Instrument Status Indicators In Data Acquisition - Agilent Technologies 6475 User Manual

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Instrument Status Indicators in Data Acquisition

Instrument Status Indicators in Data Acquisition

In MassHunter Data Acquisition, the Instrument Status window indicates the
state of the instrument.
⯀Gray - Not Connected: The instrument is configured with the system and
available to use, but the AIC/workstation is not currently running. The amount of
time for an instrument to reach the Idle state depends on each instrument.
⯀Yellow - Unknown: The device is in an unknown run state.
⯀Dark Yellow - Not Ready: The instrument is connected but is not ready to run
(due to not reaching the correct temperature or pressure required by the method,
for example).
⯀Green - Idle: The instrument is on and ready to process samples.
⯀Teal - Standby: The instrument is in a standby/sleep state.
⯀Purple - Pre-run/Injecting: The instrument is on and is preparing to start
acquisition.
⯀Blue - Running, Post Run: The instrument is currently collecting data.
⯀Orange - Tuning: The instrument is in the process of adjusting MS parameters.
⯀Light Orange - Not Ready: The device is not ready
⯀Red - Instrument Error: The instrument has an error and cannot process
samples.
Blank - Disconnected: The connection to the instrument has been closed.
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