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2 Setting up the Bravo Platform
Setting teachpoints
Bravo Platform User Guide
Before you start
Make sure you do the following:
• Remove all labware from the Bravo deck locations.
• Verify that the correct liquid-handling head is installed and the corresponding
profile is initialized.
To avoid potential injury and damage to the device, only personnel trained in how to
teach the Bravo Platform should perform the procedures in this topic.
The red Stop motors button in Bravo Diagnostics does not perform an immediate
stop. The Bravo head can continue to move in the same direction at the same speed
after you click the button. To perform an emergency stop, press the red button on the
pendant.
If you are teaching a pin tool or fixed-tip head, see “Workflow for non-tip-box locations”
on page 35.
If you are teaching the AssayMAP Bravo 96AM Head, see the AssayMAP Bravo
Platform Installation Guide.
Workflow for non-tip-box locations
To prevent the liquid-handling head from crashing into an accessory, be sure to start
the accessory teaching process from the safe z-axis point above the accessory
location. This is especially important if you use Set all teachpoints based upon
selected teachpoint.
Step For this task... See...
1 Set the first teachpoint. Use a deck location that is easy
to access, for example, deck location 1, 4, or 7.
“Setting the first teachpoint” on page 36
2 Set teachpoints for the remaining locations by doing one
of the following:
• Automatically set the remaining teachpoints based
on the first teachpoint.
“Setting other teachpoints based on one
teachpoint” on page 38
• For more precise teachpoints (384- or 1536-well
plates), repeat step 1 for each deck location.
“Setting the first teachpoint” on page 36
3 Verify each teachpoint. • “Verifying teachpoints for disposable-
tip heads” on page 39
• “Verifying teachpoints for pin tools
and fixed-tip heads” on page 40
4 Edit the teachpoint, as required, for any accessory
locations, such as the Weigh Station or an Orbital
Shaking Station.
The procedure can vary depending on the
accessory. For details, see “Bravo
accessories overview” on page 104.
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