Preparing To Verify Lamp Performance - Thermo Scientific Surveyor PDA Plus Hardware Manual

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Xcalibur Diagnostics for the PDA Detector
Verifying Operational Performance

Preparing to Verify Lamp Performance

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 To prepare your instrument for lamp verification
1. Pump 100% HPLC-grade methanol through the cell at a constant flow rate of 1 mL/min.
2. Open the Direct Control dialog box for the Surveyor PDA Plus Detector:
a. On the Xcalibur Roadmap view, click the Instrument Setup button to display the
Instrument Setup view.
b. In the view bar, click the Surveyor PDA Plus button to open the Surveyor PDA Plus
Instrument Setup view.
c. From the menu bar, choose Surveyor PDA Plus > Direct Control to open the
Direct Control dialog box.
3. Make sure that the lamps are on and equilibrated:
a. In the Direct Control dialog box, click the Configuration tab to open the
Configuration page.
b. On the Configuration page, note the status and usage of each lamp.
c. If they are not already on, turn on both the deuterium (D
d. Wait for 1 hour for both lamps to equilibrate.
4. Perform a dark current calibration and then a wavelength calibration. Use the wavelength
calibration file appropriate for your normal operation. Make sure that you click Apply.
) and tungsten (W) lamps.
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