A Starting-Up And Shutting-Down The Instrument; Starting-Up The Instrument - Waters GCT Premier Operator's Manual

Starting-up the instrument

To start-up the instrument:
1. Ensure the power switch is switched on at the main power supply.
2. Ensure the compressed air is set to 100 psi.
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3. Ensure the CI gas is set to 10 psi.
4. Switch on the instrument power on/off switch at the rear of the
instrument.
5. Switch on the MassLynx PC.
6. Switch-on the embedded PC (EPC).
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7. Allow 3 minutes for the embedded PC to initialize.
8. Start the MassLynx software.
9. In the MassLynx window, click
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10. Switch on the backing pump.
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11. In the Tune window, click Vacuum > Pump Instrument.
Result:
select Yes,
Waters recommends that you condition the detector for 10 hours
Tip:
when the analyzer has been vented to air. If the analyzer has been
vented to dry gas and not exposed to air, conditioning can be reduced to
60 minutes.
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12. Click the Engineer tab.
13. Ensure that the instrument has pumped sufficiently so that the Vacuum
LED on the front panel is green.
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A-2 Starting-up and Shutting-down the Instrument
Gas inlet connections on page
EPC power switch on page
Opening the MassLynx Tune window on page
Rotary pump maintenance on page
You are prompted to auto-condition the MCP detector. If you
steps 13 to 15 are completed automatically.
Conditioning the detector on page
Status display on page
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