Cytomat 10C

The Cytomat 10C is a high-capacity random-access plate store built around a rotary carousel. Revolution’s driver for it does not expose any atmosphere or shaking control — only the Cytomat 2 does. That’s worth flagging explicitly: despite the “C” in the name, which in Thermo’s own range usually marks a climate-controlled incubator, this driver class behaves as an ambient store. Thermo does sell an ambient “10 Hotel” alongside the incubated “10 C450” at this size, both with the same rated capacity — so the capacity figure below applies regardless of which physical variant you have.

At a glance

Capacity	210 SBS microplates (96-/384-well), Thermo’s published figure for the 10-size Cytomat
Default grid (Revolution simulation layout)	10 columns × 21 rows
Atmosphere / shaking control	Not exposed by this driver
Revolution control	The store’s turntable and shovel transfer mechanism; self-scan inventory

Specifications

Thermo Fisher publishes a capacity of 210 SBS microplates for the 10-size Cytomat, consistent across both the ambient “10 Hotel” and the incubated “10 C450” variants. A breakdown by plate type (1536-well, deep-well, etc.) specific to this size could not be confidently sourced, so it isn’t given here — treat 210 as the standard-plate figure and confirm anything more specific against your own unit.

Capacity in Revolution’s default simulation layout is 10 columns × 21 rows; this is a default used for simulation and commissioning, not a guaranteed physical maximum — actual capacity depends on plate height and the shelf pitch fitted.

Supported methods

Transfer mechanism

• Extend shovel / retract shovel
• Rotate shovel to carousel / rotate shovel to setdown — the shovel moves between two fixed positions on this device, not to an arbitrary location
• Rotate turntable to store location
• Move height motor to above / below store location
• Move to wait position
• Move transfer station to basic position / to position 2 — only meaningful where a transfer station is fitted (HasTransferStation device property)
• Open / close automatic lift door
• Initialise hardware

This is the store’s own mechanism exposed step by step. A schedule should normally rely on the scheduler’s standard pick/place mechanism to store and retrieve plates and leave it at that — the individual movements above exist for commissioning, teaching and fault recovery, where you need to place the shovel or the turntable exactly rather than move a plate.

Inventory and status

• Start self scan / Start self scan (full)
• Show status / Show extended status
• Show extended options settings

A self-scan rebuilds the inventory from what is physically present. Run one after any manual loading, or Revolution’s view of the contents is only as good as its bookkeeping.

Integration

Prerequisites

• The store must be reachable from the Revolution host.
• Plate type must suit the store’s shelf pitch; capacity depends on plate height.
• This driver does not read back or set temperature, humidity, CO₂ or O₂ — plan atmosphere- sensitive work around that rather than assuming set points exist to check.
• Run a self-scan after manual loading.

If you need more of this instrument driven from a schedule, get in touch — the driver is extended on demand.