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SEAL-IT 100
Device Driver User Guide
July 2007
VWorks3 and BenchWorks

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  • Page 1 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide July 2007 VWorks3 and BenchWorks...
  • Page 2 Copyright 2007 Velocity11 The information provided in this guide is intended to be accurate and reliable. However, Velocity11 does not assume responsibility for its use or for any infringements upon the rights of third parties that may result from its use. The transfer of this guide, in any manner or form, to a representative of another company is strictly forbidden.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Who should read this guide ......... . 2 About Velocity11 user guides .
  • Page 4 Table of Contents SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Introduction This chapter introduces Velocity11 device drivers and provides some basic procedures that are needed to use them. A Velocity11 device driver is software that plugs into VWorks or BenchWorks software to allow them to control a specific device. Before reading this guide, you should be familiar with the VWorks or BenchWorks software user interface.

  • Page 6: About Velocity11 User Guides

    Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Who should read this guide Job roles This user guide is for people with the following job roles: Related topics Job role Integrator Lab manager, administrator, or technician Operator For information about... Contacting Velocity11 Accessing online help Device drivers...

  • Page 7: About Velocity11 User Guides

    About Velocity11 user guides About this topic This topic describes the different formats of Velocity11 user information and explains how to access the user information. Formats available Velocity11 user information is provided to you as: ❑ Online help ❑ A PDF file ❑...
  • Page 8 Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Navigation pane PDF user guides Computer requirements To open a user guide in PDF format, you need a PDF viewer. You can download a free PDF viewer from the internet. Printing and searching The user guides in PDF format are mainly for printing additional copies.

  • Page 9: What This Guide Covers

    What this guide covers About this topic This topic presents an overview of what procedures and information are provided in this user guide. This guide explains how to: ❑ Install the driver for the device ❑ Configure the device in the device manager ❑...

  • Page 10: About Devices

    Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide VWorks or If you have purchased a device driver plug-in and are installing it yourself, check with the Velocity11 Technical Support to be sure your BenchWorks version of VWorks or BenchWorks software and the device driver plug-in compatibility are using the same version of IWorks software.

  • Page 11: About Device Drivers

    Device file location Device files have the file name format file name.dev and are stored in the folder location that you specify when saving the file. Related topics For information about... Device diagnostics Device profiles Adding a device to the device manager About device drivers About this topic...

  • Page 12: Installing Device Drivers

    Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Advantages of distributing device drivers as plug-ins are: ❑ ❑ IWorks interface The device driver plug-ins and VWorks or BenchWorks software use IWorks software as a common interface to communicate with each other.

  • Page 13: Installing Device Drivers

    Installing device drivers About this topic Devices are integrated into VWorks or BenchWorks software using device driver plug-ins. Plug-ins need to be installed before the device can be configured and used. This topic describes how to install device drivers if they are not already installed on your system.

  • Page 14: Adding Devices

    Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Adding devices About this topic To configure your lab automation system to use a device, you need to add it to a device file in VWorks or BenchWorks software. The VWorks or BenchWorks software device manager uses the information in the device file to communicate and operate the device within the automation system.

  • Page 15: About Diagnostics

    8. Select File > Device File > Save. If you are creating a new device file, you are prompted to enter a name for your device file. Alternatively, you can select File > Save All. This saves the device file and the current protocol file at the same time.

  • Page 16: Opening Diagnostics

    Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Related topics Opening diagnostics About this topic Every device has diagnostics software to assist you with troubleshooting and setting up the device. This topic describes how to open a device’s diagnostics in VWorks or BenchWorks software. Read this topic if you need to access a device’s diagnostics to perform a device setup task or manually operate a device.
  • Page 17 2. In the Diagnostics window, select thedevice. Expand the general name of the device, if necessary. 3. Click Device diagnostics. The device’s diagnostics dialog box opens. Procedure 2 If you are using VWorks4 software To open Diagnostics: 1. Click the Device File tab. 2.
  • Page 18 Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide 3. Click Device diagnostics located at the bottom of the Device List Related topics toolbar. The device’s diagnostics dialog box opens. For information about... Diagnostics About device drivers Adding a device to the device manager Setting generic device properties See...

  • Page 19: About Profiles

    About profiles About this topic This topic describes what profiles are and what they do. Read this topic if you are an administrator in charge of managing Velocity11 devices. Profiles defined A profile contains the initialization settings needed for communication between a device and device driver.

  • Page 20: Setting The Properties For A Device

    Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Setting the properties for a device About this topic The device properties provide VWorks or BenchWorks software with additional information about the device’s current configuration, such as which profile to use, and stores the information in the device file. The device file is automatically loaded when you open a protocol.
  • Page 21 Setting teachpoints Teachpoints are the coordinates in space that a robot travels to in order to interact with a device. Only the devices that are accessible by robots are able to have teachpoints. To set the teachpoint properties: 1. Open the Device Properties page. 2.
  • Page 22 Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide 3. Some software device drivers only. Set the Approach height and 4. Set the Barcode Readers location. Follow the procedure in “Setting 5. Assign the Labware used by the location by selecting the correct 6.

  • Page 23: Adding And Linking Sub Process Tasks

    Adding and linking Sub Process tasks About this topic This topic describes how to add a sub-process to a protocol and configure it. Read this topic if you are an administrator or technician and are responsible for creating protocols in VWorks or BenchWorks software.
  • Page 24 Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide 3. If there is only one sub-process and you need to create a second Associating the sub- Because you can have more than one device that uses sub-processes on a lab automation system, you must link each sub-process link icon with process to a device one or more devices that you want the sub-process to be able to use.

  • Page 25: Using Javascript To Set Task Parameters

    Related topics For information about... Device drivers Setting common device properties Adding a device to the device manager Creating protocols Using JavaScript to set task parameters About this topic JavaScript programs (scripts) can be used to change the parameters of a protocol task immediately before it is scheduled.

  • Page 26: About Reader Output Files

    Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide For more information about using JavaScript, refer to the VWorks Version 3 Automation Control User Guide or the BenchWorks Automation Control User Guide. Related topics About reader output files About this topic Plug-in device drivers that are written for plate readers have a common way of naming their output files.
  • Page 27 The exact name of the file is specific to the device. For example, the RVSI VR4000 device driver creates a file with the name vialreaderresults.txt. This file can only store data for one read, which means that the set of data for each read overwrites the last set in the file.
  • Page 28 Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Overriding output You can override the default output file name that is set in the profile using the Output filename property of the Read task parameters. file names with tasks This allows you to use different output file names for every task. The suffix used for the file name that you set in the task parameters is taken from the suffix specified in the device diagnostics profile.

  • Page 29: About Device Initialization

    About device initialization About this topic When working in device diagnostics software, you are often required to initialize the device. This topic explains why device initialization is necessary. Opening Initializing a device opens communications with it. For example, if the device is connected with a serial cable, the COM port is opened, and if communications the device is connected with an Ethernet cable, the TCP/IP socket is...
  • Page 30 Chapter 1: Introduction SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide...

  • Page 31: Chapter 2.

    SEAL-IT 100 The ABgene SEAL-IT 100 is a plate sealer that uses adhesive film for cold pressure sealing. The SEAL-IT 100 can be configured to work in lab automation systems running VWorks or BenchWorks. This chapter contains the following topics: ❑...

  • Page 32: Workflow For Configuring The Seal-It 100

    Chapter 2: SEAL-IT 100 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Workflow for configuring the SEAL-IT 100 About this topic This topic presents the workflow for configuring the SEAL-IT 100 device driver. Read this topic if you are an administrator responsible for setting up devices in VWorks or BenchWorks.

  • Page 33: Creating A Seal-It 100 Profile

    Creating a SEAL-IT 100 profile About this topic This topic describes how to create a profile for the SEAL-IT 100. Read this topic if you are an administrator responsible for setting up devices in VWorks or BenchWorks. Before you start Before you create a profile, you must have added the SEAL-IT 100 to the device manager.
  • Page 34 Chapter 2: SEAL-IT 100 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide 7. Click OK to save the profile and exit ABgene SEAL-IT 100 Diagnostics. Related topics Setting Roll count Roll speed Roll Type: ❑ Full roll ❑ Half roll For information about... Opening diagnostics Adding the SEAL-IT 100 to the device manager...

  • Page 35: Setting Seal-It 100 Task Parameters

    Setting SEAL-IT 100 task parameters About this topic When the SEAL-IT 100 is added to the device manager, the task associated with the device becomes available in the protocol editor. When a task is added to a protocol, you need to set the parameters for it. This includes choosing the SEAL-IT 100 to use and what “Seal Plate”...

  • Page 36: Managing Seal-It 100 Profiles

    Chapter 2: SEAL-IT 100 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Related topics Managing SEAL-IT 100 profiles About this topic This topic describes how administrators and technicians can manage SEAL-IT 100 profiles. Managing profiles To manage SEAL-IT 100 profiles: 1. Open ABgene SEAL-IT 100 Diagnostics . 2.

  • Page 37: Operating The Seal-It 100 With Diagnostics

    Related topics For more information about... Opening diagnostics The workflow for configuring the SEAL-IT 100 Creating a SEAL-IT 100 profile Operating the SEAL-IT 100 Operating the SEAL-IT 100 with diagnostics About this topic This topic describes how to: ❑ Initialize the SEAL-IT 100 ❑...
  • Page 38 Chapter 2: SEAL-IT 100 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide To seal or trim a single plate using ABgene SEAL-IT 100 diagnostics: 1. Open ABgene SEAL-IT 100 Diagnostics . 2. Click the Controls tab. 3. If the SEAL-IT 100 is not initialized, click Initialize this profile on the 4.

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