Monitoring Lamp Performance From The Xcalibur Data System; Preparing The Pda Detector To Monitor Lamp Performance; Creating A Display Method To View Light Intensity - Thermo Scientific Accela PDA Hardware Manual

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Xcalibur Diagnostics for the PDA Detector

Monitoring Lamp Performance from the Xcalibur Data System

Monitoring Lamp Performance from the Xcalibur Data System

Preparing the PDA Detector to Monitor Lamp Performance

Creating a Display Method to View Light Intensity

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With use, the deuterium lamp emits less and less light. To monitor the performance of the
PDA detector's lamps, follow these procedures:
1. "Preparing the PDA Detector to Monitor Lamp Performance,"
2. "Creating a Display Method to View Light Intensity,"
3. "Viewing an Intensity Scan"
To prepare the PDA detector to monitor lamp performance
1. Open the Accela PDA Direct Control dialog box (see
Control Dialog Box"
2. Make sure that the lamps are on and equilibrated:
a. Click the Configuration tab.
The Configuration page appears (see
b. Check the status and usage of each lamp.
c. If they are not already on, turn on both the deuterium (D2) and tungsten (W) lamps.
d. Wait one hour for both lamps to equilibrate.
To adjust the attenuators and monitor the status of the lamps, create a display method. You
cannot use a display method to acquire sample data.
Intensity display methods have a .spda file extension. The data system's auditing feature does
not track the creation and modification of intensity display methods.
To create a display method
1. Open the Accela PDA Method page:
a. In the Xcalibur Roadmap view, click the Instrument Setup button.
The Instrument Setup view appears.
b. In the view bar, click the Accela PDA button.
The Accela PDA Instrument Setup view appears with the Accela PDA Method page
displayed.
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on page 34).
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"Opening the Accela PDA Direct
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