Understanding Your Agilent ChemStation 5
Contents
Contents
1 Agilent ChemStation Features 9
General Description 11
ChemStation Hardware 14
About the ChemStation Software 15
Instrument Control 31
Documentation 32
The ChemStation Directory Structure 34
Navigation Pane 38
2Methods 41
What is a Method? 42
Parts of a Method 43
Status of Methods 46
Creating Methods 48
Editing Methods 49
Method Directory Structure 51
What Happens When a Method is Run? 52
Method Operation Summary 57
3 Data Acquisition 59
What is Data Acquisition? 60
Data Files 61
Online Monitors 63
Logbook 64
Status Information 65
4Integration 67
What is Integration? 69
What Does Integration Do? 70
The ChemStation Integrator Algorithms 71
Overview 73
Definition of Terms 77