Dionex AutoTrace 280 Operator’s Manual
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3.4
Loading a Method
1. In the AutoTrace software main window, click
Methods
. The Set Up Methods
window appears.
NOTE The commands and parameters available in the Set Up
Methods window vary, depending on the selected
method type (see
2. On the Set Up Methods window toolbar, click
Load
. The Find Method
window appears. The window contains a list of all the methods that were
previously defined and saved.
3. Double-click the name of the method you want to load.
4. Click
Close
to return to the Set Up Methods window. The settings for the
selected method are loaded into the right pane of the Set Up Methods window.
If...
Then...
You need to run a solvent through the
sample path (from sinkers, through the
sample lines, sample pumps, switching
valves, and cartridges or disks, to a
designated collection position)
For example, in a conditioning step
requiring 40 mL of water, rather than
using four
Condition Cartridge
(or
Condition Disk
) steps of 10 mL each,
you can save time by using one 40 mL
Clean Sample Path
step to aqueous
waste. Follow this with a
Pause and
Alert
step for moving the lines from the
water container to the sample containers.
Use a
Clean Sample Path
step
to designate either of the waste
positions
–or–
Use a
Rinse Sample Container
step to designate either of the
waste positions or the collection
container position
Table 3-3. Method Step Considerations (Continued)
