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Parsing Hamilton VENUS Resources

Parsing Hamilton VENUS Resources#

PyLabRobot allows you to easily import resources from the VENUS labware library.

There are two ways to do this:

  1. Creating a Python resource definition file

  2. Importing a resource directly into Python

Creating a Python resource definition file#

To create a Python resource definition file, you will need to use the make_ham_resources.py script. This script will generate a Python resource definition file for you.

# from the root of the repository
python tools/make_resources/make_ham_resources.py -o <output_file> --filepath /path/to/file.rck

Where <output_file> is the name of the file you want to create path/to/file.rck is the path to the .rck or .tml file you want to parse.

The -o flag is optional. If you do not provide an output file, the script will print the resource definition to the console.

You can also parse an entire directory of .rck or .tml files by providing the --base-dir flag.

# from the root of the repository
python tools/make_resources/make_ham_resources.py -o <output_file> --base-dir /path/to/directory

The Hamilton labware library is usually located at C:\Program Files (x86)\HAMILTON\LabWare on the Windows computer where VENUS is installed.

Importing a resource directly into Python#

You can also import a resource directly into Python using the hamilton_parse module.

from pylabrobot.resources.hamilton_parse import create_plate
create_plate('/path/to/file.rck', name='my_plate')

Contributing resources#

Please contribute resources to PLR if you have any that are not already in the library! (This makes for a great first contribution to the project!)

To contribute resources, create resource definitions as described above and add it to the pylabrobot/resources module. Then create a pull request. You can find a guide on creating pull requests here.

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