G7200-90210 (Rev. A) MassHunter Workstation Quick Start Guide 5
Ignite the plasma
1 Open the Instrument Control panel in either of the following ways:
• Select Instrument Control from the Instrument menu, or
• Click the Instrument Control icon.
The ICP- MS Instrument Control panel opens:
2 Confirm that the instrument is in Standby mode by checking the title bar of
the Instrument Control panel.
3 Ignite the plasma by clicking the Ignite Plasma
icon in the toolbar.
4 Once the plasma is on and the instrument goes from standby to analysis
mode, check tuning as described in the following section.