Waters ACQUITY UPLC M-Class System Manual page 10

Auxiliary solvent manager ................................................................................ 18
μBinary solvent manager .................................................................................. 19
μSample manager - fixed loop ........................................................................... 19
Sample organizer ............................................................................................... 19
Trap valve manager........................................................................................... 20
Detection ............................................................................................................ 20
Column technology ............................................................................................ 21
Software.............................................................................................................. 22
Options ............................................................................................................... 22
Additional information ..................................................................................... 23
2 Optimizing Performance ....................................................................... 25
General guidelines for a microscale system ................................................ 25
Required solvents............................................................................................... 25
Dispersion ............................................................................................................ 27
Carryover ............................................................................................................. 27
Contamination .................................................................................................... 28
Preventing leaks ................................................................................................ 29
Installing tubing and fittings ............................................................................ 29
Sample preparation ........................................................................................... 30
3 Preparing the System ............................................................................ 31
Preparing the system ........................................................................................ 31
Powering-on the system hardware ................................................................... 31
Configure the system software.......................................................................... 32
Monitoring LEDs ............................................................................................... 32
Power LED ......................................................................................................... 32
Status LEDs ....................................................................................................... 33
Starting the instrument console .................................................................... 35
Instrument control panels ............................................................................... 36
Solvent manager control panels........................................................................ 36
μSM-FL control panel ........................................................................................ 38
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