68 Agilent Cary 8454 UV-Visible Spectroscopy System Operator’s Manual
5 Using your UV-Visible Spectroscopy System
Starting Your First Measurement Session
Starting Your First Measurement Session
1 Make sure that your spectrophotometer has been installed correctly.
For details of installation see your Agilent Cary 8454 UV-Visible
Spectroscopy System Installation Guide.
2 Switch on your PC, monitor and printer.
3 Log on to your PC operating system.
Confirm that your Agilent BootP Service is running using the Control
Panel’s Administrative Tools Services dialog, or make sure that your
network administrator has integrated your spectrophotometer into your
local network.
4 Switch on your spectrophotometer.
A running BootP service will now assign the configured IP address to your
spectrophotometer. In the standard installation, the Agilent BootP Service
performs this task.
5 Start your measurement session by selecting Instrument 1 online from the
menu.
Your Instrument Panel shows you the current state of the
spectrophotometer and the Blank button is enabled.
6 The first task is to measure a reference. Typically the cell containing the
solvent used with your samples is put in the measurement position and a