Purging The Pump; Rebooting The Mass Spectrometer - Waters Xevo G2-XS QTof Overview And Maintenance Manual

Figure 2–3: Solvent delivery tubes
Finger-tight fitting
Solvent delivery tube
3. Move the solvent delivery tube so that its end is close to, but does not touch, the bottom of
the reservoir bottle or low volume vial.
4. Tighten the finger-tight fitting.
5. Close the access door.

2.2.4 Purging the pump

Each time you replace a solution bottle, you must purge the pump with the solution you are going
to use next. See the mass spectrometer's online Help for details.
Requirement:
reservoir.
Tip:
Depending on the solutions you use, the system can require more than one purge cycle to
minimize carryover.

2.3 Rebooting the mass spectrometer

Reboot the mass spectrometer when either of these conditions apply:
• The console software fails to initialize or connect.
• Immediately following a software upgrade.
To reboot the mass spectrometer:
1. If you are using MassLynx software, exit the application.
Ensure that the end of the tubing is fully submerged in the solvent in the wash
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