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SEAL-IT 100
Device Driver User Guide
July 2007
VWorks3 and BenchWorks
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Copyright 2007 Velocity11 The information provided in this guide is intended to be accurate and reliable. However, Velocity11 does not assume responsibility for its use or for any infringements upon the rights of third parties that may result from its use. The transfer of this guide, in any manner or form, to a representative of another company is strictly forbidden. BioCel, BenchCel, PlateLoc, Velocity11, VCode, and VPrep are registered trademarks of Velocity11. BenchWorks, IWorks, and VWork
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i Table of Contents SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Contents Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Who should read this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 About Velocity11 user guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What this guide covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table of Contents ii SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Introduction 1 This chapter introduces Velocity11 device drivers and provides some basic procedures that are needed to use them. A Velocity11 device driver is software that plugs into VWorks or BenchWorks software to allow them to control a specific device. Before reading this guide, you should be familiar with the VWorks or BenchWorks software user interface. Information about using VWorks or BenchWorks software can be found i
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Chapter 1: Introduction 2 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Who should read this guide Job roles This user guide is for people with the following job roles: Job role Responsibilities Integrator Someone who writes software and configures hardware controlled by device drivers. Lab manager, administrator, or Someone who is responsible for: technician ❑ Installing device drivers ❑ Managing device drivers ❑ Developing the applications that are run using device drivers ❑ Solving the more challen
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Chapter 1: Introduction 3 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide About Velocity11 user guides About this topic This topic describes the different formats of Velocity11 user information and explains how to access the user information. Formats available Velocity11 user information is provided to you as: ❑ Online help ❑ A PDF file ❑ A printed book The information in each format is the same but each format has different benefits. Where to find user Online help information The online help is added to
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Chapter 1: Introduction 4 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Navigation pane Content pane Navigation buttons PDF user guides Computer requirements To open a user guide in PDF format, you need a PDF viewer. You can download a free PDF viewer from the internet. Printing and searching The user guides in PDF format are mainly for printing additional copies. You can perform simple searches in the PDF file, although these searches are much slower than online help searches. More information For mo
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Chapter 1: Introduction 5 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide What this guide covers About this topic This topic presents an overview of what procedures and information are provided in this user guide. This guide explains how to: ❑ Install the driver for the device ❑ Configure the device in the device manager ❑ Set and use the tasks associated with the device ❑ Use Device Diagnostics Also read Information about device drivers not covered in this guide and about running VWorks or BenchWorks so
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Chapter 1: Introduction 6 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide VWorks or If you have purchased a device driver plug-in and are installing it yourself, check with the Velocity11 Technical Support to be sure your BenchWorks version of VWorks or BenchWorks software and the device driver plug-in compatibility are using the same version of IWorks software. BenchWorks Device driver plug-ins used with BenchWorks software may not include some newer features that were specifically added for use with
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Chapter 1: Introduction 7 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Device file location Device files have the file name format file name.dev and are stored in the folder location that you specify when saving the file. Related topics For information about... See... Device diagnostics “About diagnostics” on page 11 Device profiles “About profiles” on page 15 Adding a device to the device “Adding devices” on page 10 manager About device drivers About this topic This topic describes what device drivers
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Chapter 1: Introduction 8 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Advantages of distributing device drivers as plug-ins are: ❑ You only need to install the plug-ins for the devices you use ❑ When new plug-ins become available, they can be easily added. There is no need to re-install the VWorks or BenchWorks software application IWorks interface The device driver plug-ins and VWorks or BenchWorks software use IWorks software as a common interface to communicate with each other. Using a common i
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Chapter 1: Introduction 9 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Installing device drivers About this topic Devices are integrated into VWorks or BenchWorks software using device driver plug-ins. Plug-ins need to be installed before the device can be configured and used. This topic describes how to install device drivers if they are not already installed on your system. Read this topic if you are an administrator in charge of managing Velocity11 devices. Procedure To install device drivers: 1
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Chapter 1: Introduction 10 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Adding devices About this topic To configure your lab automation system to use a device, you need to add it to a device file in VWorks or BenchWorks software. The VWorks or BenchWorks software device manager uses the information in the device file to communicate and operate the device within the automation system. This topic describes how to: ❑ Create a new device file (if one does not already exist) ❑ Add devices ❑ Save the de
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Chapter 1: Introduction 11 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide 8. Select File > Device File > Save. If you are creating a new device file, you are prompted to enter a name for your device file. Alternatively, you can select File > Save All. This saves the device file and the current protocol file at the same time. Related topics For information about... See... Device drivers “About device drivers” on page 7 Setting generic device properties “Setting the properties for a device” on page 16 Ad
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Chapter 1: Introduction 12 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Related topics For information about... See... Opening diagnostics “Opening diagnostics” on page 12 Adding a device to the device “Adding devices” on page 10 manager Device drivers “About device drivers” on page 7 The definition of devices “About devices” on page 6 Opening diagnostics About this topic Every device has diagnostics software to assist you with troubleshooting and setting up the device. This topic describes how to ope
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Chapter 1: Introduction 13 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide 2. In the Diagnostics window, select thedevice. Expand the general name of the device, if necessary. 3. Click Device diagnostics. The device’s diagnostics dialog box opens. Procedure 2 If you are using VWorks4 software To open Diagnostics: 1. Click the Device File tab. 2. Select the device from the Devices toolbar. Expand the general name of the device, if necessary. 3. Click Device diagnostics located at the bottom of the Devices
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Chapter 1: Introduction 14 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide 3. Click Device diagnostics located at the bottom of the Device List toolbar. The device’s diagnostics dialog box opens. Related topics For information about... See... Diagnostics “About diagnostics” on page 11 About device drivers “About device drivers” on page 7 Adding a device to the device “Adding devices” on page 10 manager Setting generic device properties “Setting the properties for a device” on page 16
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Chapter 1: Introduction 15 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide About profiles About this topic This topic describes what profiles are and what they do. Read this topic if you are an administrator in charge of managing Velocity11 devices. Profiles defined A profile contains the initialization settings needed for communication between a device and device driver. The data in a profile is used by VWorks or BenchWorks software to identify each device on the network. A profile can also contain oth
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Chapter 1: Introduction 16 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide 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
