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Preface
The Waters 600E Multisolvent Delivery System User’s Guide describes the features and
use of the Waters
®
600E Multisolvent Delivery System. This guide also includes
information on the use of these systems with other Waters components, including
autosamplers, detectors, and computer control/data management systems.
This guide is intended for use by a wide variety of HPLC system users whose familiarity
with chromatography systems ranges from novice to expert.
Organization
This guide contains the following:
Chapter 1 describes the system modules and features.
Chapter 2 describes the powerup and power-down procedures, running diagnostics,
using the controller front panel, and controller modes of operation.
Chapter 3 provides procedures for preparing eluents, priming the pump, flushing the
system, equilibrating the system, and changing eluents.
Chapter 4 provides instructions for configuring the controller, verifying PowerLine
(IEEE-488) devices, and setting up the pump, autoinjector, and detector parameters.
Chapter 5 describes how to make a Direct Control (isocratic) run using the operating
conditions you set up in Chapter 4.
Chapter 6 describes the creation of time-based tables for unattended multi-method
gradient operation.
Chapter 7 describes how to run method tables.
Chapter 8 provides instructions for configuring the gradient controller and setting up
the pump parameters for system control by a data system (Empower or Millennium
Chromatography Manager) or for stand-alone operation.
Chapter 9 describes how to make an isocratic run using the operating conditions
described in Chapter 8.
Chapter 10 provides instructions for creating time-based tables for unattended
gradient operation.
Chapter 11 describes how to run gradient tables.