Agilent Technologies Triple Quadrupole LC/MS - Preparing the Triple Quad LC;MS; Performing a Checktune or Autotune; Switching LC Stream to MS; Monitoring MS Baseline and Spectral Displays

4 Basic Operation
Preparing the Triple Quad LC/MS
Agilent Triple Quadrupole LC/MS System User Guide 74
Preparing the Triple Quad LC/MS
Performing a checktune or autotune
See Chapter 3, “Tuning”.
Switching LC stream to MS
After you condition the column and tune the instrument, switch the LC stream
from Waste to MS. See “Switch LC stream to Waste” on page 70 for how to do
this.
Monitoring MS baseline and spectral displays
If you did not monitor the LC baseline with a VWD or DAD, make sure that the
instrument 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, change back to the default
instrument displays.
1 Right-click the chromatogram plot, and click Change.
2 Select the MS signal, and click OK.