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Here is an example of a typical intensity check result screen.
5. To rerun the intensity check, select
Run
.
6. When finished, select
End Experiment
.
After the test is completed, the results are available from the History. See
Manage identifiers on the instrument
To interpret intensity check results
The results will display the lamp intensity using the UV and Visible integration times in
two separate graphs (see image above).
Users can see the intensity graphs of a single channel by clicking a single row from
the Channel table or Shift + Click to highlight multiple rows (see image to the right).
A green check mark and banner will be displayed at the top if the UV intensity, Visible
intensity, bias, and maximum single offset are all within specification. If one or more
is not within specification, a message will be displayed at the top indicating what
parameter(s) failed. If any parameter has failed,
clean the pedestals with deionized
and then repeat the Intensity Check.
If a yellow triangle appears next to the Bias indicator, make sure the room is within
the temperature specifications for the instrument.
If the Intensity Check fails again,
.
Channel table
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