You can rename a pipette in the Registered pipettes list by selecting the pipette, clicking the
Rename button, entering a new name and clicking Rename.
You can reset the maintenance dates (last and next) by clicking the Refresh dates button.
This process requires you to connect the selected pipette to the computer.
You can delete a pipette in the Registered pipettes list by selecting the pipette, and clicking Delete
this pipette button.
Note: on the bottom left of Register new pipette wizard, you can find the Pipette connection
information – An icon accompanied with text which reports the current connectivity status.
The icon is green
when there are no pipettes connected. The connectivity status is refreshed when any of
the buttons is clicked.
8.2 View history:
Here you can view the history of protocol uploads to VWR Electronic pipettes (tab Protocol upload)
and history of protocol modifications (tab Protocol management).
To display the history of protocol uploads to VWR Electronic pipettes, navigate to the Protocol
upload tab, select the time interval and click Show history. The protocols that have been uploaded
to any VWR Electronic pipette within the selected time interval will be listed in the table below,
displaying the following information for each protocol: Protocole name, Pipette name, Pipette
model, Pipette serial, Uploaded on, and Result.
if there is a pipette connected to the computer or gray
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