Hamilton Electronics MICROLAB 8534-01 - Manual (Page 20)

MICROLAB
®
Carousel User Guide (June 2003)
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Writing a method
To access the Hamilton method editor:
1. Double-click the MICROLAB ® Method Editor icon on your
desktop. The Hamilton Method Editor window appears.
2. Select File > New. Assign a name to your new method, and click
Save.
3. The screen will show a cluster of General command icons on the left
and a blank method on the right (figures 16). No instrument specific
commands are immediately available. You need to select an
instrument from the Hamilton Method Editor window.
Figure 16: Hamilton Method Editor - Carousel.med window
4. Select Method > Instruments from the Hamilton Method Editor
window. The Instruments window appears (figure 17).
5. Click on the check box for the Carousel and click OK. The
Hamilton Method Editor appears (figure 18), but now it has a set of
instrument commands for the carousel.
6. Click on the instrument command bar (Carousel). The command set
for that instrument will appear (figure 19).
Now it is possible to write a complete method by dragging commands to the
white blocks in the method window.
Refer to the MICROLAB Vector software user manual for more information regarding the software in
general.