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# Tecan notes
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## Setting up EVOsim on the lab computer
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### 1. Export the setup from the Tecan computer
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1. Export the scripts and other settings
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` Start > Tecan > import export`
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2. Select `Add all` (this gets all the scripts, liquid defs etc)
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3. Click `Export`
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4. Save the file (`.exd`) to a shared drive or email to yourself
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### 2. Import the setup to the simulation computer
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1. Copy / download the `.exd` file to the computer
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2. Open the importer
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` Start > Tecan > import export`
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3. `File > Import settings`
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3. Select All
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4. Import
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### 3. Start the simulator then Evoware stan
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1. `Start > Tecan > Evosim`
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2. `Start > Tecan > Evoware standard`
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#### First Time
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- new config
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- add Liquid handling (LiHa)
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- slect all tips (1-8) set to DiTi-1000
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- add arm (Roamer)
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- choose a name
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## Writing a new script
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1. Open Evoware
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2. Choose edit script. Using and existing script will have the carrier, incubators and other movable "labware"
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3. Carrier - add tubes (eppenddorf)
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- right click duplicate
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- rename (unique for you only)
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4. Add tips (DiTi 1000 or 200 uL)
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5. Click on the commands on the left hand pane and drag them into the program section on the righthand pane.
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## Tecan Language
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Tecan has its own words for things
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| Tecan jargon | Translation. |
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| LiHa | **Li**quid **Ha**nder : the pipetter |
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| DiTi | **Di**posable **Ti**pi : the pipette tips |
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| Roamer | The robotic arm than can pickup well plates |
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| Labware |
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