Checking The Meter Control Panel - Agilent Technologies 7500 ICP-MS Operator's Manual

3 Moving the cursor clockwise, place it on the next gauge and press the left mouse
4 Repeat Step 3 until you have checked all 14 system components on the
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1 Select Instrument>>Instrument Control.
2 Select Meters>>Meter Control Panel.
3 Select up to five components to monitor by clicking the appropriate check boxes
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Agilent 7500 ICP-MS ChemStation Operator's Manual
Startup, Shutdown and Status
button when the cursor changes to the small meter box.
The Carrier Gas Flow meter box appears. An acceptable range of values for this
meter is application specific.
Instrument Control screen.

Checking the Meter Control Panel

ChemStation also provides a Meter Control Panel for checking the instrument's sta-
tus. Selected parameters appear on the screen in the meter boxes that provide
real-time operating values for the Agilent 7500 components. The Meter Control
Panel enables you to monitor more components than you can access from the
Instrument Control window. Also the meters remain on the screen until you choose
to remove them or close the Instrument Control window.
Up to five meter boxes can be displayed at one time. If you select a sixth meter to
monitor, you must deselect one already displayed.
To monitor the Agilent 7500 internal and external environments, complete the fol-
lowing steps:
The Instrument Control screen appears.
The Meters panel appears.
and then clicking OK.
Meter boxes for the selected components appear on the right side of the screen.
Check the following table to ensure that values displayed are within acceptable
limits.
A delay in displaying the value on the meter in the can occur due to processing time
required by PC.
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