MinZError fix

Hi all,

I’m trying to specify a dispense height such that only ~2mm of the 8 channel tips enter the septum of some 50mL tube caps I’m testing. When I try to change the ‘fix height from bottom,’ I get a minZerror message. Is there a way to bypass this, or a better recommendation to accomplish this dispense?

@max_gildemeister - Can you post a screenshot of your dispense settings? Depending on the tip type you are using (lower than 1mL tips), it would be expected that you would have minimum Z access issues if you were dispensing from a fixed height of 2mm relative to the bottom of a 50mL tube, but not relative to the top.

-Nick

Here are the settings, @NickHealy_Hamilton. int_MixCycleCount = 0. Also I was wrong, it was minZPosition not minZerror.

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@max_gildemeister - Your dispense height is higher than the pipettor traverse height, and almost certainly higher than the channel can reach with a tip loaded (not to mention likely higher than the height of the container from the labware definition).

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50mL conical tubes should be much shorter than this, unless you are using some highly custom labware. I recommend breaking out a pair of calipers and double checking.

-Nick

Thanks Nick! Yeah that value was from the position I got from training the 1000uL channel, guess it was too high. I lowered it and everything’s working.

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