Queue States - AB Sciex 4500 Series System User's Manual

Queue States

The current state of the queue is indicated in the Queue Server.
Figure 6-6 Queue Server indicator showing Normal mode
Figure 6-7 Queue Server indicator showing Tune mode
The first icon in Figure 6-6
is in Tune mode (for tuning) or Normal mode (for running samples).
queue states.
Table 6-2 Queue States
Icons
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shows the queue state. The second icon indicates whether the queue
State Definition
Not Ready In the Not Ready state, the hardware profile is
deactivated and the queue is not accepting any
sample submissions.
Stand By In the Stand By state, the hardware profile has been
activated, but all devices are idle. Pumps are not
running and gases are turned off.
Warming Up In the Warming Up state, the instrument and
devices are equilibrating, columns are being
conditioned, the autosampler needle is being
washed, and column ovens are reaching
temperature. The period of equilibration is selected
by the operator. From this state, the system can go
to the Ready state.
Ready In the Ready state, the system is ready to start
running samples and the devices have been
equilibrated and are ready to run. In this state, the
queue can receive samples and will run after
samples are submitted.
Waiting In the Waiting state, the system will automatically
begin acquisition when the next sample is
submitted.
Batches
Table 6-2 shows the various
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