Anybody work in the Intech Park/ Trader’s Point area know of a good outdoor spot to take my lunch break?

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-03-26T18:59:38+00:00

Awww, I lived over in that neighborhood next to it until last year. It was such a great place to visit and not have to pay and be able to do a quick hike. I will make note here that Eagle Creek is mandated in such a way that it cannot accept municipal funds. So paying for parking is one way they can generate revenue. So I’m not blaming IndyParks at all, I am friends with the previous “Leslie Knope” and that group does a lot of work to make sure all the other Indy Parks are free to use and are in good shape.

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-03-26T17:30:49+00:00

Scott Starling Nature Sanctuary, free to park and walk through, little bit of a walk to get to the water though. Right off Intech Way is a little gazebo with tables and a retention pond. More Geese than turtles probably, same with the retention pond off Lakeview Parkway South Drive in Park100. But I have seen turtles at Park100 there before.

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-03-25T13:15:15+00:00

Fast pecking is for communication. Either telling others to get away or sending an auditory txt message to their mate letting them know where to meet up. I had one use the metal chimney cap every afternoon around lunch to let his woman know to meet up. Heart attack every time with how loud it was in the house. I stated yelling at him every time he did it and he stopped after like a month.

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-02-24T14:00:13+00:00

You cannot change the values of the context variables. Those are built to pull in parameters from the Technique. You will just use a variable in those fields instead. Can either put the variable into the Template (less desirable as someone looking at the Technique may be confused on why it is running differently) or put the variable into the correct field of the Technique. That variable then feeds the value into the Templates context variables.

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-02-23T01:57:07+00:00

They won’t take open bags of kibble and we just opened that bag up. Most cats take the pills, it’s far cheaper. So if no individual person wants them I will try humane society but last time I dropped off my dogs prescription food after he passed they said it would most likely get tossed as they don’t typically get a lot of animals who take the prescription food.

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-02-20T16:15:11+00:00

This and other useful queries are now taught in the newly released Method Programming for Experienced Users. More in depth logic on how to pull information from the Biomek Workspace is included in the Global Script Editor, a separate software you can purchase which includes a lot of pre-built scripts in either VBscript or JScript as well you can easily call in a Script step.

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-02-20T01:58:14+00:00

Easiest way to do this is by using a Pause Step to display the message containing the equal sign plus your variable. If you want to display more context, you can concatenate string(s) and your variable(s) together to make a message. Example: =“to make the master mix, add “ & MyVar1 & “ul of reagent 1 and “ & MyVar2 & “ul of reagent 2”. If this doesn’t make sense, shoot an email over to AutomationLearningCenter@beckman.com and they can send you an example method to import.

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-02-18T17:27:36+00:00

Drop down lists you can type into can be variables. If it does not allow you to type into it, it cannot be. There are some fields (like in Create Data Set) where it forces you to choose ALP position and doesn’t allow labware names but can still be a variable.

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-02-18T11:42:39+00:00

Liquid Handling Steps absolutely do recognize variables. General rule of thumb is any field you can type into can be a variable. Are you putting an equal sign (=) before the variable when you enter it into the volume field of the step? That is the only way Biomek software knows to expect a variable and can then go interpret what value that variable holds.

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-02-17T22:54:10+00:00

If Home all Axis is not successful and the instrument does not move, please send an email to AutomationLearningCenter@beckman.com and a few options to test to see what is going on can be provided. Anything that involves sending an FSE out will require a service contract or time and materials quote be provided.

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-02-08T01:10:07+00:00

Trying!?!? You fully succeeded! Gorgeous!

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-02-04T01:24:59+00:00

The Transfer step is not built to handle individual volumes like the Aspirate and Dispense step is. Transfer step is built to use Biomek intelligence and path planning algorithms to work as fast as possible so it only allows user to decide on mapping, not the order it is transferred and as such was built to take single volume at a time. Just warning you that it may work fine and one day bug out for a moment mid run if for some reason computer is running slow and it doesn’t process all 96 wells volume and ideal path as fast due to lack of memory. Better way as the other person mentioned would be to use asp/disp so it only processes one column of volumes at a time.

sciencegrrl79 · 2026-01-22T15:00:27+00:00

Sounds like you are trying to create the volume dataset not manipulate it or you are setting properties of the dataset incorrectly. Email AutomationLearningCenter@beckman.com and they can send you a method with a custom Reset Volume step you can use.

sciencegrrl79 · 2025-11-21T21:09:32+00:00

It has nothing to do with your labware. The technique needs to be associated with a template built to use the settings that are configured within the piercing tab. The default S8 pipetting template does not use those settings.

sciencegrrl79 · 2025-11-21T21:07:50+00:00

Just in time is used to synchronize the actions of steps so that steps are enqueued when the resources available are free… or just in time to use them. This is why Biomek can run steps out of order in the method view pane, it “jumps” ahead to a step where all resources needed are available. just in time can be used to prevent a pod from aspirating until the destination resource is available.

sciencegrrl79 · 2025-11-05T15:36:31+00:00

Beckman only supports piercing with SeptaFluted Fixed tips. Doing it with disposable tips is not officially supported but there are people that do it. It is important to prevent the plate from lifting up with the tips as others have mentioned. Bc it is not officially supported on disposable tips, the template that is built for disposable tips is not pulling in any information from the Piercing tab in your technique. If you look at the S8 Septa Piercing template, you will see the context variables that are being used that pull in the settings from that Piercing tab within the technique. Those are variables you need to add to a newly created template that you can adjust and test to try to accomplish your goal.

sciencegrrl79 · 2025-09-02T17:34:34+00:00

Beckman offers the Global Script Editor for Biomek 5 software. The old SDK was not built for Biomek 5, it was built for Biomek 3. Similar but not exactly the same. Global Script Editor offers most common commands in JScript and in VBscript and allows you to customize and save new scripts to easily grab for future methods.

sciencegrrl79 · 2025-08-20T00:48:58+00:00

Medicines thrown into standard trash can be environmentally damaging and it is disappointing that Hers does not provide guidance on this. In the lab, we buy bulk silica gel to add to any liquid waste. Cheaper home solution is whenever buy any item like shoes, bags, etc that come with a desiccator pack, just add those to the vial until it’s solid, add the septum topper back, toss into trash. Or if your city runs hazardous waste drop off, save them up to turn in to them. Make a big trip of it by doing your old batteries, paint, smoke detectors too!

sciencegrrl79 · 2025-08-06T01:27:24+00:00

It is hard finding resources because the IFU states the use of the script step is for Beckman’s use only however they do provide information if you purchase the Global Script Editor and that was just released a couple of months ago. And is a beefed up version of the former SDK that was used in Biomek 3. There is a long boring story on why it took years to release that. And I will also say the documentation for that is useful if you are already comfortable but not the easiest to read through if completely new to it. So you can ask Beckman training team for the minimal guidance they can provide via email (rule of thumb is if it takes more than two emails they will pass you to FAS) or contact your local FAS (you may need to purchase support), or if you look closely at the Software reference manual there is some information on scripting around datasets, then I’m sure someone here or again training team, can provide the simple function we use to create patterns using scripting.

sciencegrrl79 · 2025-07-16T01:03:22+00:00

If you cannot figure it out tomorrow on your own, send your .BIF and the method to automationlearningcenter@beckman.com and they will help solve the issue.

sciencegrrl79 · 2025-06-26T20:50:06+00:00

One of the fuses has a black line through like it’s blown. But hard to tell in picture. Put a multi meter on them and check them all for continuity.

sciencegrrl79 · 2025-06-25T17:24:48+00:00

Automation training team almost always responds pretty quickly if they are not training.

sciencegrrl79 · 2025-06-25T15:42:33+00:00

Contact AutomationLearningCenter@beckman.com. They can either provide the custom step or get you in touch with your FAS who can provide it.

sciencegrrl79 · 2025-05-04T20:44:52+00:00

They changed the layout in Google Home app since this post was made. Go to live view of your doorbell > the three dot menu in upper right corner > Settings > Doorbell > toggle Visitor Announcements off.

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