$150 QS GEM SECS Software Manual 091-1123 Version 1.1 Important Notice Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., has prepared this manual for use by its personnel, licensees, and customers. The information contained herein is owned or licensed by Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., and constitutes proprietary information. Distribution of this information is made to Bio-Rad personnel and customers in strict confidence for the sole purpose of assisting in the use, understanding, and maintenance of Bio-Rad equipment and software. Data including dimensions, tolerances, and descriptions contained herein. do not constitute purchase specifications which are established only by quotation. This information may not be reproduced, copied, disclosed to others, or used as a basis for manufacture or sale of apparatus without prior written approval from Bio-Rad. Users are cautioned that Bio-Rad reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials contained herein. Bio-Rad shall not be responsible for damage (including consequential) caused by reliance on the materials presented, including, but not limited to typographical or arithmetic errors. QS, FTS, WIN-IR, WIN-IR Pro, EasyIR, EasyCheck, EasyQuant and Tracer are trademarks of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. All other brand and product names mentioned herein appear for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright @ 1983-1999, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. If you find an error, omission, or problem of any sort in these documents, or if you have suggestions for their improvement if reissued, please let us know. Write to: Technical Publications Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. 237 Putnam Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 U. S. A. email: [email protected] Contents PREFACE XIII About the Documentation xiii Typographic conventions xili What You Should Already Know xiv Installation xiv Customer Support XV Training xvi 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 SECS Standards 1 1.1.1 SECS-1 22 1.1.2 SECS-2 1.2 GEM Version 3 1.2.1 GEM Compliance Statement 4 1.3 Terminology 5 2 DESCRIPTIONOFQSSYSTEMS 7 2.1 Description 7 2.1.1 Connecting the Host Computer to the QS Equipment 8 2.2 Components 8 2.2.1 Robot 9 2.2.2 Stage 9 2.2.3 Cassette Stations 9 2.2.4 System User Interface 9 2.2.5 Operator Assistance 11 2.3 Processing 11 ili QS GEM SECS Software Manual iv 3 USER INTERFACE 13 3.1 Main Screen 13 3.2 SECS Menu Options 14 3.2.1 On Line/Off Line 15 3.2.2 Enable/Disabled 16 3.2.3 Remote/Local 16 3.2.4 Message to Host 16 3.2.5 Configuration 16 3.2.6 Change Process Type 22 3.2.7 Request Process Program 22 3.2.8 Send Process Program 23 3.2.9 Request Date and Time 23 3.3 The GEM Secs Status 24 3.4 Communications 24 3.4.1 Communication State Codes 25 3.4.2 Communication State Transitions 26 3.4.3 Power Up 26 3.5 Communication States 27 3.5.1 Communicating State 27 3.5.2 Not Communicating State 27 3.5.3 Disabled State 27 3.5.4 Enabled State 27 3.6 SECS Link 28 4 COLLECTING DATA 29 4.1 Variables 29 4.2 Are You There 29 4.3 Host Requests Status 30 4.4 Setting Equipment Constants 30 4.5 Event Reports (ERs) 30 4.6 Disk Files 31 QS GEM SECS Software Manual v 5 MANAGING ALARMS 33 5.1 Alarm Conditions and Codes 33 5.2 Alarm State Machine 33 5.3 Reporting the Alarms 34 5.4 Enabling and Disabling Alarms te 5.5 Host Requests the Alarm Status 34 6 REMOTE CONTROL 37 6.1 Control Finite State Machine 37 6.1.1 Control States 38 6.1.2 Control State Transitions 41 6.1.3 Power Up 42 6.2 Command Table 42 6.3 Description of Local and Remote Commands 45 6.3.1 LOCAL 45 6.3.2REMOTE 45 6.3.3 ENABLE 45 6.3.4 DISABLE 46 6.3.5 PTSELECT 46 6.3.6 PPSELECT 46 6.3.7 PAUSE 46 6.3.8 RESUME 46 6.3.9 START 47 6.3.10 REF 47 6.3.11 BKG 47 6.3.12 STOP/ABORT 47 6.3.13 CARRIERID 47 6.3.14 SHELL 47 6.3.15 CARRIERSTATS 48 6.3.16 SLOTSTATS 48 6.3.17 MAXSLOTS 48 6.3.18 ALIGNMENT 48 6.4 Start Process 48 QS GEM SECS Software Manual v 5 MANAGING ALARMS 33 5.1 Alarm Conditions a