System Integration Friendly - Labcyte Echo 520 User Manual

1.2.4 System integration friendly

While manual mode (operator controlled via Labcyte software) and stand-
alone mode (hand-loaded microplates) support all functionalities, the Echo
liquid handler excels in its ease of integration into automated systems.
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Figure 1.5 Access
See "What types of liquid transfer are supported?" on page 1-12
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1-8 Echo Liquid Handler User Manual
The main body of the Echo liquid handler has a very small footprint:
53.9 cm wide and 68.3 cm deep (21.2 in x 26.9 in).
Facilities requirements (power, temperature, ventilation, compressed
air, vacuum, communications) are simple and straight forward.
Source and destination microplates are loaded onto stages presented
outside the instrument and placed in a fixed location for easy access
by a robotic arm (see the following figure).
Most barcode standards are supported. Barcodes can be located on
the short or long side of a microplate.
The control software supports manual operation "out of the box."
device control, system monitoring, creation of destination plates and
protocol definitions, and protocol execution are available to the user.
Customers choosing to develop their own Echo software applications
are supported by a fully implemented ActiveX control library.
workstation loading a destination microplate.
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