View the instrument status

You can view the status of your instrument in two places in Control Panel.

• In the Status column of the Instruments table.

  

• In the upper right corner of the instrument details window.

  

The instrument status is shown as:

• Gray – Not connected
  The instrument is configured with the system and available to use, but the AIC/workstation is not currently running. The amount of time for an instrument to reach the Idle state depends on each instrument.

• Yellow – Unknown
  The device is in an unknown run state.

• Dark Yellow – Not Ready
  The instrument is connected but is not ready to run (due to not reaching the correct temperature or pressure required by the method, for example).

• Green – Idle
  The instrument is on and ready to process samples.

• Teal – Standby
  The instrument is in a standby/sleep state.

• Purple – Pre-run/Injecting
  The instrument is on and is preparing to start acquisition.

• Blue – Running, Post Run
  The instrument is currently collecting data.

• Orange – Tuning
  The instrument is in the process of adjusting MS parameters.

• Light Orange – Not Ready
  The device is not ready.

• Red – Instrument Error
  The instrument has an error and cannot process samples.

• Blank – Disconnected
  The connection to the instrument has been closed.