The Chromeleon Services Manager does the following:

  • It shows the overall status of the Chromeleon service components.
  • It provides a starting point for instrument control related configuration work.

TIP

For more information on Chromeleon services, refer to the Glossary section in the Chromeleon 7 Help.

Chromeleon Services Manager
Chromeleon Services Manager

The Services Manager usually starts automatically. It appears minimized as the Chromeleon tray icon next to the clock in the notification area (also called system tray) of the Windows taskbar.

To open the Chromeleon Services Manager window, click (or right-click) the Chromeleon tray icon.

Chromeleon Service Manager tray icon
Chromeleon Service Manager tray icon

If the Chromeleon tray icon is not present, you can start the Services Manager by selecting Start > All Programs > Thermo Chromeleon 7> Services Manager.

Close the Chromeleon Services Manager window to minimize it to the Chromeleon tray icon.

If a Chromeleon service does not start automatically, although the Start service on system start checkbox is enabled, start the service manually:

Procedure

  1. Windows 10: In the Search the web and Windows box, type services.msc.
  2. In the search results, click services.msc.
  3. The Services window opens.
  4. In the list on the right side of the Services window, double-click the respective Chromeleon service.
  5. Click Start.

NOTE

If SQLEXPRESS and the Data Vault Service are not started, first start SQLEXPRESS, then start the Data Vault Service. If you first start the Data Vault Service, the data vaults might not be available.