SOFTWARE

Labbot software

Release 1.5.2, October 2026. For Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and Windows 11, 64-bit.

Using Labbot 1.3 or Viewer 2? The programs have new names, everyone signs in, and a few choices are made once, at the first start. Read this before you install.

Upgrading from Labbot 1.3

FOR THE INSTRUMENT PC

Labbot Core 1.5.2

Controls the instrument and runs experiments. Includes Labbot Lens, the drivers and instrument firmware FMX8 1.5.3.

Install once per PC, from a Windows administrator account.
Replaces Labbot.exe, Viewer 2 and the firmware updater.

Download (zip, 315 MB)READ THISUpgrading from Labbot 1.3

Holds the installers and all the manuals, so the instrument PC needs no internet.

SHA-256 CHECKSUMS

Labbot Core_1.5.2_Installer.exe: aa37447d60d43fa8c909ab5bf846c5cf66b3cd27be0a0a65114fe69d8cc48ab9
Labbot Lens_1.5.1_Installer.exe: eeba669d390fb0464ed2a4708a1e005e532f8a30b9d9d4f16884d8cc4f864cde

FOR YOUR OWN PC

Labbot Lens 1.5.1

Opens, plots and compares the data from your runs, at your desk. Replaces Viewer 2. A Mac version is coming.

No administrator rights needed.
Opens runs exported from Labbot Core, and old Labbot 1.3 runs as they are.

Download (zip, 102 MB)

Holds the installer, the Labbot Lens manual and the guide to using Lens on your own PC.

Labbot Lens on your own PC

SHA-256 CHECKSUMS

Labbot Lens_1.5.1_Installer.exe: eeba669d390fb0464ed2a4708a1e005e532f8a30b9d9d4f16884d8cc4f864cde

If Windows warns about an unknown publisher

The installers are not code-signed yet. Choose More info, then Run anyway. If your IT department blocks unsigned installers, they can allow these by the SHA-256 checksums listed under each download.