Thermo Finnigan SpectraSYSTEM UV6000LP, Reference Manual

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ii Thermo Electron January 2004
Routine Maintenance .........................................................................................................................................4-1
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................4-1
Recommendations .........................................................................................................................................4-1
Tools Required ..............................................................................................................................................4-2
Cleaning Detector External Surfaces.............................................................................................................4-2
Flowcell.........................................................................................................................................................4-2
Removing the Flowcell ..........................................................................................................................4-2
Cleaning the Flowcell.............................................................................................................................4-3
Installing the Flowcell............................................................................................................................4-5
Wavelength and Dark Current Calibration ....................................................................................................4-5
Error Log Printout .........................................................................................................................................4-6
Operation Verification...................................................................................................................................4-6
Operation Verification Using ChromQuest............................................................................................4-6
Operation Verification Using Atlas......................................................................................................4-10
Replacing the Lamps ...................................................................................................................................4-13
Adjusting Attenuators..................................................................................................................................4-16
Accessing the attenuators .....................................................................................................................4-17
Monitoring the Light Intensity From Atlas ..........................................................................................4-18
Monitoring the Light Intensity From Chromquest ...............................................................................4-19
Reloading the Firmware ..............................................................................................................................4-20
Chromquest and HyperTerminal ..........................................................................................................4-20
Atlas and the EXE960.exe Utility ........................................................................................................4-22
Operation Re-verification............................................................................................................................4-23
Diagnostics...........................................................................................................................................................5-1
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................5-1
The Diagnostics Program in ChromQuest.....................................................................................................5-1
Accessing the Diagnostics Program .......................................................................................................5-1
The Lamps Page .....................................................................................................................................5-2
The Control Page....................................................................................................................................5-4
The display Page ....................................................................................................................................5-8
Using Control and Display Pages.........................................................................................................5-12
The Error Log Page ..............................................................................................................................5-16
The Calibration Page............................................................................................................................5-17
Performing a Dark Current Calibration................................................................................................5-18
Performing a Wavelength Calibration..................................................................................................5-19
The Atlas Instrument Manager ....................................................................................................................5-23
Accessing the UV6000 Instrument Status Window .............................................................................5-24
Status....................................................................................................................................................5-24
The Operation Page..............................................................................................................................5-25
The Maintenance Page .........................................................................................................................5-27
The Error Log Page ..............................................................................................................................5-30
Performing a Wavelength Calibration..................................................................................................5-30
Performing an Array Calibration from Atlas........................................................................................5-32