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accrolab
Release Notes
| version | notes__category | notes__description |
|---|---|---|
| actual | Limitation | Teaching the slot of the balance or the ultrasonic bath has to be done carefully. Please teach these slots individually. Always remove the accroTube or teaching aid on the slot after teaching / before any further handler movements. |
| 2.14.21 | Processing | Fix of error '7902: Layout object already exists with new name.' when combining layout objects and object of type 'empty' exists. |
| 2.14.18 | Vial Cooler | Improved status logging |
| Processing | Fix: Appending a workflow allows now to set the position of the final vial. | |
| 2.14.17 | Teaching | Fix: Teaching of lowest cooler drawer enabled. |
| 2.14.16 | Processing | Fix: Allow already running tasks to complete if the program is closed. Make sure to move the handler to safe position on exit. |
| Manual | Updated to version 2.7 | |
| 2.14.11 | Processing, Pumpfactors | Fix: Pumpfactor workflows uses the right number of consumables again. (implication of version 2.13.64) |
| 2.14.10 | Vial Cooler | Fix: Vial cooler status update and error handling. |
| 2.14.8 | Vial Cooler / Safety | Change: Make sure drawers close when the door is closed. |
| Manual | Updated to version 2.4 | |
| Maintenance Schedule | Updated to version 2.2 | |
| Balance Qualification | New functionality to test the balance manually and generate a protocol. | |
| 2.14.6 | Sample Log | Current temperature and set-point get stored if a sample is created on the Vial Cooler or transferred there. |
| Processing, Machine Settings | Prevent start of workflows using the Vial Cooler until it is ready. New parameter in Machine Settings to disable this behaviour. | |
| 2.14.5 | Startup / Shutdown | CAN setup/stop procedure adapted for second CAN (Vial Cooler). |
| 2.14.3 | Vial Cooler | New device Vial cooler added to the system. |
| Empower Settings | Fix: Status was not updating. | |
| Teaching | Multiple slot teaching for Centrifuge and Vial Cooler. | |
| Processing | HPLC vials were not always transferred directly to the HPLC device. | |
| 2.14.2 | Processing | Prevent long delays until 'missing consumables' are gone after adding stock solutions and solvent tubes. Workflows don't get an error when using stock solutions which are not already on the system. |
| 2.14.1 | Manual | Updated to version 2.3 |
| 2.14.0 | Processing | Improved error handling for all methods. |
| 2.13.74 | Processing | Fix: Workflows in the dispatcher start now in the order they are queued. |
| Handler Initialisation | Prevent move to safe position if homing is not ok and show red error status. | |
| Handler Movements, HPLC | Special movements to avoid touching the wall near the HPLC interface. | |
| 2.13.73 | PCAN driver | New PCAN Basic driver allows to specify a distinct bus in the configuration. |
| 2.13.69 | Centrifugation | Changed speed limit for minitubes to 3500rpm. Added check of the speed limit in Workflow Editor. |
| User Management | Role 'superadmin' disabled. New role 'accromaservice' for service actions added. | |
| 2.13.68 | Processing | Reserve consumables sorted by slot instead of sorted by setup date and time. |
| 2.13.67 | Processing | Fix: Workflows start in the order they are set up and the farthest progressed workflows get the highest priority. |
| 2.13.66 | Processing | Fixed deadlock 'No task holds the listed resource lock'. |
| 2.13.65 | Processing | Fix: Vials are transferred directly from module to module without moving back to the rack. |
| 2.13.64 | Processing | New feature: The position / consumable for the final sample of a workflow can be defined. Fix: accrotubeMini can be processed by the 'Weighing' method. |
| Machine Log | Improved logging for module COM ports and memory and CPU use. | |
| Sample Log | ID of the stock solution is stored in the log. | |
| Solvent Switch | Fix: Removing solvents from ports and restart of the system. | |
| 2.13.61 | Machine Log | New counters with daily report added. |
| Application | Improved stability: Reduce likelihood of app crashes. | |
| Sample Logs | CSV-file export fixed. New feature for log selection: with CTRL-key a range of logs is selectable. | |
| 2.13.60 | Sample Handling | Long paused workflows show end time in hover info. |
| 2.13.59 | Processing | separate limit for the number of long paused workflows (>1min). |
| 2.13.58 | Processing | The maximal number of concurrently active workflows could not be increased past 4 in the configuration. |
| 2.13.57 | Manual | Updated to version 2.1 |
| 2.13.56 | Security | Improvements for emergency button and safety circuit. |
| 2.13.55 | Methods | New sample type 'standard' added to be able use 'pipette from' with snapvials. |
| Processing | Fix: Layout was accumulating garbage items. | |
| 2.13.53 | Sample logs | Sample logs get reloaded after saving signature. |
| Security | machineSettings file and user file get encrypted | |
| Security | User get blocked if too many failed login attempts. New parameter to set the maxmimum login attempts. | |
| Security | The software is signed with accroma labtec Ltd. EV certificate. | |
| CDS, Chromeleon | Chromeleon interface improved for handling sample error cases. | |
| 2.13.49 | Solvent Switch | Fix: For pumpfactor calculations the values got written to the wrong valve index. |
| Sample logs | Export of multiple sample logs to csv-file improved | |
| 2.13.45 | CDS | Fix: Only a single workflow was running per sample set. Sample set indices for samples with errors fixed. |
| 2.13.44 | Processing | Fix: The first task of a sequence could cause deadlocks under some conditions. |
| 2.13.43 | System Log | Improved messages for centrifugation, door button actions, detached steps, etc. |
| 2.13.41 | Methods | Fix: Dispensing from solvent tubes was never using needle 2 if needle 1 had a larger loop size. |
| 2.13.40 | Methods | Fix: 'pipetting from' method had a sample naming issue. |
| 2.13.36 | Chromeleon | Fix for sample multi-injections. |
| Chromeleon, Empower | Fix for sample sets in appended workflows. | |
| Workflow Editor | New icons and renaming of methods. | |
| Manual | Updated to version 2.0 | |
| Manual, Maintenance Schedule | PDFs are searchable. | |
| 2.13.35 | Methods | Fix: Renaming of the sample vial in filtration, pipetting & pipette from was sometimes not working correctly. |
| 2.13.33 | Processing | Fix: Workflows with missing stock solutions would not start after the missing solution was added. |
| 2.13.31 | Processing | Fix: Reservation of solvent tubes and stock solutions generated from Workflows. |
| 2.13.28 | SampleLogViewer | Dropdown list revised with graphical information about log. |
| Sample Handling | Stock solutions show additional information (remaining solvent volume and stock type). | |
| Stock solutions | Improvement for mass concentration calculations in various cases. | |
| 2.13.26 | SampleLogViewer | Fix for weight formatting. |
| 2.13.24 | Chromeleon | Completely revised. Error handling and custom fields added. |
| 2.13.22 | ConfigAdminControl | New parameters for setting default and aspiration speed on pumps. |
| Method | New methods 'Pipette from' and 'Create Stock' added. 'Pipette from' is used to pipette from a stock solution. 'Create Stock' is used to change a sample of a workflow to a stock solution. Stock solutions can be added in Sample Handling. | |
| 2.13.18 | Processing | New feature (Solvent Switch): Set und use up to 8 solvents on LiquidModule Pump 2. |
| 2.13.17 | UserInterface | Fixed: Window appearance for popup messages. |
| 2.13.15 | Empower | Error handling improved. Multiple sample injection fixed. |
| 2.13.8 | Sample Handling | Volume limitations for accroTubes increased from 100ml to 120ml. |
| SequenceTable | Option 'delete' in readySamples table removed (not GMP compliant). | |
| 2.13.7 | Pipetting | Fix: Workflow did not generate an error if the pipetted volume was out of tolerance but below 2ml. |
| Sample Signature | New toggle parameter added in Machine Settings. If active: Password required for sample signature. | |
| 2.13.6 | SampleLogViewer, Weighing | Every weight gets an indicator if the measurement was stable or dynamic (S/D). |
| 2.13.5 | UserLog | New log entries for door actions and changes on user settings. |
| 2.13.4 | Sample Handling | New toggle parameter added in Machine Settings. If active: Aborting or deleting a sample has to be commented by the user. |
| Balance, ConfigAdminControl | New parameters added for balance tuning. | |
| 2.13.0 | LiquidModule, Log | Stop quickly when a pump blocks. Improved pumping log messages |
| 2.12.33 | Teaching, Centrifuge | Fix: Teaching of centrifuge was not possible anymore. |
| 2.12.30 | Shaker, Processing | Tasks get evenly distributed between multiple devices of the same type. |
| 2.12.26 | CAN, Safety | CAN protocol and safety improvements. |
| 2.12.25 | Vial Relocation | Fix: Snapcap transferring to snapvial on an emergency stop could not be deleted. |
| 2.12.21 | User Management | User archive added. |
| 2.12.19 | Machine Settings, Sample logs | Adjustable number of demanded signatures per sample log. |
| 2.12.18 | Empower | Fix: Sample Sets continue now after the system stopped and started again. |
| 2.12.13 | Sample Handling (Solvent) | Allow solvent tubes to be used concurrently by multiple workflows. |
| 2.12.9 | Teaching | Improved movements. |
| User Management | Fixed message if login is not correct. | |
| 2.12.8 | Handler | Fix: In some cases the handler could not move to the safe position. |
| 2.12.5 | CAN | Improved error handling in read-write operations. Fix: Prevent raising of 'EmergencyStopButtonPressed' on error. |
| User Management | The user has the possibility to change password if expired or expiring within 30days. | |
| 2.12.0 | Handler | Movements improved, specially around x=0. |
| CAN | Improved robustness when reading current position from CAN controller. | |
| LiquidModule | Improved pumping robustness and diagnostics. | |
| Chromeleon | New module 'Chromeleon' added. | |
| Dispense statistics | New design. | |
| 2.11.70 | Pumpfactors | Fixed: Pumpfactor workflow was re-using the same consumable multiple times. |
| 2.11.67 | Dilution | Fixed: Not always the right weight for calculations was used. |
| 2.11.65 | Vial renaming | Fixed |
| 2.11.63 | HPLC Agilent | Fix: Workflow always got status 'aborting'. |
| 2.11.61 | Vial renaming | Change: Pipetting and Filtration append a hyphen and number suffix when renaming a vial |
| Filter | Fix: Filter were no longer visible in the graphical view and could not be selected and deleted after restart of the system. | |
| 2.11.60 | Dilution | Fix: Check for maximal dispense volume always failed because ul were used instead of ml. |
| 2.11.59 | Methods | Fix: Aspiration volume takes safety reserve volume and air gaps into account. |
| 2.11.57 | Dilution | Fix: Volume was calculated with wrong density. |
| 2.11.56 | Processing | Fix: Prevent conflict with balance use when pipetting volumes larger than loop size. |
| 2.11.53 | Empower | Several fixes. Prevent missing very short injections. |
| 2.11.49 | Method Wash | Fix: Mode 'needle' in method Wash caused an error |
| 2.11.47 | Processing | Fix: Deleting a paused workflow could lead to locked vials because the task was not deleted. |
| 2.11.45 | Pipetting | Allow pipetting of a larger volume than the loop can hold at once. |
| 2.11.35 | Handler | Check if an item is missing when transferred from a rack and create an error without blocking the whole system. |
| SampleLogViewer | Additional to weighing errors other error messages are visible in the sample log. | |
| Login | Login fixed and improved. | |
| 2.11.30 | Handler | Detection if the gripper is holding an item. |
| 2.11.29 | Workflow | Fix: Append Workflow was not working for aborted/error samples. |
| Balance | Commands added for changing environment settings and weighing mode. Weighing in workflows changed: wait for stable weight and if failed use dynamic weight. | |
| 2.11.26 | Pumpfactors | Renaming of pumpfactors: 'Normal' -> 'Dispensing', 'After Aspiration' -> 'Pipetting' |
| 2.11.24 | Workflow | Fixes for appended workflow logs. |
| 2.11.23 | Handler | Improved procedure after releasing of z-brakes to prevent a blocked z-axis. |
| 2.11.21 | Handler | Handler movements futher improved. Actual position reading improved. |
| 2.11.20 | Pumps | New loop size 25ml added. |
| UserInterface | Sorting all tables and lists alphanumeric. | |
| 2.11.17 | Method 'Dilution' | Calculation of dilution volume and concentration improved. |
| 2.11.16 | Sequence Table | 'Ready Samples' abort button only visible if workflow paused. |
| 2.11.9 | Empower | Fix: Sample sets end if a sample's workflow is aborted. |
| 2.11.7 | Processing | New: Appending of workflows to finished samples possible. |
| 2.11.6 | Handler | Handler movements improved. |
| 2.10.27 | Processing, UserInterface | The system is stopped instead of just the device locked if the weight differences are out of range. Popup informs user about error and system shutdown. |
| 2.10.22 | Processing | Block liquidmodule to prevent more workflows from running if the measured weight is too small after dispensing, pipetting or dilution. |
| 2.10.19 | Certification | Solvent certification fixed. |
| Empower | Empower menu only visible if licensed. | |
| 2.10.16 | Processing | Fix: Only a single workflow containing 'Filtration' with filters from the Filter Dispenser was running at a time. |
| 2.10.12 | Empower | Method 'Other' renamed to 'Extras'. |
| 2.10.10 | Empower | Each workflow gets a set id to add multiple workflows to one sample set. |
| 2.10.9 | Processing | Fix: Device locks workflow limits set in the UI were not preserved after leaving the application. |
| Method 'Dilution' | New method 'Dilution' added. | |
| User Management | Fix: New password resets expiry date. | |
| 2.10.8 | Empower | Saving of sequences only possible if all mandatory values are filled in. |
| Workflow, Empower | File export fixed. | |
| Handler | Popup added for homing procedure failure. | |
| Filter Dispenser | Communication update and general fixes. | |
| 2.10.5 | Log | Improved messages. Logging of homing procedure fixed. |
| 2.10.4 | Certification | General fixes to ensure certification works properly. |
| 2.10.3 | Workflow | Saving of workflows only possible if all mandatory values are filled in. |
| 2.10.0 | Empower | Waters Empower handling added: Sequences can be built, saved and used in workflows. |
| UserLog | Door lock/unlock events get logged. | |
| Solvents | SolventDefinition file replaced with files for each individual solvent. | |
| Certification | All compliance relevant files like samplelogs, solvents, workflows SamplePrepSettings.ini get certified. | |
| 2.9.21 | Manual | Updated to version 1.7. |
| 2.9.20 | Empower | Fix: Log messages are written in success and error case. Confirmation for buttons 'skip injection' and 'skip waiting' added. |
| Solvent Management | Dispense statistics fixed. | |
| 2.9.18 | Vial Relocation | Fix: Centrifuge closes after automatic relocation from a centrifuge slot. |
| 2.9.17 | Layout / Database | Fix: The order of items in the layout file does not affect the registration in the database. |
| 2.9.16 | Vial Relocation | New function to relocate vials automatically or manually on system start up. |
| 2.9.10 | Workflow Editor | Fix: Modifications of the workflow do not affect the selection of checkboxes in methods anymore. |
| 2.9.9 | Empower | Fixes: No error if parameter is out of range or too long for a field. No timeout after 10min when waiting for an injection. |
| 2.9.6 | UserInterface | Relaunch the UI if no connection can be established or is lost (for 2 minutes) |
| Processing | Tasks being paused not blocking reservations and consumables (prevent 'missing consumables'). | |
| Sequence Table, Device Locks | Tables are sortable | |
| Permissions | User level requirements adapted for: Filter Dispenser Control, Solvent Management, Pump Settings and Maintenance Monitor | |
| Manual | Updated to version 1.6 | |
| 2.9.4 | Empower | accroma2.0 sample data available in Empower. |
| 2.9.2 | Method 'Pipetting' | Fix: Workflows with multiple pipetting steps use the correct aspiration volume. |
| 2.8.25 | Manual | Updated to version 1.5 |
| 2.8.22 | Sample Handling (Solvent) | Setting up a solvent tube has new option to select the needle/loop to use for dispensing with this solvent tube. |
| 2.8.21 | Processing | Fix: If the system is paused during an extraction, sonication, hplc or centrifugation, then the following replace will only start after unpause. |
| 2.8.20 | Uplc Feeder Control | Show feeder position (In, Out, Moving) |
| 2.8.19 | Filter Dispenser | Changes to increase robustness with unstable sensors. |
| Sample Handling | Fixed: Sample of deleted workflow will keep its name and project. | |
| 2.8.18 | Method 'Pipetting' | Fixed: Maximum dispense deviation is no longer used, weight has to be +/- 50% of expected weight (because density is not known). |
| 2.8.16 | Method 'Dispensing' | Mode 'concentration' changed to 'mass concentration' |
| Method 'Pipetting' and 'Filtration' | Fixed: Pipetting without weighing and Filtration could cause an error bcause of liquidmodule slot reservations. | |
| 2.8.15 | Uplc Feeder Control | Show feeder position (In, Out, Moving) |
| Method 'Dispensing' | Fixed: Modes 'volumteric' and 'concentration' use netto weight. | |
| 2.8.14 | SampleLogViewer | Weight check errors are visible. History entries with errors colored red. |
| Maintenance | Expired solvents and need for maintenance signs in status indicator visible. | |
| Workflow Editor | Only workflows matching the sample type are shown. | |
| 2.8.12 | Processing | Fix: Allow more than 2 active workflows to use HPLC. HPLC errors no longer cause the system to stop working. |
| Safety | Quick stop of all moving devices if emergency button is pressed. Software and hardware restart necessary | |
| Method 'Pipetting' and 'Filtration' | Fix: Minimum aspiration height available if liquiddetection is not selected. | |
| 2.8.11 | Pumps | Currents for pumps increased. |
| Filter Dispenser | Fixed | |
| 2.8.10 | Safety | Fix: Door can be unlocked before homing procedure. |
| Safety | Emergency exit added: If the emergency button is pressed the system has to be shut down. | |
| Filter Dispenser | Fix: Workflows not starting with filters from the filter dispenser | |
| Method 'Pipetting' and 'Filtration' | Fix: Minimum aspiration height available if liquiddetection is not selected | |
| Pump Settings | Pump Setting not available if a pump is active. | |
| 2.8.9 | Method 'Wash' | Fix: Wash method with mode 'solvent' no longer produces error. |
| Handler | Use new code to set limits for velocity, accelerations and currents before switching on motors. | |
| 2.8.7 | Filter Dispenser | Ignore move commands if the slide is full. Prevent eternal turning and the pogram never ending. |
| Log | Additionally (to path start) write path end coordinates and path end axis increments to log | |
| Sample Handling | Renaming of vial types | |
| Empower | Fixed: Login informations get saved | |
| Workflow Viewer | Workflow viewer added to Sequence Table to watch the actual state of the workflow | |
| 2.8.5 | Handler | Fix for gripper homing with wider gripper range |
| 2.8.4 | Workflow administration | Fix for archiving already arched workflows |
| Log | Weighing check writes max and min permitted weight into log | |
| 2.8.2 | Workflow administration | Possibility to archive and restore workflows |
| SampleLogViewer | Restore a workflow from the sample log | |
| 2.8.0 | Hardware | Software changes to support new hardware. Range of gripper fingers increased |