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5. Click Save As to save the new routine. The Save Routine dialog box opens.
6. Type the routine name in the Routine Name box, then click OK.
Edit Routine
You can also edit routines.
1. Open the Maintenance page, then open the Cmds & Routines tab. Click the routine that
you want to edit from the Routine Name list.
2. Click a command in the Command Sequence list that you wish to edit. Click Clear to
delete the command, or click in a different well in the plate image to change the location
of that command.
NOTE: When you modify a routine, the routine name automatically defaults
to None in the Routine Name list.
3. Add, delete, or change commands as necessary, then click Save As.
4. Type a different name for the routine to create a new routine, or type the existing name of
the routine to keep the edited routine using the existing routine name.
NOTE: You can only add commands to the end of a routine. You cannot
insert them before commands that are already part of a routine.
Run Routine
1. Open the Maintenance page, then open the Cmds & Routines tab.
2. Select a routine to run from the Routine Name list.
3. Click Eject on the status bar.
4. Add the appropriate reagents to the plate, reservoirs, and well strips as indicated in the
plate image and set the plate on the plate holder.
5. Click Retract.
6. Click Run. The Routine Message dialog box opens when the routine is complete.
7. Click OK.
Delete Routine
You can delete a routine that you created, but you cannot delete predefined routines.
Predefined routines have (Luminex) after the routine name.
On the Cmds & Routines tab of the Maintenance page, click the routine that you want to
delete from the Routine Name list, then click Delete.
Import Routine
On the Cmds & Routines tab of the Maintenance page, click Import. In the Open dialog
box, browse for the routine file (.lxd) you want to import, then click Open. The routine
becomes the active one.
Export Routine
On the Cmds & Routines tab of the Maintenance page, click Export. In the Save As dialog
box, navigate to the folder where you want to store the routine file, then click Save.
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