An Open-Source Tool: Extracting Pipetting Data from Trace Log (.trc)

Hi everyone,

I’m excited to announce the release of VerisFlow v0.4, which now includes automated trace log parsing for Hamilton Venus software.

As part of this release, I have open-sourced the core parsing tool, Trace Extractor, as a free, standalone application for the community. It lets you quickly load a .trc file and export a clean list of all pipetting actions.

You can find the download, source code, and more details on GitHub.

Feedback is always welcome. Hope you find it useful!

Best,

Xianghua

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I didn’t see this in the ReadMe does it outline automatic recovery of wells in the trace when error handling is used?

That’s an excellent point, and thank you for bringing it up. You’re right, the current version doesn’t yet parse automated error recovery information from the trace file.

It’s a fantastic suggestion, and based on your feedback, I’ve just updated the README.md to add error recovery logic parsing as a high-priority feature on the project roadmap.

To help accelerate development and ensure it works correctly, it would be incredibly helpful if you—or anyone else in the community—could provide sample .trc files that contain these error handling and recovery events. If you can share any, please ensure they are sanitized of any confidential or proprietary information first.

Thanks again for the valuable feedback!