25
command
<parameter>
Action
Nop
No operation command. the line is ignored and execution
continues on the following line. this is useful to effectively
remove one or more lines of a program by overwriting with
this command.
Cls
Clears the screen.
wait
Waits until user presses the
ENTER
button
Pause
Adds time delay in milliseconds (0–50,000).
<time delay>
Displays a line of text on the screen. the first parameter
<display line>
specifies which line is displayed (line 1 or line 2). the second
<message>
parameter specifies which predefined string (message) is
displayed:
Predefined Strings:
“Enter to continue”
“Prepare to Aspirate”
“Prepare to Dispense”
“Done”
“Aspirate”
“Dispense”
Asp
Adds time delay in milliseconds (0-50,000).
<volume>
Disp
Dispenses liquid as specified by the parameter (5-2507l).
<volume>
Eject
Pushes the pipette tips off of the nozzles; same effect as
pressing the
EJECT
button on the
Control Panel
.
Repeat/Next
repeats a block of line executions. the parameter specifies
<repetitions>
how many times the block of line executions are repeated
(0–250). the block of lines begins with the line following the
“Repeat”
command, and ends with the
“Next”
command.
End
this is the last line of the program. Program execution
halts. once the program has ended, the
Head Assembly
returns to the “ready position” and the display screen
returns to the main menu.
Appendix
cont.
Programming commands and Actions
there are three upper level commands:
“Run
,
”
“Delete
,
”
and
“Edit
.
”
For further details on using these basic commands.
A program containing up to 100 individual lines (numbered from
0 to 99) can be saved into the internal flash memory. each line
consists of one command and up to two parameters. the following
commands are entered using the
MENU
button on the
Control Panel
: