User guide

Clarity - Getting Started Program structure and control
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4 Program structure and control
The Clarity software has a hierarchic
structure.
After start-up the main
Clarity window will be
displayed with the symbols of the configured
instruments. After clicking on the
chromatograph picture and entering the User
Name (more information on User Names can
be found in the Reference Guide) the
Instrument
window will be displayed. This window is used
for acquisition and data processing on the
connected chromatograph.
Note: The Clarity station works with so-called
Instruments. All detectors connected to one
Instrument share a common time base.
4.1 Main Clarity window
The main Clarity window is designed to set the
station’s configuration, select access rights and
basic directories for saving data.
Open
instrument
symbol
Closed
instrument
symbol
Username
Instrument
name
Fig. 5. Clarity window
The
System Configuration dialog (opened using the
icon or System – Configuration command)
is where number of connected
chromatographs, their names, the selection of
displayed symbols and the type of directly
controlled equipment are all established.