Hudson Robotics SOLO - Manual (Page 46)

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select the number of wells to search (entering “-1” to select all unblocked wells),
the depth to which the probe should travel before stopping (that plate’s well
depth, as listed in its definition – see Define Plate Types… above - is the limit for
this setting), and the distance above the plate to begin the actual search.
The user would then select the order for incrementing the probe from one well to
the next (“Row” or “Column” order), and may block out individual wells of entire
rows or columns by clicking on the plate graphic at those wells or rows/columns.
Those wells thus appearing in BLACK will not be measured.
It is then up to the user to actually use the file data this step produces, such as in a
special VB step in SoftLinx or another external software application. One line of
comma-separated text data is written to the file per well as follows:
Format: Date,Time,Plate Barcode,Well ID,Liquid Depth(mm)
Example: 9/28/2011,12:33:40 PM,ABC123456,A03,7.03