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Purification Solution - Developer's Guide
Agilent Technologies
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The Role of the Method Developer
This chapter describes the role of the user of the Automated Purification
Software in Expert mode.
Purification software Method Developers work in Expert mode. They are
responsible for establishing the software work environment such that
Operators (working in Easy Prep mode) can use the purification software to
purify their samples.
This comprises the following tasks:
• Creating the (analytical and) preparative base methods that are used in the
instrument runs (see “Preparing Default Purification Methods” on page 9).
• Creating the analytical and preparative system parameter sets for all
analytical and preparative instruments and operating conditions that are
used by the Operators (see “Setting Up an Analytical and Preparative
System” on page 27). These systems should be named such that Operators
can easily identify their system. To retrieve system parameters, a set of
calibration procedures has to be executed, see “Calibration Procedures” on
page 45.
• Creating a set of purification task templates that are optimized for
purifying the sample types that are provided by the Operators (see “Setting
Up and Running a Purification Task” on page 33). We recommend that you
provide a task template for each combination of analytical and preparative
system that applies. Operators are expected to create their purification
tasks based on a Method Developer’s task template that matches their
system combination and separation needs.
• Creating a system suitability test task (see “System Suitability Tests” on
page 38) to verify that the instrument is still operating as expected. System
suitability tests can be executed by operators and method developers.
However, only method developers can accept a failed system suitability test
to release a blocked instrument.
• Instructing Operators on the work environment and how to set up and run
purification tasks.