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Understanding Your Agilent ChemStation 169

Automation

Working with Sequences (Sequences and Sequence Templates)

Sequences (Sequences and Sequence Templates) are accessed and created

from the Sequence menu. Sequences may be created and saved in the same

way as methods. When you save a sequence, a file is created with a .S

extension. When you want to edit or use the sequence again, you access it by,

for example, using the Load Sequence item in the Sequence menu.

Priority Samples

A currently running sequence can be paused after the current method is

completed. The sequence can be paused to allow the analysis of a priority

sample by the same or another method. The sequence can then be resumed,

where the sequence continues with the sample at which the sequence was

paused.

Sequencing with Control Samples

Control samples can be specified in the Sample Type field of the sequence

table. The method used to analyze the control sample must contain a

calibration table where control sample limits for one of the compounds are

specified. If the control sample limits you specified are exceeded, the sequence

is stopped and a message is written into the logbook. If you are using one of

the ChemStation report styles, the control sample limits are also printed on

the reports generated for these analyses. For more information on how to

define a sequence with control samples, see the How To section of the online

help system.

Stopping a Sequence

The currently active run will be completed before the sequence stops. A

stopped sequence can never be resumed.