1. A method of using an addressable array of biopolymers on a substrate, comprising: (a) receiving the addressable array and an associated machine readable identifier carried on an array substrate or array housing; (b) exposing the array to a sample; (c) reading the array; (d) machine reading the identifier as an identifier signal; and (e) retrieving biological function data for one or more of the biopolymers from a memory based on the identifier signal.