Can this be done? I’d like to have a tube carrier that has a few different container types in it. The tubes will have to be loaded with an Autoloader and their barcodes scanned. Tubes may have low volumes so the different, correct container types will need to be in the single carrier.
Hi @StrainedHammy ,
There are a couple of ways you can handle this.
Within Labware Definition
If you select Customized Container Layout within your rack definition, you can specify different containers and offsets per site. This would be under the assumption that the same types of containers are loaded in the same spots every time.
Dynamically Swap Container
Labware Property Query has a function that allows you to swap the container at run time. You need to have a sequence of the positions to swap, so you would need to have a way to determine which container needs to be loaded where.
Note: The offsets are in addition to the rack definition offsets. So, for example, if Container A needs an offset of 12.5 and the rck definition is already offsetting by 10.0, then that means you would use an offset of 2.5 within the method.
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