Tecan notes
Setting up EVOsim on the lab computer
1. Export the setup from the Tecan computer
- Export the scripts and other settings
Start > Tecan > import export
- Select
Add all
(this gets all the scripts, liquid defs etc) - Click
Export
- Save the file (
.exd
) to a shared drive or email to yourself
2. Import the setup to the simulation computer
- Copy / download the
.exd
file to the computer - Open the importer
Start > Tecan > import export
File > Import settings
- Select All
- Import
3. Start the simulator then Evoware stan
Start > Tecan > Evosim
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
- Open Evoware
- Choose edit script. Using and existing script will have the carrier, incubators and other movable "labware"
- Carrier - add tubes (eppenddorf)
- right click duplicate
- rename (unique for you only)
- Add tips (DiTi 1000 or 200 uL)
- 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