Starting The Detector - Waters ACQUITY UPLC Operator's, Overview And Maintenance Manual

Starting the detector

Warning:
damage the instrument. See
more information.
Starting the detector entails powering-on the detector and each system
instrument individually, as well as the ACQUITY workstation. It also entails
starting the operating software (Empower, MassLynx, or third party).
Caution:
• To ensure a long life for the light-guiding flow cell and proper
detector initialization, use well-degassed eluents, making sure they
are flowing before you power-on the detector.
• To minimize contaminants that can leave deposits on the flow cell's
walls, flush new columns for 15 minutes before connecting the flow
cell.
If you must power-on the detector before the eluent is flowing, extinguish the
lamp. You can do this in the Instrument Method Editor (Empower, MassLynx,
or third-party) by specifying a Lamp Off event in the Events table. You can
also extinguish the lamp in one of these ways:
• If Empower software controls the system, click
control panel at the bottom of the Run Samples window.
• If MassLynx software controls the system, click
control panel at the bottom of the Inlet Editor window.
• In the console, select PDA/eλPDA Detector from the system tree and
click
ACQUITY UPLC System Documentation CD or ACQUITY UPLC
See also:
H-Class System Documentation CD.
To start the detector
1. Power-on the workstation.
2. Press the power switch on the top, left side of the solvent manager
(QSM/BSM) door and sample manager door.
Using incompatible solvents can injure you and severely
(Lamp Off).
"Solvent considerations" on page 98
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