Tecan notes

Setting up EVOsim on the lab computer

1. Export the setup from the Tecan computer

1. Export the scripts and other settings Start > Tecan > import export
2. Select Add all (this gets all the scripts, liquid defs etc)
3. Click Export
4. Save the file (.exd) to a shared drive or email to yourself

2. Import the setup to the simulation computer

1. Copy / download the .exd file to the computer
2. Open the importer Start > Tecan > import export
3. File > Import settings
4. Select All
5. Import

3. Start the simulator then Evoware stan

1. Start > Tecan > Evosim
2. Start > Tecan > Evoware standard

First Time

• new config
• add Liquid handling (LiHa)
  • slect all tips (1-8) set to DiTi-1000
• add arm (Roamer)
• choose a name

Writing a new script

1. Open Evoware
2. Choose edit script. Using and existing script will have the carrier, incubators and other movable "labware"
3. Carrier - add tubes (eppenddorf)
   • right click duplicate
   • rename (unique for you only)
4. Add tips (DiTi 1000 or 200 uL)
5. Click on the commands on the left hand pane and drag them into the program section on the righthand pane.

Tecan Language

Tecan has its own words for things

Tecan jargon	Translation.
LiHa	Liquid Hander : the pipetter
DiTi	Diposable Tipi : the pipette tips
Roamer	The robotic arm than can pickup well plates
Labware	Plates, troughs, tubes etc

Offsets for pipettes

Sometime all or one of the pipettes can consistently