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Setting up a stage

Introduction

For a general introduction to stages, see An introduction to stages.

All protocols are automatically created with one stage called First stage. You should edit this stage to match the requirements of the first stage in your experiment, and then add any extra stages which you might need.

To add a stage, click the Add item button shown in the ribbon bar and select New Stage from the menu which appears.

What you need to do

Each of the steps below is a link, which you can click for more information.

 1.Enter the stage name. 
 2.Specify the maximum duration of tests in the stage. 
 3.Specify the maximum number of trials in the stage. 
 4.Specify the test order within the stage. 
 5.If your protocol includes multiple apparatus, specify how the animals should be assigned to the apparatus in this stage  

  

After setting up the stage element itself, you can optionally use its sub-elements to:

 1.Create stage end rules 
 2.Define an accustomisation period at the start of trials in the stage 
 3.Set trials in the stage to start automatically at specific times 
 4.Specify the position of movable zones in the stage  

See also:

 •Adding elements to a protocol 
 •Editing a stage 
 •Deleting a stage 

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