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Functional Description
Data System
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Surveyor MSQ Plus Hardware Manual
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Computer Hardware
The data system computer satisfies the following minimum system requirements:
• Intel® Pentium® 4 at 2.4 GHz processor
• 256 MB of random access memory (RAM)
• 40 GB HDD
• CD-R drive
• USB adapter (data system to MS detector)
• Ethernet adapter (data system to local area network)
• 1.44-MB, 3.5-in. diskette drive
• Video Graphics card and monitor capable of 1024 × 768 resolution and 65536 colors
(16-bit color quality).
For more information about the computer, refer to the manuals that come with it.
Xcalibur Software
Xcalibur™ software controls the Surveyor MSQ Plus MS detector and a variety of liquid
chromatography devices. The Xcalibur software package for the Surveyor MSQ Plus MS
detector includes the application programs listed in
. Xcalibur Home Page version 2.0
is required for the MSQ 2.0 Plus version of the Surveyor MSQ Plus detector software. The
firmware versions of the LC devices controlled by Xcalibur 2.0 with Quan Devices are listed
in your
Surveyor MSQ Plus Getting Connected Guide.
When you launch Xcalibur from the Windows desktop by clicking its application icon, the
Home Page opens to show a ‘road map’ view of the data system. The icons shown on the road
map provide an easy way to access all the major modules of the data system. See
.
In addition, Xcalibur runs the Surveyor MSQ Plus Server.
Table 3.
Xcalibur software application programs
Desktop Icon
Program Name
Filename
Xcalibur
Homepage.exe
Instrument Configuration
Xconfig.exe
Tune
MSinst.exe
Signal to Noise Calculator
SigNoise.exe