Align signals automatically using signal data

Preparations

• You have set up the transfer times for all detectors before acquisition (see About transfer volumes in instrument configuration).

• To be able to carry out the procedure as described, you need the privilege Processing Method > Edit signal parameters . Privileges are configured in the Control Panel.

• If the project enforces method approval, the method status must be Generic. For details, see Method approval.

• You acquired your data with OpenLab CDS version 2.6 or higher.

• Your method is linked to data that has been acquired with the relevant instrument configuration.

NOTE

If you edit an unlinked method, and you load different data from different instrument configurations with different transfer volumes, then the table in processing method displays various under Data Delay (min). Manual signal alignment is then not recommended, as various delays will be replaced by the same manual delay.

1. Navigate to the General > Signals node of the processing method.

2. Select the Alignment tab.

3. Select Use signal data.

The data delay calculated by the system is shown a read-only information in the tables for ¹D detectors and ²D detectors. On reprocessing, the value shown under Data Delay (min) is applied to all linked injections.