Hi All,
We were finally able to test this last week.
When switching to
pipette.default_speed = 20 # Set Speed of Z Axis
from
protocol_context.max_speeds['Z'] = 20# Set Speed of Z Axis
we found that for 8 samples, this increased our run time 1.5 minutes( 9.5 minutes to 11 minutes). If we ran our Max Sample # of 48 samples, then we would have increased our run time 9 minutes. If we were processing a full 96 samples, then this would increase the run time by 18 minutes.
I’m not sure if the increased run time is worth the additional Visual Prompts you get during protocol setup, but it may be for others.
Hope this helps someone in the future!