SQ Tab (LC/MS)

This tab is part of the Instrument Status window. You can view status parameters in this tab.

By noticing significant changes in some of these parameters, you can monitor the health of the instrument.

In particular, you can monitor these values: Rough Vac, High Vac, Turbo1 Speed, and Pump1 Current.

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User Interface

  • Connection State

  • Error State

  • Instrument State

  • Run State

  • Ready State

  • Ready Type

  • Not Ready Text

  • Error Text

  • Run Time

  • Calibrant - Either On or Off. This value shows whether the Calibrant is currently On or Off.

  • Diverter Valve - either To MS or To Waste. This value is the current direction of the LC stream.

  • Ion Source - the source that is connected. Possible sources are ESI, APCI, APPI, MMI, and AJS ESI.

  • Ion Mode - The mode if you have an MMI source.  Possible values are ESI, APCI, ESI+APCI. For other sources, it is the same as Ion Source.

  • Ion Polarity - Either Positive or Negative.

  • Locked Mode - not used in this product.

  • Firmware Version - the version of the firmware for the mass spectrometer.

  • Rough Vac - the pressure in the region between the capillary and the skimmer.

  • High Vac - the pressure in the region of the quadrupole and the detector.

  • Turbo1 Speed - the rotations per minute for the turbo pump.

  • Pump1 Current - the electrical current in amps.

  • MS Heater

  • Gas Temp - see Gas Temperature (LC/MS).

  • Gas Flow - see Gas Flow (LC/MS).

  • Nebulizer - see Nebulizer (LC/MS).

  • Capillary Voltage - see Capillary Voltage (LC/MS).

  • Chamber Current - the current in the spray chamber.

  • Capillary Current - see Capillary Current (LC/MS)

  • Vaporizer - see Vaporizer (LC/MS).

  • APPI Lamp - whether the APPI lamp is On or Off.

See Also

LC/MSD and LC/MSD XT Single Quadrupole LC/MS

LC/MSD iQ Single Quadrupole LC/MS