Molecular Devices StakMax Manual de usuario

StakMax®Microplate Handling System

User Guide

5016072 A

October 2011

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This document is provided to customers who have purchased Molecular Devices, LLC

(“Molecular Devices”) equipment, software, reagents, and consumables to use in the

operation of such Molecular Devices equipment, software, reagents, and

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For research use only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Product manufactured by Molecular Devices, LLC.

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Contents

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Safety Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Interrupt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 2 Installation and Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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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Chapter 3 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Starting the StakMax Microplate Handling System . . . . . . 79

Turning the StakMax Microplate Handler On and Off . . . . 79

Opening the StakMax Software Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Loading the StakMax Microplate Handler . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Continual Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Magazine Loading and Unloading Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Single Plate Loading Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Using StakMax Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Start Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Stop Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Emergency Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Load Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Return Plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Restack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Scripting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

StakMax Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Chapter 4 Scripting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Command Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

StakMax Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

SoftMax® Pro Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Advanced Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Misc Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Creating a New Script from a Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Adding Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Removing Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Changing the Order of Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Checking the Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Using Repeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Saving Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Printing Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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Chapter 5 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

System Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Weekly Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

As-Needed Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

SpectraMax Paradigm System Maintenance. . . . . . . . . 127

Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Appendix A System Diagrams and Specifications . . . . 133

Performance Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

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Safety

This chapter provides important safety information for the use of the

StakMax®Microplate Handling System. All users should read and

understand the safety guidelines before operating the StakMax

microplate handler. The following information is described in this

chapter:

• Safety Guidelines on page 7

• Labeling on page 7

• Interrupt on page 9

Safety Guidelines

Read and understand all of the safety guidelines before using the

StakMax instrument.

Labeling

The following warning labels are attached to the StakMax instrument.

Do not remove these labels.

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StakMax instrument labels

Instrument Label Nameplate

Instrument nameplate

StakMax identification, voltage, and

serial number (back of instrument)

StakMax input and output stack labels

Laser-based barcode reader safety

label (internal)

Wavelength: 630-680 nm, Maximum

Power Output: 1 mW

Power I/O label (right side of

instrument)

CE mark for European and TUV

Rheinland

1311 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale

CA 94089 408 747-1700

+24V

INPUT

STACK

OUTPUT

STACK

+ 24 VDC RS-232

USB

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Interrupt

The StakMax microplate handler has an Interrupt button located on

the left side of the front panel (as shown below). Pressing the button

interrupts the operation of the StakMax microplate handler,

immediately stops any StakMax microplate handler movement, and

then resets the entire system. The button can also be used as a

Power/Reset button to turn the StakMax microplate handler on.

Warning label on plate drawer

protection stand of the SpectraMax®

Paradigm® Multi-Mode Detection

Platform for danger to fingers

StakMax instrument labels (cont’d)

Instrument Label Nameplate

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