ÄKTA start System Cue Card, 29-0240-42 AC
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Perform a manual run
Follow the workflows below to run the system manually.
Operation from the Instrument Display
Manual run
Set
Run parameters
to
suit your requirement
ÄKTA start
End
Run
Exit
Edit run
OK
UNICORN start
System control
Manual run
through
process picture
Manual
Instructions
Export a method from UNICORN start
Follow the workflow below to export a method from
UNICORN start to a USB memory stick.
UNICORN start
Select
method to export.
Select several methods
using
Shift
or
Ctrl
keys.
Method editor
Save
File : Export
Export method to USB stick.
Select USB stick location.
Operation from UNICORN start
For detailed instructions on exporting methods, refer to
the
UNICORN start 1.0 User Manual
.
Monitoring a run
The user can monitor/control the ongoing run either from
the ÄKTA start Instrument Display or from UNICORN start.
Operation from the Instrument Display
The following options are available from
Run view
screen:
View real time values: UV absorbance, Conductivity,
Flow rate, Pressure, Tube number
Graph
(view the chromatogram)
Edit run
(edit the run parameters of ongoing run)
Hold
(temporarily holds the run, with set flow rate, valve
positions, and B concentration sustained)
Pause
(pauses the run by stopping the pump)
End
(terminates the current run)
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Operation from UNICORN start
System Control
module is used to start, view, and control
a run. The instrument is controlled via simple clicks on the
flow path depicted in the
process picture
, e.g. to turn the
valves, set flow rates, change B concentration and start/
stop fractionation.
Import a method to ÄKTA start
Transfer the UNICORN method to USB memory stick, then
perform the following operations to import a method.
The imported methods are saved in User defined
methods menu on the ÄKTA start.
USB import
Connect USB stick
to ÄKTA start
Create method
Select
method to import
Import
