Chapter 1: Introduction
Microscan MS-3 Laser Scanner Device Driver User Guide
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Setting the properties for a device
About this topic
The device properties provide VWorks or BenchWorks software with
additional information about the device’s current configuration, such as
which profile to use, and stores the information in the device file. The
device file is automatically loaded when you open a protocol.
The device properties need to be set when configuring the device.
Typically, these properties only need to be set once. This topic describes
how to set the following device properties:
❑
General
❑
Teachpoint
❑
Barcode
❑
Location (for devices with multiple teachpoints)
❑
Device
Properties
Read this topic if you are an administrator in charge of managing
Velocity11 devices.
Before you start
Make sure that you have installed the device driver plug-in and have
added the device to the device manager.
See “Related information” for procedures on how to do these tasks.
Setting general
properties
To set the general properties for a device:
1.
Click the
Device Manager
tab.
2.
Select the device from the
Device List
toolbar. (Expand the device
name, if necessary.)
Note:
For devices with
Locations
, see “Setting location properties”
on page 17. If no Locations, continue with step 3.
3.
In the
General
group, set the following:
a.
Approach height
. This is the height to raise the robot gripper
above the teachpoint when the robot moves the plate
horizontally towards or away from it.
b.
Allowed/prohibited labware
. Click the adjacent field to open the
dialog box. Move the labware classes by selecting them and
clicking one of the arrow buttons.
4.
In the
Device
Properties
, select the desired profile if it is not already
selected.
5.
Select
File
>
Device File
>
Save
to save the changes to the device file.
