Velocity Micro MS-3 manual About device drivers

Chapter 1: Introduction

Microscan MS-3 Laser Scanner Device Driver User Guide

Device file location Device files have the file name format file name.dev and are stored in the folder location that you specify when saving the file.

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About device drivers

About this topic

Device driver defined

Plug-in defined

Plug-in device drivers

This topic describes what device drivers are and what they do.

Velocity11 device drivers enable mechanical devices or software programs to work with VWorks or BenchWorks software.

Read this topic if you are:

❑An administrator in charge of installing device drivers and managing Velocity11 devices

❑A lab automation system integrator who writes software and configures hardware controlled by VWorks or BenchWorks software

A Velocity11 device driver enables VWorks or BenchWorks software to control and communicate with the specific type of device. Each type of device that you operate with VWorks or BenchWorks software requires a device driver.

For example, VWorks software uses the:

❑VPrep Pipettor device driver to communicate with the Velocity11 VPrep Pipettor device

❑Softmax Reader device driver to communicate with Molecular Devices readers

A plug-in is a software program that when added to another program extends it.

Some device drivers are incorporated directly into the VWorks or BenchWorks software application. Other device drivers are distributed as plug-ins. All the device drivers covered in this guide are the plug-in type.