Get Started - GE AKTAavant Getting Started

1 About this guide

1.1 Get started

1.1 Get started
Introduction
Read this section for an understanding of the purpose and conventions of this guide, as
well as the requirements that you must fulfill before using the ÄKTAavant system.
Purpose of Getting Started
The purpose of this guide is to present a quick and easy guide to the system for a user
with limited or no experience of UNICORN software and ÄKTAavant instrument. The work
flow is presented as practical instructions on how to operate the software and the
instrument. The instructions form a basic framework that you can expand on by reading
selected parts in the other manuals. This Getting Started guide includes the following
topics:
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For best results, follow the guide from page to page in front of the system.
Prerequisites
In order to follow this guide and use the system in the manner it is intended, it is important
that:
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Basic features of ÄKTAavant and UNICORN
Create methods
Prepare the system for runs
Perform runs
Make simple evaluations
Print reports
you have a general understanding of how the computer and Windows™ work.
you understand the concepts of liquid chromatography.
you have read and understood the Safety instructions chapter in the user
documentation.
the instrument and software are installed, configured and calibrated according to
ÄKTAavant and UNICORN 6 Installation Guide.
a user account has been created according to UNICORN 6 Administration and
Technical Manual.
Getting Started with ÄKTAavant and UNICORN 6 28-9440-69 AB