The items in the MWD graphic have the following meaning and function:
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             | Indicates that an External Contacts board is installed. | 
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             | The color indicates the status of the Vis lamp: 
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             | The color indicates the status of the UV lamp: 
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             | Denotes a UV lamp with a lamp tag. The tooltip shows the information on the lamp tag. Color coding is as above. | 
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             | Denotes a detector cell with a cell tag. The tooltip shows the information on the cell tag. This graphic is present only when the detector cell includes a cell tag. | 
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 | When balancing is in progress, the graphic is yellow (not ready). | 
The MWD actuals shows a table of the current signals in three columns:
| Channel | The signal definition: 
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| WL | The signal wavelength (in nm). | 
| BW | The bandwidth of the signal wavelength (in nm). | 
| RefWL | The reference wavelength (in nm) or off. | 
| RefBW | The bandwidth of the reference wavelength (in nm) or off. | 
| mAU | The signal output (in mAU). | 
The context menu contains the following commands:
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             | Displays the detector's Control dialog box. | 
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             | Displays the detector's Method Setup dialog box. | 
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 | Causes the LED on the front of the device to blink for a few seconds. | 
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 | Balances the detector. | 
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 | Ignites the UV lamp. | 
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             | Switches off the UV lamp. | 
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             | Switches on the Vis lamp. This item is present only when the detector includes a Vis lamp. | 
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             | Switches off the Vis lamp. This item is present only when the detector includes a Vis lamp. |