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6. Click Save As to save the new routine. The Save Routine dialog box opens.
7. Type the routine name in the Routine Name box, then click OK.
Editing a Routine
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 want 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 new commands before commands that are already part of a
routine.
Deleting a Routine
You can delete a routine that you created, but you cannot delete predefined routines.
Predefined routines have (Luminex) after the routine name.
1. Open the Maintenance page, then open the Cmds & Routines tab.
2. Click the routine that you want to delete from the Routine Name list.
3. Click Delete.
NOTE: Do not delete routines that are used by protocols as pre- and post-
batch routines.
Running a 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 system monitor.
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.
Importing a Routine
1. Open the Maintenance page, then open the Cmds & Routines tab.
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