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Common Fields and Buttons - Unit Menu Options ASAP 2460 Operator’s Manual
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Common Fields and Buttons - Unit Menu Options
The following fields and buttons are common to many of the Unit menu options. References are made
to these fields and buttons throughout this manual.
Field or Button Description
View
dropdown list Allows you to view one of the following in the current window:
• the current operation
• the analysis system schematic (refer to
Show Instrument Schematic
,
page
4-17
)
• the instrument log

(refer to
Show Instrument Log
, page
4-23
)
• a graph of the analysis in progress
New
button Allows you to create a new sample file to be used for the analysis.
Browse
button Click to search for a file. Select a file from either the
Name
column or
from the application Library and click
Open
or double click the file name
to open the file.
Cancel
button Discards any changes made to the screen or cancels the current process. On
the
Analysis
window, at the prompt, choose the port(s) to cancel.
Close
button Click to close the active window.
Edit
button On the analysis window, click to edit the sample information file. Refer to
Sample Information Files
, page
3-10
.
Mass
group box If mass = 1, the reported surface area equals the total surface area but it is
always shown as m
2
/g. If the actual mass is entered, the surface area is
reported as m
2
/g. Choose whether to enter mass manually or have the
system automatically calculate mass. Enter a value for sample mass and/or
density. Both of these values may be edited at the time of analysis.
Enter
- enables the
Sample Mass
field. Enter a value for the sample mass.