Initializing The Device - Agilent Technologies BenchCel User Manual

4 Setting up the BenchCel device

Initializing the device

Initializing the device
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Initializing the device in Diagnostics
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To establish communication between the computer and the BenchCel Microplate
Handler, you initialize the BenchCel device. You can initialize the BenchCel Microplate
Handler in the following ways:
•
BenchCel Diagnostics. To control the BenchCel Microplate Handler using BenchCel
Diagnostics, initialize the profile in BenchCel Diagnostics.
•
VWorks window. To control the BenchCel Microplate Handler from the VWorks
window, for example, to run a protocol, initialize the device in the VWorks window.
Ensure that you have added the BenchCel device to a VWorks device file and that you
have a valid BenchCel profile.
To initialize a profile in BenchCel Diagnostics:
1
In the VWorks window, open the device file for the profile that you want to initialize.
To open a device file, choose File > Open > .Device. In the Open File dialog box, select
the file, and then click Open.
2
Click No if the Would you like to initialize devices now? message appears.
3
In the device file tab, select the device, and then click Device diagnostics to open the
BenchCel Diagnostics dialog box.
BenchCel Microplate Handler User Guide