Agilent Technologies G1701EA User manual

Agilent Technologies
Agilent G1701EA
MSD Productivity
ChemStation
Getting Started

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Second edition, June 2012
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Contents
1 MSD Productivity ChemStation Quick Reference
In This Book 6
Where to Find Help 7
What’s New in This Revision 12
Hardware 13
ChemStation Views 21
Common ChemStation Tasks 33
Error Messages and Troubleshooting 49
2 Understanding Quantitation
Quantitation 56
Quantitation Database 59
Tutorial – Using AutoQuant Setup 66
3 Using Custom Reports
Custom Reports 82
Creating a Report Template 83
Customizing Reports 87
Printing Reports 92
Creating a Custom Reports Database 95
Selecting Multiple Data Files 98
Viewing and Printing Charts 100
Custom Reports Toolbar Buttons 101

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Getting Started
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MSD Productivity ChemStation Quick
Reference
In This Book 6
Where to Find Help 7
What’s New in This Revision 12
Hardware 13
ChemStation Views 21
Common ChemStation Tasks 33
Error Messages and Troubleshooting 49

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1 MSD Productivity ChemStation Quick Reference
In This Book
This document contains an overview of the items included with
your system. It is intended to help you get started using your
GC/MSD System.
In the following pages you will find:
•Details on where to find additional help
•Photos of your hardware with major parts identified
•Each toolbar found in the ChemStation software
•Procedures for common ChemStation operations
•A summarized maintenance schedule
•A brief section on operating tips, error messages, and
troubleshooting
•A review of how quantitation works with the ChemStation,
along with a tutorial to help you get started using the
time-saving AutoQuant feature
•A quick guide on how to use Custom Reports software
Please refer to your online help and the electronic manuals and
videos included on your supplied disk for detailed information.

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Where to Find Help
Your system comes with an extensive library of reference
material including printed manuals, online help files, and
electronic manuals on disk.
Each piece of hardware is accompanied by a disk which
contains hundreds of pages of in-depth reference material and
maintenance videos demonstrating how to operate, maintain,
and troubleshoot your equipment.
This hardware reference material includes detailed information
on:
•Operating the hardware
•Maintaining the hardware
•Troubleshooting the hardware
The online help files contain extensive software operating
instructions as well as tutorials on using the ChemStation
(Enhanced, Drug Analysis, Environmental, and Aromatics in
Gasoline) software. Included is task and reference information
on:
Data Analysis MSD System Configuration
•Analyzing Data •Configuring Instruments
•Commands and Functions •Typical PC Information in MSDCHEM.INI
•Using and Writing Macros
•Glossary of Terms
Instrument Control
•Using Instrument Control •Troubleshooting the MSD
•Using Methods •Secure Control
•Using Sequences •Report Manager
•Analyzing Data •Commands and Functions
•Using Batch Mode •Using and Writing Macros
•Tuning (Calibrating) the MSD •Glossary of Terms

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Printed documents are intended to help you get up and running.
They include the:
•MSD Productivity ChemStation Getting Started (this
document)
•Site Preparation Checklist
•Hardware Installation Checklist
•Hardware Operation Manual
•Drug Analysis Getting Started

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Using ChemStation online help files
The online help files contain extensive information and
tutorials about instrument control, data acquisition, data
analysis, methods, sequencing, tuning, troubleshooting, and
how to use system commands and variables.
To access the online help, select Help topics from the Help menu
in any window, or click the help button on any dialog box.
Help Icons
Indicates a book containing more help
topics. To open a book, double-click it.
Indicates an open book of help topics. To close
an open book, double-click it.
Indicates a help topic. To jump to a help topic,
click it.
Item Description
Hide/Show Lets you turn on or
off the display of the
list of help topics.
Back Goes back to the
previous help topic.
Print Lets you print the
current book or help
topic.
Contents Displays the list of
help topics (shown
above).
Index Lets you use
keywords to search
the help index for a
particular topic.
Search Lets you type a word
or phrase and then
displays a list of all
the topics in the
online help that
contain those words.
Options Lets you change
various help options
such as the display
of tabs.

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To print a single help topic:
1Highlight the topic you want
to print (for example, Overview).
2Right-click, and select Print…
3Select Print the selected topic
and click OK.
4Verify the printer selected and
click Print.
5The information on that single
topic will print. The topics
linked to it will not print.
To print all subtopics in a heading at once:
1Highlight the topic you want
to print (for example, Print
Commands Quick Reference).
2Right-click, and select Print…
3Select Print the selected
heading and all subtopics, and
click OK.
4Verify the printer selected,
and click Print.
5The information for ALL
topics within the heading of
the selected topic will print. In
this case, all topics under Print
Commands Quick Reference
would print, which is about 26
pages of information.
NOTE Even if your cursor was on a single topic under this heading (say Tune
Commands) when you select Print all topics, you will still receive a copy
of all the topics under the heading, not just the topics below the one you
happened to be on in the list.