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Calibrating the Deck

Once all of your labware containers are calibrated, make sure to also calibrate your pipette(s)!… Each of these needs to be calibrated before your protocol can run… The list is populated based on which container you should calibrate first
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Written by Karen C
Updated over a week ago

Calibrating the Pipettes

Once your labware is calibrated and saved on your deck, you'll need to calibrate your pipettes so that… Also, make sure your pipette is correctly installed on your robot before attempting to calibrate… When calibrating pipettes, you'll save four positions: Top, Bottom, Blow Out and Drop Tip
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Written by Ethan Jones
Updated over a week ago

When do I need to calibrate my OT-2?

Labware calibration is prompted after pipette calibration has been completed… In all cases, you must complete labware calibration if you have completed pipette calibration… Labware calibration needs to be completed if: 1. Pipette calibration has been completed 2
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Written by Ojas Patel
Updated over a week ago

Calibrating your OT-2

There are three types of calibration that a user can perform through the Opentrons App: deck calibration… pipette calibration, and labware calibration… Pipette calibration provides the length of the tip to your OT-2
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Calibrating labware FAQ

If you calibrate labware in one slot that calibration data is applied to all slots that labware exists… What is labware calibration? Why should you do it?… When should you calibrate labware?
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Get started: Calibrate the deck

Step 3 of deck calibration is to use your jog keys to calibrate to the center of the  engraved cross… Step 4 of deck calibration is to use your jog keys to calibrate to the center of the engraved cross in… will get a poor calibration) 1
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Written by Madeline Kelly
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X & Y Belt Calibration

Step 3: Unzip the file Step 4: Open the folder with the calibration files Step 5: Run the calibration… As a standard maintenance procedure run the X & Y belt calibration to keep your machine  The X & Y… belt calibration zip file contains binary files for both Mac and Windows operating systems
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Written by Karen C
Updated over a week ago

How to access the calibration file

The easiest way to access the calibration file is to open the containers folder first… folder From this folder, you will need to navigate backwards in the file path one level to find the calibrations
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Written by Ethan Jones
Updated over a week ago

Calibration best practices

Pipette Calibration Labware Calibration It is important to be mindful during pipette attachment… If you use a third party tip for deck calibration, your deck calibration data will be corrupt. … Cancelling pipette calibration
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Written by Ojas Patel
Updated over a week ago

Troubleshooting calibration issues

There are two types of issues related to calibration: technical issues that block the calibration processes… Complete a factory reset of pipette calibration and retry pipette calibration 2… Pipette calibration failure
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Updated over a week ago