NT8 User's Guide | Chapter 8: Software Overview
3. Click Set Full if you want to set the entire pipette tip caddy. For individual settings,
click the desired pipette tip (represented by a circle inside the box).
4. Click OK.
Other HV tip caddy right-click menus:
THE WASH STATION
The wash station area is where you add the Wash Tip command and set the Wash Time. These
settings are required for sitting drop, hanging drop, seeding and serial dilution experiments.
To add the Wash Tip command:
1. Make sure you have added the Pick Tip command.
2. Double-click the Wash Station. The Wash Tip command appears on the Task List.
To set the Wash Time:
1. Right-click the Wash Station and select Open Advanced Options. The Task Details
dialog appears.
2. Set the wash time by typing a new value into the corresponding field, or clicking the
up or down arrows to increase or decrease the wash time.
● Add: Adds the specified settings to the Task List and closes the Task Details
dialog.
● Add More: Adds the specified settings and add more commands as needed to
the Task List.
● Close: Exits the Task Details dialog.
Item Description
Pick Tip Adds the Pick Tip command to the task list.
Return Tip Adds the Dispose Tip command to the Task List. This option
appears only when you have added the Pick Tip command.
New Tip Caddy Creates a new HV tip caddy.
Detach LV Tip Caddy Detaches the HV tip caddy.
Tip: If you have already added the wash command to the Task List, you can set the
wash time by double-clicking the Wash Tip command on the Task List.