Is there a way to have a “master” layout with for example the tip carriers defined, but so that when starting a protocol you could then and there define plate types and locations? Now we are stuck with each protocol having their own, almost similar layout. Thanks!
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Hi @NFred,
This is certainly possible, and a commonly used process for handling multiple systems/methods that are similar in layout minus a few adjustments. You could go as far as having a completely empty Deck Layout and adding all Labware at runtime, if desired. Refer to this thread for some libraries/techniques regarding how to pull this off. The link to the HSLLabwrAccess library is invalid and I am not able to edit it, so I’ve re-linked it here: HSLLabwrAccess V204.zip :: Hamilton.
Thank you,
Dan
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Thanks so much, I will dig in to this.
In the past I experimented with this, but in the end I found it a bit tedious.
What I did was to create a master deck (Deck_Master.lay) and I had an external file with the run info. If that run needed a carrier, I simply put in the carrier name in the file and the plates it needed, and via the dev lib I used it to add labware on specific X and Y and Z coords.
Worked great, but in the end I had to teach all positions anyway and it was a layer of complexicity I did not like. But if you like to go into that route
Create master deck
Create deck with all the trimmings and teach all. Note all X Y Z
For each method create a runlist.csv that stores this data
At the start of the run, dynamically built your deck
Pascal
we do this all the time. we use the dev library and add remove carrier and plate and any labware uncluding Tips on the fly once the method start. u can have an excel file with all the details or u hardcord them in the start of the method.
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Hello everyone,
Is it possible to edit labware coordinates (x, y and z) with HSL code inside Hamilton Method Editor? A function like DevGetLabwarePosition for editing coordinates and save in the layout file.
Thank you
Hello,
This can be done with the labware access hsl library:
Various features of the deck layout can be altered and saved as long as the deck layout remains closed in any and all instances of the method editor in the background. The deck layout is saved with either of the “save changes” command seen in the image above.
Matt
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Hello,
Thank you very much. It works like a charm.