pylabrobot.liquid_handling.backends.hamilton.STAR_backend.STAR.request_autoload_type

async STAR.request_autoload_type() → str

Query the autoload module type.

This sends the C0:QA command, which returns a CQ-format response containing the autoload identification fields, error/trace information, and the module type code. The cq field specifies the autoload hardware type:

0 = ML-STAR with 1D Barcode Scanner 1 = XRP Lite 2 = ML-STAR with 2D Barcode Scanner 3-9 = Reserved / other module variants

Returns:

int – The autoload module type code (0-9).

Return type:

str