BioStack checkbox

To enable the BioStack commands/action buttons:

• Fill the BioStack checkbox to enable the options.
• Fill the Use Lids checkbox and then, Define the precise dimensions of the lid, when your BioStack supports it, to process plates with their lids on.
• Typically, the BioStack processes all the plates in the input stack. The protocol run or "BioStack loop" ends when all plates have been processed.
• To restrict the run to a specific number of plates (when not using plates-with-lids), click the Process link and enter the number.

These controls let you define a regularly used liquid handling protocol without regard to the number of plates that will be processed. Whenever you run the protocol you can set the number of plates as needed.

Note: When you specify a fixed number of plates to be processed, if the BioStack does not contain at least that many plates, it will display an error message during processing with three options:
Abort: Stop the run now.
Retry: Manually add more plates to the stack and resume processing.
Ignore: Temporarily revise the "number of plates to process" for the remainder of the run, i.e. to continue the run with only the number of plates processed so far.

Plate Stacked Height

Certain BioStack models can handle non-standard, low-profile microplates when a "plate stacked height" is defined for them. The Plate Stacked Height tells the BioStack to reposition its gripper to correctly pick up the low profile plates. This feature cannot be deployed when using plates with lids.