xtal (version 1.15)

writeTecan: Tecan worklist writer

Description

calculate the parameter for the Tecan Robot from Design object, out put a worklist file in csv format

Usage

writeTecan(object, fileName, source, destination, liquidType)

Arguments

object

Design class

fileName

character string of output worklist

source

character string of source name, default 'Source1' (15ml tube rack)

destination

character string of destination name, default 'Destination' (96-well deep block)

liquidType

vector of charactor of liquid type

Details

if no liquidType is provided for the stock solution, the default will be set to B

Examples

# set up a Design object
# please read the 'design8Vertex' for detail
stock=matrix(nrow=8,ncol=3)
colnames(stock)=c("PEG","pH","salt")
stock[,1]=rep(c(6,16),4)
stock[,2]=rep(c(8,8,9.5,9.5),2)
stock[,3]=rep(c(0,300),each=4)
stock=data.frame(stock)
dim=list(5:0/5,3:0/3,3:0/3)
test8Vertex=design8Vertex(900,stock,dim)
writeTecan(test8Vertex,"testTecan_defaultLiquid.csv","Source1",'Destination')
liquidType=rep(c('B','P'),4)
writeTecan(test8Vertex,"testTecan_setLiquid.csv","Source1",'Destination',liquidType=liquidType)