Creating a protocol: basic procedure

Read this section if you are an administrator or technician who writes protocols.

This section contains the following topics:

•	About protocols, processes, and tasks

•	Workflow for creating a basic protocol

•	Preparing for protocol writing

•	Logging in, logging out, and changing passwords

•	Adding devices

•	Setting up location devices

•	Setting up phantom devices

•	Creating a new protocol

•	Setting protocol options

•	Adding an alarm

•	Configuring labware

•	Adding processes

•	Setting plate parameters

•	Adding and deleting tasks

•	Specifying time constraints between dependent tasks

•	Setting up Startup and Cleanup Protocol processes

•	Saving the protocol

•	Opening a plugin

•	Compiling the protocol

•	Simulating the protocol run

•	Printing protocols

For details on using macros to help create your protocols, see Using macros to create protocols.