Verifying The Instrument's State Of Readiness; Monitoring The Mass Spectrometer Leds; Power Led - Waters Xevo TQ-GC Overview And Maintenance Manual

7. Wait 15-30 minutes for the instrument to fully pump down.
8. Click Operate
Result:
displays Ready in the Instrument Console.

2.3 Verifying the instrument's state of readiness

When the instrument is in good operating condition, the Power and Status LEDs show constant
green. The LEDs are visible through the source enclosure door, even when the door is closed.
Intellistart also performs an automated system check to verify that the system is in good working
order. You can view any error messages in IntelliStart software (MassLynx).

2.4 Monitoring the mass spectrometer LEDs

LEDs on the mass spectrometer indicate its operational status.
Figure 2–2: Mass spectrometer LEDs

Power LED

Status LED
2.4.1 Power LED
The power LED, located on the left side of the mass spectrometer's front panel, indicates if the
mass spectrometer is powered-on (green) or powered-off (not lit up).
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When the mass spectrometer is in good operating condition, IntelliStart software
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