Edit routine, Run routine, Delete routine – Luminex xPONENT 3.1 Rev 2 User Manual

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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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