Total Steps
The Total Steps field determines how many steps will occur in the method. Each step has
independent values for Volume, Rate, Delay, and Infusion/Withdrawal. Upon entering the
number of steps, the list on the left of the screen will update to show all of the steps. Each one
of the steps will have their own set of parameters that will need to be set (see Step Parameters).
A minimum of 1 and maximum of 99 steps can be entered as a method.
Adding steps is accomplished by increasing the Total Steps, which will add the new steps at
the end of the list. Decreasing the Total Steps will remove steps from the end of the list. In
either case, the values in the Step Parameters for each existing step does not change upon the
addition or deletion of steps.
In the case that the number of steps in the list on the left side of the screen exceeds the
available space on the screen, a blue triangle arrow will appear below the list indicating that it
can scroll. This list can scroll two ways: (1) the user can drag their finger up and down on the list
to scroll the list and then tap on the item of interest; or (2) the user can use the up/down arrows
in the navigation keypad to scroll through the items.
Loop All
The Loop All field determines how many additional times the pump will perform all of the steps.
This is the highest level loop and is the last loop to iterate after all the steps and step loops have
completed.
Example
In a multi-step method of three steps (1, 2, 3) where the Loop All is set to “2”. The method
will run the following steps sequentially: 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. As shown, the method will loop
through all three of the steps two additional times.
The Loop All field takes any integer from 0 to 99. A value of 0 indicates that the method will run
through the entirety of steps only once. Any value above 0 represents additional times to run all
of the steps.
In the pump running screen, the current loop number and total number of loops are indicated in
the blue bar at the top of the screen.
Sub-Loops
This function has been deprecated and is not supported. Please leave these fields empty.
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