1. Customising venus

2. 2 Customise venus Set Simulator Delay In Method Editor select Tools, System Configuration Editor. 110% is approximately real time.

3. 3 Customise venus Change Contents of Toolbox In Method Editor select Tools, System Configuration Editor. Select the step of interest and either hide it or make is visible.

4. 4 Customise venus Change Contents of Toolbox To make all the steps visible. Select Commands, then click on the button highlighted and select Set all visible.

5. 5 Customise venus Change View of Toolbox Right click in the toolbox to access the 3 view options: Tree ViewList ViewTabs View

6. 6 Customise venus Add Libraries to Toolbox In Method Editor select Method, Libraries…. The extra functions appear in the toolbox.

7. 7 Customise venus Add Favourites to Toolbox Right click on the step in the toolbox and select Add to Favourites. If a command from a library is in your Favourites you dont need to load the library again. Drag the step from the favourites into your method and that library will appear in the toolbox.

8. 8 Customise venus Move the Toolbox Left click and drag the title bar of the toolbox. Leave it floating or snap to fit. Left Right

9. 9 Customise venus Move Groups in Toolbox In Method Editor select View, Customise, Toolbox Groups Order. This works in both tab and tree views.

10. 10 Customise venus Change Step Colours In Method Editor select View, Customise, Step Colours.

11. 11 Customise venus Change Step Colours Default colours Customised colours

12. 12 Customise venus Change Size of Buttons on Toolbar In Method Editor select View, Customise, Toolbars. Select/deselect Large Buttons.

13. 13 Customise venus Window Options In Method Editor select Window then choose from: Tile Vertical Tile Horizontal Cascade

14. 14 Customise venus Window Views In Method Editor select View, Views then choose from: Easy Standard Full

15. 15 Customise venus Template Deck Layouts If you have a fixed deck layout you can create a template layout instead of re-creating it each time. Create your deck layout, then right click on the grey area of the deck and select Save As Template File. If you overwrite the existing file (save a copy of the original first!): C:\Program Files\HAMILTON\Config\ML_STAR2.tpl Then each time you create a new method your template deck will be used.

16. 16 Customise venus Deck Layout View In Method Editor select System Deck, Options, Advanced 3D View Options then choose from: Windows Based PX5 Based Scroll mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Hold down mouse wheel and move mouse to rotate deck view.

17. 17 Customise venus Labware Categories Make your labware easier to find by adding it to a labware category. Open the Labware Editor. Select File, Labware Categories. Select New Category, enter the name of the new labware category.

18. 18 Customise venus Labware Categories Open the labware definition of your labware. Select Edit, Assigned Labware Categories, choose the category to assign your labware to the click Assign Category. Select File, Generate Labware Category Index. Your labware now appears in the new labware category.