2 Setting up the Bravo Platform
Setting teachpoints
34 Bravo Platform User Guide
If the gripper is holding labware, click Abort to cancel the initialization, and then see
instructions for manually opening the gripper to remove the labware.
5 If the Please verify that it is safe to home the W-axis message appears, do one of the
following:
• If the tips do not contain fluid. Click Retry to continue homing the w-axis.
• If the tips contain fluid. Click Ignore and continue. When the W-axis is not homed
message appears, use the tools in the Jog/Teach tab in the Bravo Diagnostics
dialog box to home the w-axis over a waste location. Homing the w-axis will
empty the tips. Make sure you home the w-axis before beginning a protocol.
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Setting teachpoints
About this topic
This topic explains how to set teachpoints. You must set or edit teachpoints anytime
the following occurs:
• You are using a new liquid-handling head for the first time
• The existing teachpoint files are lost or damaged
• You first set up your Bravo Platform
• You change the teaching tip type in the profile
• You add an accessory
Using a profile that is associated with teachpoints from a different Bravo Platform
can result in a hardware collision and cause equipment damage. Ensure that you
verify the profile and associated teachpoints for each specific Bravo Platform.
Teachpoint defined
A teachpoint is a set of axial coordinates that define a location to which the liquid-
handling head moves. Each of the nine locations on the Bravo deck has a default
teachpoint that can be edited in Bravo Diagnostics. The default teachpoints are set so
that well A1 is at the back left corner of each deck location.
For information about… See…
Adding more devices to a device file “Creating or adding a Bravo device” on
page 19
Opening Bravo Diagnostics “Opening Bravo Diagnostics” on page 24
Profiles “Creating and managing profiles” on
page 26
Manually opening the gripper “Manually opening the gripper” on page 78
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