Table Of Contents - Molecular Devices StakMax User Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 Installation and Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Interrupt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the StakMax Microplate Handling System . . . . . 14
Unpacking the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
To unpack the StakMax microplate handler . . . . . . . . . . 15
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting the Baseplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting the SpectraMax L Baseplate . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting the AquaMax Baseplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting the SpectraMax Paradigm Baseplate . . . . . . 27
Connecting the StakMax Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Installing or Replacing a Barcode Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Required Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing the StakMax Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Automatic Windows XP StakMax Driver Installation . . . . 49
Manual Windows XP StakMax Driver Installation . . . . . . 51
Automatic Windows 7 StakMax Driver Installation . . . . . 57
Aligning the StakMax Gripper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Required Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
To align the StakMax gripper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Aligning the Microplate Transfer Position
on a SpectraMax Paradigm Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
To align the microplate transfer position
on a SpectraMax Paradigm instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Performing a Gripper Functional Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Required Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
To perform a gripper functional check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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