Free Software

Downloadable Free Software in .zip or self-extracting format

Latest Release Experiment Script files

• April 2008:
      New experiment files available here - Please read the instructions about the Plates(Oryx).dat file
   
• Customer Experiment Script Library - Scripts contributed by customers.  Please contribute some more scripts!  For all systems.
  
• November 2003 Current Experiment Scripts (Version 1.2) - For Oryx and IMPAX.  Self-extracting zip file containing various extra WASP experiment scripts, including Vapor Batch and Greiner plates.  Includes plate database files (copies below) .
  
• August 2003 Plates(Oryx).dat (19k) - Plate database file for Oryx, including Vapor Batch, Imp@ct and Greiner Plates.  (This file is included in Experiments.exe above.)
  
• June/Nov 2003 Plates(IMPAX).dat (19k) - Plate database file for IMPAX, including Vapor Batch Plates.  (This file is included in Experiments.exe above.)
  
• November 2003 Experiment Script Library for DOS IMPAX systems - Including streak seeding and Vapor Batch files for DOS.
  
• December 2002 Experiment Script Library for Oryx - Various ZIP files from 2002.
  

Special Release DOS Software

This software is specially configured for the two institutes shown

• Software for Beijing Institute of Biophysics and Hokkaido University (2,381k)
• Word file with instructions for Beijing and Hokkaido (23k)
• Set of user manuals for Beijing and Hokkaido(280k)

The following DOS program is for designing manual crystallization experiments only. It is the same as the program used by IMPAX. NB it is NOT compatible with earlier versions of the program, therefore IMPAX users should not try to use it with the robot.

Place the file xs_zip.exe in a new directory and run it. When the files are decompressed, run the program XSTEP.

• XSTEP program - version for designing manual experiments only (330K)  
  

XML interface
Douglas Instruments had defined an interface for importing and exporting experimental data from XSTEP, its optimization software.  This interface uses the XML standard.

If you are having trouble downloading then email us at: info at douglas.co.uk

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