Microlab
®
STAR Service Manual
12-5
Glossary (continued)
Rack identification
Barcode for rack identification.
Sample
Refers to a liquid in an unambiguously identified container which is to be processed.
Service Technician
Trained and authorized service engineer.
STAR
Sequential Transfer and Aliquoting Robot.
The System
Refers to the Microlab STAR instrument together with the PC running the ML STAR
software and the serial cable connecting the two together.
SSW
Service Software
TADM
Total Aspiration and Dispense Monitoring.
Tip
Disposable tip for dispensing.
Tip rack
Frame that holds tips together; used to store a set of tips for access by pipetting
channel.
Tip waste station
An opening in the Microlab STAR deck to direct used disposable tips via a plastic
chute into a laboratory-supplied waste container below the working area.
Trace
Note of a status during a processing.
Tube
A tube is a narrow container for liquid, usually showing a circular cross-section, and
a cylindrical length-section.
User
The user actually operating the Microlab STAR instrument and the ML STAR
software.
USW
User Software
Verification Kit
Aid to check the functions of the Microlab STAR IVD.
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