1 Getting Started
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Overview of Running a Sample
Operating the GC involves the following tasks:
• Setting up the GC hardware for an analytical method.
• Starting up the GC. See “To Start Up the GC”.
• Preparing any attached sampler. Install the method-defined syringe; configure solvent and
waste bottle usage and syringe size; and prepare and load solvent, waste, and sample
vials, as applicable. Refer to the documentation provided with your ALS or Headspace
Sampler (HS) for details on its installation, operation, and maintenance.
• Setting up the active method, or editing sequences.
• See the Agilent data system documentation.
• For standalone GC operation see “Editing the Active Method”.
• Running the method or sequence.
• See the Agilent data system documentation.
• For standalone GC operation, see “To manually inject a sample with a syringe and start
a run” and “To run a method to process a single ALS sample”.
• Monitoring sample runs from the GC touchscreen, Browser Interface, or Agilent data
system. See “Home View”, or the Agilent data system documentation.
• Shutting down the GC. See “To Shut Down the GC for Less Than a Week” or “To Shut
Down the GC for More Than a Week”.