Troubleshooting guide

Lab Exercise: Acquisition Methods
Practice Entering Gradients
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8) Add DAD A to Selected Signals. Fill in an x-axis range of 10 minutes.
Select the draw zero line box.
9) Click on the DAD A Signal in the Selected Signals box then set the y-axis
range to 100 mAU and the offset to 10%. OK the dialog box.
10) From the Method menu, select the Run Time Checklist. Select Data
Acquisition only. Save a copy of the Method with the data. OK the dialog
box. A report will not automatically print with this method.
11) Resave the Method.
12) Once you have a steady baseline and pressure, pull down the RunControl
menu and select Sample Info... The panel can be accessed by the tool shown
below. (hint: to stabilize the baseline use the Detector Balance Button)
13) Fill in the Operator Name, Filename (Class.d), the subdirectory (your
name), Location (Vial 1), sample name (test sample) and Comment
information.
Question:
What is the Sample Amount used for? Look in the Help screen for clues.
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14) Start the run either from the Start tool or from the RunControl menu, then
Run Method.