Agilent Technologies SPS 4, User Manual

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18 Agilent SPS 4 Autosampler User’s Guide
2 Introduction
3 Standards Rack
The standards rack is located in the center of the rack location mat.
There are 2 standard rack options.
• 34 well (12 wells for 29 mm OD tubes + 22 wells for 17 mm OD
tubes)
•
5 well (for 61 mm OD bottles)
4
Sample Racks
The sample racks are located on both (left and right) sides of the
standards rack. The rack location mat has a maximum of four sample
rack positions — two rack positions on either side of the standards rack
position.
•
21 position rack for 30 mm OD tubes
• 24 position rack for 25 mm OD tubes
• 40 position rack for 20 mm OD tubes
•
60 position rack for 17 mm OD tubes
• 90 position rack for 13 mm OD tubes
5 Microtiter Plate Adapter
The microtiter plate adapter is used to mount four 96- well microtiter
plates on the rack location mat. It occupies two sample rack positions.
6
Fixed Wash Reservoir
The fixed wash reservoir is located at the rear of the rack location mat.
It is supplied with tubing used to connect the wash reservoir to the
rinse source and the waste container.
7 Probe Arm
The probe arm moves the sample probe on 3 axes
—
longitudinal
(X- axis), rotary or theta (T- axis) and up and down (Z- axis).
8
Sample Probe
The sample probe is mounted on the probe arm.
9
Power/Error Indicator
The power/error indicator is located on the front panel. The LEDs are
green to indicate power is on and the autosampler is functioning
correctly. The indicator lights change to red when an error occurs in
the equipment. There are 4 error indicators and these illuminate in
different combinations to indicate a specific error condition. See
"Error