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Creating Puck and Dewar Definitions

You can easily define your pucks and dewars in ROCK MAKER to keep track of your crystals’ location. In this section, you will learn how to how to perform the following actions:

1. Creating a Puck Definition

2. Creating a Dewar Definition

Prerequisites:

• You are running ROCK MAKER version 3.11 or newer.

Creating a Puck Definition

Before you harvest crystals in ROCK MAKER, you should define the puck that your crystals will be stored in. Each puck defined must be manually assigned a unique name and a unique barcode.

Important: Only a ROCK MAKER Administrator can create, edit, or delete a puck definition.

To create a Puck Definition:

1. On the Explorer, expand the Setup node and double-click Crystal Container.

2. After the Crystal Container tab appears, you can create a puck in the Pucks Definition panel by defining the following information:

• Puck Name. Type a name for your puck in the Puck Name box.

Note: All puck names must be unique.

• Barcode. Type the puck’s barcode number in the Barcode box.

Note: All barcode numbers must be unique.

• Puck Type. Select the relevant puck type from the Puck Type list. The available options are SPINE Puck, Uni Puck, ALS Style Puck, or ACTOR Puck.

• Pin Count. This column will be updated automatically after you have selected a puck type. The pin count displays the number of pins that the selected puck type contains.

3. Save your puck by clicking the Save button or by pressing Ctrl+S on your keyboard.

Note: To delete a puck definition, right-click on it and click Delete. Then, save your changes. Ensure that any puck you delete is not currently in use to prevent the loss of important data.

Creating a Dewar Definition

Before you harvest crystals in ROCK MAKER, you should define the dewar that your pucks will be stored in. Each dewar defined must be manually assigned a unique name.

Important: Only a ROCK MAKER Administrator can create, edit, or delete a dewar definition.

To create a Dewar Definition:

1. On the Explorer, expand the Setup node and then double-click Crystal Container.

2. After the Crystal Container tab appears, you can create a dewar definition in the Dewar Definition panel by defining the following:

• Dewar Name. Type a name for your dewar in the Dewar Name box.

Note: All dewar names must be unique.

• Number of Pucks. Type the number of pucks that your dewar can hold in the Number of Pucks box.

3. Save your dewar by clicking the Save button or by pressing Ctrl+S on your keyboard.

Note: To delete a dewar definition, right-click on it and click Delete. Then, save your changes. Ensure that any dewar you delete is not currently in use to prevent the loss of important data.

Related Topics

• Crystal Management
• Creating a Synchrotron Trip
• Harvesting Crystals

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