Hamilton Electronics 8534-01 manual Writing a method

MICROLAB® Carousel User Guide (June 2003)

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.

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