Hudson Robotics SoftLinx 5.0 - Manual (Page 6)

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In addition to the list of instruments, the following commands are available on this screen:
Add New Instrument - Installs instrument interfaces and identifies instruments which can be used in
protocols. See the Adding Interfaces section.
Remove Selected Instrument - Remove the selected instrument from the list. In addition, if the instrument
to be removed is the last instance of its instrument class within the list, the user also has the option to
uninstall its associated interface. Protocols which require this removed instrument will prompt the user to
reinstall the interface. In addition, all protocol steps which call this interface will be treated as inactive until
the instrument is reinstalled.
Check/Uncheck All Instruments - All instruments in the list will be checked/unchecked. Instruments that
are checked will be initialized by protocols, unchecked ones will not.
The following buttons will aid in instrument manipulation:
Connection Settings - Allows the user to modify communication parameters between the instrument and
the computer.
Initialize Instrument - Applies the configuration settings to the instrument, and activates it for use. If
successful, the instrument will be placed in an "Initialized" state. Instruments may also be put in a
"Simulated" state if the instrument is unavailable.
Instrument Setup - Calls the "Setup" command, opening the selected instrument's setup window to
manipulate runtime settings, such as position setup, operation speed, and other runtime modifications.
View Selected Interface Code - Opens the VBA script for the selected instrument within its own VBA IDE
(Integrated Development Environment). Users have the ability to debug and edit code of each interface.
Clicking cancel will undo all changes. However, it will not uninstall interfaces which have been recently
installed.