Interface
Agilent 55B AA Spectrometer User’s Guide 51
Signal bar
The signal bar appears:
at the top of the display screen where required.
spans the entire width of the screen, and
graphically displays signal values, depending on the type of reading that the
instrument is performing.
If you are optimizing:
A hollow cathode lamp or D
2
lamp, the signal bar will display the lamp
emission.
The flame signal, the signal bar will display the atomic absorption or emission.
The signal bar is only active when the Optimize, Calibrate, or Results page is
selected. At other times the bar is blank.
Page area
The page area displays the name of the current page and page-specific
information such as input fields, text, or graphics. Refer to Display pages on Page
58 for details on the different pages in the system.
Message line
The message line displays information/warning/error messages. This information
may be the permissible range of the current parameter, or a warning or error
message. Refer to Troubleshooting – Page 135 for a detailed description of
possible error messages, and possible solutions to these errors.
The Message line also informs you of the calibration status of the method. In the
message line:
“Cal” indicates the method has been calibrated.
“Rslp” indicates the calibration has been resloped.
No text (“ ”) indicates that the method has not been calibrated.
Icons appear in the message line, to provide you with instrument status
information. Some of these icons are animated, to indicate that the instrument is
active.
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