Status Window - Labcyte Echo 525 User Manual

Echo Liquid Handler Software
Advanced Echo Controls
There are cases when the Echo controller must be shutdown or restarted. The Echo controller is the hardware and software
installed on the Echo instrument that controls all functions of the instrument.
Figure 100: Echo controller restart or shutdown
Caution: If the Echo Liquid Handler software is connected to a stub mode Echo Liquid Handler service running on the
client PC, clicking the Hard Reset button will "reset" the client PC, and clicking the Shutdown button will "shutdown" the
client PC.
Soft Reset: Clicking the Soft Reset button causes the Echo service to be restarted on the Echo controller.
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Hard Reset: Clicking the Hard Reset button causes the Echo controller to reboot. After rebooting the Echo controller, any
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attached client computer programs must be reconnected to the Echo controller.
Shutdown: Clicking the Shutdown button causes the Echo controller to perform its normal "shutdown" procedure. If an
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Echo Liquid Handler needs to be turned off, its controller should always be "shutdown" before the Echo AC power switch is
turned off.

Status Window

At the bottom of the Echo Liquid Handler software window is a pair of message log windows (server and client) and a set of check
boxes that select which messages are logged.
Figure 101: Log windows and controls
Client log messages: Messages in the client log window originate in the client PC. In addition to being displayed, the client
messages are stored on the client PC. The exact location depends on the Echo Liquid Handler software installation.
The default location for the client log files is:
C:\Program Files\Labcyte\Medman\Data
The most recent client log file is named:
client_localhost_MedmanGUI.txt
and older client log files are named:
client_localhost_MedmanGUI.old.0.txt, client...1.txt,client...2.txt, and so on.
The most recent ten historical client log files are stored in addition to the log file for the current session.
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