Resolving compilation error messages
Compilation warnings and error messages
During the protocol-compiling process, the software reports errors in the Main Log. You can use the information to troubleshoot the protocol.
The software displays two types of messages during the compiling process:
• Warning messages
• Error messages
Note: If you are logged in with technician, operator, or guest privileges, you are unable to continue with the protocol. If you are logged in with administrator privileges, the dialog box allows you to run the protocol despite the errors.
Warning messages
A warning message alerts you to an error that should be fixed. If the error is left unresolved, the software can still continue. For example, a pipetting task requires that tips be on the pipette head, but there was no Tips On task preceding the pipetting task.
Error messages
Error messages alert you to situations where a protocol or device will fail. You must resolve the problem to continue the run.
Errors are generated when:
• Operating parameters are out of range, denoted by red text in the Task Parameters area.
• A task wants to use a labware that does not exist in the system.
• Volumes in pipette steps do not match, such as when a dispense volume is greater than a previous aspirate volume.
• A Signal task has no associated Wait For task.
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