pylabrobot.opentrons.flex.find_flex_ip

pylabrobot.opentrons.flex.find_flex_ip(name: str | None = None, timeout: float = 5.0) → str

Find one Flex via live mDNS; optionally select its exact advertised name.

Requires zeroconf. Browses for timeout seconds plus address resolution. Raises RuntimeError for missing or ambiguous matches. Starts no robot run.

Parameters:

• name (str | None)

• timeout (float)

Return type:

str