Warning:
To avoid injury from electrical shock or fire, and damage to the equipment, follow
these guidelines:
• Do not expose the workstation or ancillary equipment to dripping or splashing liquids.
• Do not place objects filled with liquid, such as solvent bottles, on top of the workstation or
ancillary equipment.
Notice:
To avoid causing severe damage to the instrument, use only compatible
solvents.
Requirement:
You must power-on and log in to the workstation PC first to ensure that it obtains
the IP addresses of the system instruments.
To start the instrument:
1. Power-on the workstation or the network client PC and log in.
2. Press the power button on the top-left hand side of the sample manager FTN. Allow time
for the module to initialize.
3. Power on the RDa detector by pressing the power button on the left-hand side of the
display panel.
Note:
The ACQUITY RDa pumps down and performs instrument checks.
4. Allow approximately five minutes for the instruments to establish communications.
Tip:
The power and status LEDs show steady green when the instruments have
established communications.
5. Power on the remaining ACQUITY modules using the power button on the top left-hand
side of the modules.
6. To start the UNIFI software, from the workstation PC desktop, double-click the
waters_connect HUB
icon, and then click
UNIFI
.
7. In the software, monitor the Instrument Console for messages and LED indications.
Tip:
To access the Instrument Console from the UNIFI main page, click
My Work
>
Instrument Systems
, double-click the relevant system, and then click the ACQUITY RDa.
8. Wait for the instrument to reach the correct vacuum pressure. When it reaches the correct
pressure, the Instrument Setup function becomes available on the Setup panel of the
Console page.
Note:
If the instrument has been vented for longer than one hour, it can take several hours
to reach the correct pressure.
9. When the instrument is ready, the
Operate
button on the Console page becomes
available. When this happens, click the
Operate
button.
10. To prepare the instrument for use, run Instrument Setup from the Setup panel of the
Console page. This calibrates and tunes the instrument.
Notes:
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