Getting Started
Step 3. Prepare the Triple Quad instrument
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Monitor MS baseline and spectral displays
If you did not monitor the LC baseline with a VWD or DAD, make sure that the
Triple Quadrupole baseline is stable, and no spectra of interfering intensity
appear in the display.
If you did monitor the LC baseline with a VWD or DAD, you change back to the
default Triple Quad displays.
1 Right-click the chromatogram plot, and click Change.
2 Select the MS signal, and click OK.
View the system logbook for events and errors
As you prepare the instrument, you may run into an error that you want to
troubleshoot. You do this through the System Logbook Viewer.
• Click the Log icon ( ) in the toolbar of the Data Acquisition window, and
view the logged events.
• Or click Tools > System Logbook Viewer.
• Or right-click the icon in the system taskbar. First, click Enable
Notification. Then, right-click the LOG icon and click Configure. The system
can notify you of new errors and warning by showing messages from the
taskbar.
When the System Logbook Viewer is open, you can select the time period to keep
System Logbook entries. You can set the value from 1 week to 1 year. To do this,
you click Tools > Purge Settings. The System logbook purge dialog box opens.