Software Requirements
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Opentrons App
The Opentrons App is available for free download from this a link on this page:
is a web-based application that provides a UI for no-code customization of the protocols and does not require any software installation. Both .xlsx files and .py files are downloaded from StainWorks.
Additionally, we currently require users to occasionally download new custom labware layout files (.JSON format) from our GitHub repository at:
You will want a program where you can read and write Python files, what we recommend* to our users is:
The free Community Addition ("CE") can be downloaded by scrolling down to the button of the download page:
If anything remains unclear please us know!
Email: support@parheliabio.com
For faster support, you may want to get set up with TeamViewer (available for free download at:) so our team can control the robot directly through your computer, but that is not required.
If you want to use a webcam then you will want a recording/streaming program. There is a variety of software for this, and what we recommend to our users is ManyCam (available for free download at: )