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docs(api): additional partial tip pickup layouts in 2.20 #15778

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion api/docs/v2/conf.py
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# use rst_prolog to hold the subsitution
# update the apiLevel value whenever a new minor version is released
rst_prolog = f"""
.. |apiLevel| replace:: 2.19
.. |apiLevel| replace:: 2.20
.. |release| replace:: {release}
"""

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6 changes: 1 addition & 5 deletions api/docs/v2/new_pipette.rst
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- :ref:`Loading pipettes <loading-pipettes>` into your protocol.
- :ref:`Pipette characteristics <pipette-characteristics>`, such as how fast they can move liquid and how they move around the deck.
- The :ref:`partial tip pickup <partial-tip-pickup>` configuration for the Flex 96-Channel Pipette, which uses only 8 channels for pipetting. Full and partial tip pickup can be combined in a single protocol.
- :ref:`Partial tip pickup <partial-tip-pickup>` configurations for multi-channel pipettes. Full and partial tip pickup configurations can be combined in a single protocol.
- The :ref:`volume modes <pipette-volume-modes>` of Flex 50 µL pipettes, which must operate in low-volume mode to accurately dispense very small volumes of liquid.

For information about liquid handling, see :ref:`v2-atomic-commands` and :ref:`v2-complex-commands`.




2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion api/docs/v2/pipettes/characteristics.rst
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All :ref:`building block <v2-atomic-commands>` and :ref:`complex commands <v2-complex-commands>` work with single- and multi-channel pipettes.

To keep the protocol API consistent when using single- and multi-channel pipettes, commands treat the back left channel of a multi-channel pipette as its *primary channel*. Location arguments of pipetting commands use the primary channel. The :py:meth:`.InstrumentContext.configure_nozzle_layout` method can change the pipette's primary channel, using its ``start`` parameter. See :ref:`partial-tip-pickup` for more information.
To keep the protocol API consistent when using single- and multi-channel pipettes, location arguments of pipetting commands use the pipette's *primary channel*. For multi-channel pipettes picking up tips with all of their channels, the back-left channel is considered primary. When using fewer channels, the ``start`` parameter of the :py:meth:`.InstrumentContext.configure_nozzle_layout` method can change the pipette's primary channel. See :ref:`partial-tip-pickup` for more information.
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Suggest striking "considered" from this sentence:

"For multi-channel pipettes picking up tips with all of their channels, the back-left channel is considered primary."

Or even write it as, "...the back-left channel is the primary channel."

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Being subtle here. The choice of primary nozzle in ALL configuration is implicit and can be overridden, although I'm pretty sure this is a bad idea:

    8ch_pipette.configure_nozzle_layout(
        style=ALL,
        start="H1",
    )


With a pipette's default settings, you can generally access the wells indicated in the table below. Moving to any other well may cause the pipette to crash.

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