Hamilton HEPA Fan#

Summary

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- OEM Link (none exists?)
- Communication Protocol / Hardware: Serial (FTDI)/ USB-A
- Communication Level: Firmware
- Old HEPA CAP discontinued in 2020, replaced with Clean Air Protection (CAP) Fan (Hamilton cat. no.: 92173-22)
- Old HEPA CAP VID:PID 0856:ac11 “USOPTL4”
- Adds 321 mm to height of STAR(let)
- Takes in ambient air, filters it and supplies it to the inside of the STAR(let)

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Setup Instructions (Physical)#

The Hamilton HEPA Fan for a STAR or STARlet liquid handling workstation has to be placed on top of the machines chassis.

It requires two cable connections to be operational:

  1. Power cord (standard IEC C13); if you are using an older HEPA Fan model ensure that the voltage switch is set to your country’s mains voltage!

  2. USB cable (USB-B with at fan end; USB-A at control PC end)

Setup Instructions (Programmatic)#

from pylabrobot.only_fans import Fan
from pylabrobot.only_fans import HamiltonHepaFanBackend

fan = Fan(backend=HamiltonHepaFanBackend()) 
# NB.: fans are only machines, they are not modelled as resources -> require no str name

await fan.setup()

Usage / Machine Features#

Running for 60 seconds:

await fan.turn_on(intensity=100, duration=30)

Running until stop:

await fan.turn_on(intensity=100)

await fan.turn_off()