How to perform a scouting run

More information on scouting runs

See How to set up a scouting scheme for information on how to set up scouting runs.

Instruction

The table below describes how to perform a scouting run:

Step

Action

1

Start the method (see How to start a method run).

Result: The Start Protocol will display the scouting scheme as defined in the method (assuming that the Scouting box is selected on the Start Protocol tab of the Run Setup).

2

Check through the settings for the scouting scheme in the Scouting tab, and if required, do the following:

  • Change the scouting variable values.

  • Right-click the top of the Run column to toggle the run status between Run and Excluded.

3

Work through the rest of the Start Protocol.

Click the Start button.

Results of a scouting run

The results of a scouting run are saved in a special scouting folder as defined in the Results tab of the Start Protocol. Within the folder, each run is saved in a separate result file named according to the usual naming rules (see The result name tab).

If the Start Protocol is displayed for each run in a scouting scheme, you are able to change the result file name during scheme execution.

How to change scouting variables during a run

  • At any time during a run, you can click the View Documentation icon in System Control and change the scouting variables on the Scouting tab for runs which have not yet been started.

  • Settings for the run that is currently in progress cannot be changed.

  • You can add more scouting runs to the scheme as long as the last run has not been started.

  • You can use this feature to adjust variables for scouting even if the start protocol is not displayed at the beginning of each run.

2005-06-15