SEAL-IT 100
Device Driver User Guide
July 2007
VWorks3 and BenchWorks
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SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide
Contents
About Velocity11 user guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What this guide covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Opening diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adding and linking Sub Process tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Workflow for configuring the SEAL-IT 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Creating a SEAL-IT 100 profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting SEAL-IT 100 task parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Managing SEAL-IT 100 profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Operating the SEAL-IT 100 with diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Introduction
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This chapter introduces Velocity11 device drivers and provides some
basic procedures that are needed to use them.
A Velocity11 device driver is software that plugs into VWorks or
BenchWorks software to allow them to control a specific device.
Before reading this guide, you should be familiar with the VWorks or
BenchWorks software user interface. Information about using VWorks or
BenchWorks software can be found in the VWorks Version 3 Automation
Control User Guide or BenchWorks Automation Control User Guide.
To set up and use Velocity11 device drivers, become familiar with the
content in this guide as well as the guides for the devices that use
VWorks or BenchWorks software.
This chapter contains the following topics:
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Who should read this guide
Job roles
This user guide is for people with the following job roles:
Job role
Responsibilities
Integrator
Someone who writes software and
configures hardware controlled by
device drivers.
Lab manager, administrator, or
technician
Someone who is responsible for:
❑ Installing device drivers
❑ Managing device drivers
❑ Developing the applications that
are run using device drivers
❑ Solving the more challenging
problems that might arise
❑ Developing training materials and
standard operating procedures for
operators
Operator
Someone who performs the daily
production work using the device
driver and solves routine problems.
Your organization may choose to create
its own procedures for operators
including the procedures in this guide.
Related topics
For information about...
See...
Contacting Velocity11
Accessing online help
Device drivers
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About Velocity11 user guides
About this topic
This topic describes the different formats of Velocity11 user information
and explains how to access the user information.
Formats available
Velocity11 user information is provided to you as:
❑ Online help
❑ A PDF file
❑ A printed book
The information in each format is the same but each format has different
benefits.
Where to find user
information
Online help
The online help is added to your computer with the Velocity11 lab
automation system software installation.
PDF file
The PDF file of the user guide is on the software CD that is supplied with
the product.
Velocity11 website
You can search the online help or download the latest version of any
Note: All Velocity11 user information can be searched from the website
Online help
The online help is the best format to use when you are working at the
computer and when you want to perform fast or advanced searches for
information.
To open the online help:
1. In the Velocity11 lab automation software, press F1. The online help
window opens.
Main features
The online help window contains the following:
❑ Navigation pane. Consists of four tabs. The Contents, Index, and
Search tabs provide different ways to locate information. The Using
tab contains information about using the help system.
❑ Content pane. Displays the online help topics.
❑ Navigation buttons. Enables you to navigate through the pages.The
online help includes a navigation pane, content pane, and
navigation buttons.
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