Macromolecular Crystallography

The Pin Selector field has 5 columns and 12 rows. Columns represent pucks in the robot’s dewar while rows are pin-positions within each puck. Thus (4-2) indicates puck 4, pin-position 2.

Figure 2.8: BLU-ICE – Pin Selector

• press Setup for Use
• press ! → home
• click the desired Pin in Pin Selector
• Next Pin will reflect the choice
• press Next Pin → Mount
• The robot begins the mounting procedure
  • Do not press any buttons during the execution of the command!
  • A blue bar in the Robot Status → “Busy” represents activity
  • Mount is complete when the black border appears in the centering widget