Source Maintenance; Changing To A Source That Uses A Different Tuning Mix; Installing And Removing Sources - Agilent Technologies Triple Quadrupole LC/MS User Manual

5 Maintenance

Source Maintenance

Source Maintenance

Changing to a source that uses a different tuning mix

Schedule
Every time you change a source that uses a different tuning mix.
Equipment List
None
Steps
1 Right-click the TQ device pane and select Calibrant.
2 Run the calibrant for 5 minutes.
3 Perform a checktune. See
4 If the checktune results are not acceptable, run autotune on a supported
tuning source. See
5 When the instrument is ready, load or create the method to use with the
source.
6 Change the method settings for the new source.

Installing and removing sources

Schedule
Every time you change a source that uses a different tuning mix.
Before you begin:
• Do a complete autotune (see
page 48). If an autotune is not available, do a checktune (see
LC/TQ (Checktune)"
• If the tune report does not show good results, tune the instrument. If needed,
change the source to one that supports autotune.
Agilent Triple Quadrupole LC/MS System User Guide
"Calibrating the LC/TQ (Checktune)"
"Calibrating the LC/TQ (Autotune)"
"Calibrating the LC/TQ (Autotune)"
on page 44).
on page 44.
on page 48.
on
"Calibrating the
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