Agilent Technologies 1220 Infinity II LC User Manual page 158

9
Test Functions and Calibration
Autosampler
Running the ALS Alignment Teaching
To ensure correct operation of the autosampler, the alignment procedure must be carried
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out in the correct sequence and in full (that is, without skipping any part).
To align the ALS:
1 Insert a 100-vial tray into the autosampler.
2 Place capped vials into positions 15 and 95.
3 Click Start >>.
4 Answer Yesto reset the correction values to their factory defaults, or No to
5 Use Arm Down to move the fingers of the gripper as close as possible to the
6 Use
7 Use Open Gripper to open the gripper fingers.
8 Use Arm Down to move the gripper arm down a further 5 mm until the vial
9 Check that the vial is in the center of the gripper fingers and readjust the
10 When you are satisfied that the gripper position is correct, click Continue.
11 Repeat steps 6 to 9 to align the gripper at position 95.
12 Click Continue.
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The gripper arm moves to a position above vial 15.
leave them as they are.
top of the vial without touching.
and (for rotation), and
adjust the gripper position in the horizontal plane.
cap and the rubber of the gripper fingers are the same height.
position if necessary (step 6).
The gripper arm moves to a position above vial 95.
On completion of the calculation, the values for both X and theta are
rounded to one decimal place. The correction values are stored
permanently in the non-volatile memory of the sampler, and the sampler is
initialized.
and (for movement left and right) to
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