VWD Dashboard Panel

Module Graphic

The items in the VWD graphic have the following meaning and function:

	Indicates that an External Contacts board is installed.
	The color indicates the status of the UV lamp: Gray The lamp is off. Purple flash The lamp is igniting. Purple The lamp is on.
	Denotes a UV lamp with a lamp tag. The tooltip shows the information on the lamp tag. Color coding is as above.
	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.
	When balancing is in progress, the graphic is yellow (not ready).

Actuals

The following VWD actuals are displayed:

Wavelength	The current signal wavelength (in nm).
Absorbance	The current signal output (in mAU).

Context Menu

The context menu contains some or all of the following commands, depending on the CDS:

Control	Displays the detector's Control dialog box.
Method	Displays the detector's Method Setup dialog box.
Error Method	Set Error Method Sets the error method to the method that is currently available in the hardware. The error methods are loaded automatically on all modules if an error occurs. Clear Error Method Removes the currently loaded error method.
Identify Device	Causes the LED on the front of the module to blink for a few seconds.
Balance	Balances the detector.
Switch on	Ignites the UV lamp.
Switch off	Switches off the UV lamp.
Take Blank Scan	Carries out a wavelength scan on the blank. The blank spectrum is automatically subtracted from the sample spectrum.
Take Sample Scan	Carries out a wavelength scan on the sample.
Abort Scan	Aborts the current scan.