Examine the Tune report

Following an autotune, you should examine the tune report:

  • Tune Timestamp: the date and time the instrument was tuned.

  • Save Timestamp: the date and time the tune file was saved.

  • The mass assignments shown in the upper "profile" part of the display should be within +/- 0.2 m/z of the specified ions.

  • The peak widths (PW) of these three peaks should be 0.6 +/- 0.1 m/z.

  • The mass assignments shown in the lower "scan" part of the display should be within +/- 0.1 m/z of the specified ions.

  • The relative abundances should show that the peak at 69 m/z is the largest. Relative to that peak, the one at 219 m/z and the one at 502 m/z should be in the range specified for the autotune you performed.

  • The isotope (Iso) mass assignments should each be 1 m/z greater than the mass assignments of the parent peaks.

  • The isotope (Iso) ratio figures (indicating the relative abundances of the naturally occurring isotopes) should be close to the theoretical values of 1.08 for m/z 69, 4.32 for m/z 219, and 10.09 for m/z 502.

  • If mass 28 is greater than mass 18, there may be an air leak somewhere in the system. Exceptions are when it is within 1 hour of venting, or during the first autotune after refilling the calibration vial. See the Troubleshooting section of the online help for information about how to isolate air leaks.

  • When running an advanced autotune, the autotune steps selected to run will be shown on page 2 of the report.