Welcome to Venus’s documentation!

Venus is a coding language wrapper used in the coding of Hamilton Microlab STARs and similar devices. This is the consolidated unofficial documentation for Venus 4 as well as its libraries, compiled from official sources as well as personal troubleshooting.

This is not an official Hamilton resource

Note

This project is under active development. If any issues or mistakes are found, please comment or contact me directly at tarunchapman@hotmail.com. General place to download libraries: https://github.com/theonetruenerd/VenusPackages

• Venus
  • General Steps
  • ML_STAR
  • Custom Dialog Steps
• Error Codes & Debugging
  • Major IDs that have been identified
  • Minor IDs that have been identified
  • Internal Error Codes which have been identified (presumably is the same as SpecificErrorId?)
• ASWGlobal
• Aliquot for Easy Steps v2
  • CalcAliquot_v2_1()
  • CalcChannelPattern()
• Aliquot with Easy Steps
  • CalcAliquote()
• Array (from HSLExtensions)
  • Append()
  • CompareArrays()
  • Concat()
  • ContainsDuplicates()
  • ContainsValue()
  • ConvertToBooleanArray()
  • ConvertToFloatArray()
  • ConvertToIntArray()
  • ConvertToStringArray()
  • Copy()
  • FindValue()
  • InitializeAllValues()
  • IsBooleanArray()
  • IsEmpty()
  • IsFloatArray()
  • IsIntegerArray()
  • IsStringArray()
  • Sort()
• ArrayTools
  • ArraySeqVLookup()
  • ArrayVLookup()
  • ConvertArrayOfNumericIntegersToString()
  • ConvertArrayOfNumericStringsToIntegers()
  • Lookup()
  • Sort3ArraysByNumericAscendingOrder()
  • Update_Value_in_Array()
  • get_distinct_from_array()
  • mergeArrays()
  • removeValueFromArray_basedOnIndex()
• ColourSchemeLibrary
  • Assign()
• Convert File To ASCII
  • ConvertFileToASCII()
• DebugAssist
  • FullErrorAnalysis()
• EditFileAttributes
  • Make_Hidden()
  • Make_ReadOnly()
  • Remove_Hidden()
  • Remove_ReadOnly()
• Error Report Library
  • CopyActiveTraceFile()
  • GenerateGeneralErrorsReport()
  • GeneratePipettingErrorsReport()
• Error Simulator
  • AA_Abstract()
  • STEP1_PrepareRegistryAndCfgFile()
  • STEP2a_SimulateError_Channels()
  • STEP2b_SimulateError_COREGripper()
  • STEP2c_SimulateError_iSWAP()
  • STEP2d_SimulateError_96Head()
  • STEP2e_SimulateError_384head()
  • STEP2f_SimulateError_BarcodeReading()
  • STEP2g_SimulateError_Autoload()
  • STEP2h_SimulateError_CRWashstation()
  • STEP3_Restore_BackupCfgFile()
  • STEP4_Optional_SwitchChecksum_ON()
• Framework (from HSLExtensions)
  • GetVersion()
  • SetTraceLevel()
• HSLDeckVisualize
  • UpdateUsedPositions()
  • UpdateUsedLabware()
  • UpdateLoadedLabware()
• HSLFilLib
  • FilEof()
  • FilFindFile()
  • FilFindNextFile()
  • FilFormatBarcodeFile()
  • FilGetBinPath()
  • FilGetCommState()
  • GetCommTimeouts()
  • FilGetConfigPath()
  • FilGetLabwarePath()
  • FilGetLibraryPath()
  • FilGetLogFilesPath()
  • FilGetMethodsPath()
  • FilGetSystemPath()
  • FilIsNull()
  • FilReadString()
  • FilRemoveFields()
  • FilSearchPath()
  • FilSetCommState()
  • FilSetCommTimeouts()
  • FilUpdateRecord()
  • FilWriteString()
• HSLFileLibEx
  • FilCopyFileEx()
  • FilDeleteFileEx()
  • FilFormatReportFileEx()
• HSLStatistics
  • Stat_Average()
  • Stat_StdDeviation()
  • Stat_CorrelationCoefficient()
  • Stat_RSQ()
  • Stat_Slope()
  • Stat_Intercept()
  • Stat_Min()
• HSLStrLib
  • StrAsciiToStr()
  • StrConcat2()
  • StrConcat4()
  • StrConcat8()
  • StrConcat12()
  • StrEvaluateExpr()
  • StrFillLeft()
  • StrFillRight()
  • StrFind()
  • StrFStr()
  • StrFStrEx()
  • StrFVal()
  • StrGetLength()
  • StrGetType()
  • StrHexIStr()
  • StrIsDigit()
  • StrIsStr()
  • StrIVal()
  • StrLeft()
  • StrMakeLower()
  • StrMakeLowerCopy()
  • StrMakeUpper()
  • StrMakeUpperCopy()
  • StrMid()
  • StrReplace()
  • StrReverseFind()
  • StrRight()
  • StrSpanExcluding()
  • StrStrToAscii()
  • StrTrimLeft()
  • StrTrimRight()
• HSLZipLib
  • UnpackArchive()
  • AddItemToArchive()
  • InitializeArchive()
  • PackArchive()
• HSL_SeqDailyTools
  • CopyPlatePattern96ToTipRack()
  • CopyPlatePatternToPlate()
  • GetNumberOfPositionsLeft()
  • SeqEasyEdit()
• If_And_If_Or
  • if_and()
  • if_or()
• Labware Properties
  • GetCarrierIDandSiteID_FromLabID()
  • Get_ContainerBaseOFfset()
  • Get_ContainerBaseThickness()
  • Get_Height()
  • Get_NameAndFileName()
  • Get_NumberOfColumns()
  • Get_NumberOfRows()
  • Get_RackBaseToCoverBase()
  • Get_StackHeight()
  • Get_XYZ_deckPosition()
  • Get_XY_dimensions()
• Lookup
  • Lookup()
• Pipetting (from HSLExtensions)
  • CreateMixedChannelPattern()
  • CreateOrderedChannelPattern()
  • ParseChannelPattern()
  • Plate384PositionNumberToPositionText()
  • Plate384PositionNumberToPositionText()
  • Plate96PositionNumberToPositionText()
  • Plate96PositionNumberToPositionText()
• STAR_Channel_Tools
  • CHAN_ACCESS_Sort1Sequence()
  • CHAN_ACCESS_Sort1Sequence1Array()
  • CHAN_ACCESS_Sort1Sequence2Arrays()
  • CHAN_ACCESS_Sort2Sequences()
  • CHAN_ACCESS_Sort2Sequences1Array()
  • CHAN_ACCESS_Sort2Sequences2Arrays()
  • LIQUID_LEVEL_GetLiquidLevelHeight()
  • LIQUID_LEVEL_MeasureLiquidMulti()
  • LIQUID_LEVEL_MeasureLiquidSingle()
  • LIQUID_LEVEL_ReturnVolumesFromLiquidLevel()
  • MOVE_ChannelsToSequencePosition()
  • MOVE_ChannelsToSequencePosition_5mL()
  • MOVE_CheckPlateWithTwoChannels()
  • MOVE_InitDispenseDrive()
  • MOVE_InitDispenseDrive_5mL()
  • PLATE_STACK_CountPlateStacks()
  • QUERY_GetChannelPosition()
  • QUERY_GetChannelPosition_5mL()
  • QUERY_GetTipPresentState()
  • QUERY_GetTipPresentState_5mL()
  • QUERY_GetTipVolume()
  • QUERY_GetTipVolume()
  • SPLIT_WELLS_AddContainersToWell()
  • SPLIT_WELLS_Remove_Containers()
  • TRAVEL_LANES_MoveChannelsToTravelLanes()
  • TRAVEL_LANES_MoveChannelsToTravelLanes_5mL()
  • TRAVEL_LANES_MoveChannelsToYPosition()
  • TRAVEL_LANES_MoveChannelsToYPosition_5mL()
  • TRAVEL_LANES_MoveChannelsWithTravelLanes()
  • TRAVEL_LANES_MoveChannelsWithTravelLanes_5mL()
  • TRAVEL_LANES_SingleSource_ChannelDisplacement()
  • TRAVEL_LANES_SingleSource_ChannelDisplacement_5mL()
• StrTokenize
  • StrTokenize()
• String (from HSLExtensions)
  • ConvertToAsciiArray()
  • ConvertToCharArray()
  • FromAsciiArray()
  • Join()
  • JoinWithDelimiter()
  • Split()
  • Trim()
• Tools Library
  • CalculateNumberOfTubesAndVolumePerTube()
  • Reformat_Sequence()
  • Reformat_ValuesForDialog()
• TraceLevel
  • GetTraceLevel()
  • SetTraceLevel()
  • SetStringIndicator()
  • Trace_02()
  • Trace_04()
  • Trace_06()
  • Trace_08()
  • Trace_10()
  • TraceArray()
  • TraceArrayHorizontally()
  • TraceArraysFaceToFace()
  • TraceSequence()
  • TraceSequenceParameter()
  • TraceSequencePositions()
  • TraceAction()
  • SetActionIndicator()
• Windows (from HSLExtensions)
  • GetRegistryValue()
  • GetSpecialDirectory()
  • SetRegistryValue()
• Zero uL Scanner
  • CheckFor0s()