Dual detectors – INFICON Explorer Portable Gas Chromatograph User Manual

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NOTE: If you need to calibrate a second, or third, column, select the next column and

disable the previous one. Press Enter Menu, then SETUP, CONFIG, and
COLUMN. Use the arrow keys to move through the list and press Enter Menu to
select PID Column A, B or C or ECD Column A, B or C, ensuring only one
column/detector combination is selected. Then calibrate the column as above. If
you are using more than one column, enable the columns once you calibrated each
one of them.

Dual Detectors

1. Select a column by pressing Enter Menu, then SETUP, CONFIG, and

COLUMN.

2. Use the arrow keys to move through the list and press Enter Menu to select

PID Column A, B or C and ECD Column A, B or C.
Ensure only one column and both detectors are selected. If you are calibrating
Column B, select PID Column B and ECD Column B.

3. Press Exit to close the box.

Both the PID library and the ECD library will be selected. Look at the status
line to determine which detector you are viewing on the screen. If you are not
viewing the PID library, switch to the PID by pressing DISPLAY, GC, and
DET, then when prompted to change views press Enter Menu.

4. To select the PID compounds for your application, press Enter Menu, then

LIBRARY, and LIST, and press the left/right arrow to select the library that
matches your selected column.
The status line at the top of the screen will tell you which library you are using.
Compounds with a check mark are currently selected for calibration.

5. Use the up/down arrows to move through the list of compounds. To enable or

disable a compound, move to the compound name and press EDIT and
CALCMPD.
This will toggle the compound on and off. If the compound is not selected
remove it from the library.

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