The following tables describe the parameters within the Tune Preferences window.
General
Settings that let you specify general Tune preferences.
Item | Description |
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Clear Diagnostics check boxes when complete | Specifies whether the application clears the diagnostics check boxes after it completes the requested diagnostic. Default: Selected |
Enable Hotlink for Define Scan and Ion Source Panel | When you select this checkbox, the Tune application applies your changes immediately, so you do not need to select Apply in the Ion Source pane or the Define Scan pane. Default: Cleared |
Report Options
Settings that let you specify the way you want to review and save reports. The following three rows list the options that are available under both the Calibration Reports and Other Reports areas.
Item | Description |
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Automatically generate reports | When selected, the application automatically generates a report to the specified path at the end of the process. |
Show Report Generation Options dialog box | When selected, the Report Generation Options dialog box opens at the end of the process. |
Do not generate reports | When selected, the application does not generate a report and the Report Generation Options dialog box does not open at the end of the process. |
Report Content Options
Settings that let you specify the content that you want included in the calibration reports.
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Show Console | Displays information about the console. Default: Selected |
Show graph | Includes all the displayed graphs, except for the Spectrum graph in the report. To include the Spectrum graph, you must select the Show Spectrum checkbox. Default: Selected |
Show spectrum | Includes the Spectrum view in the report. Default: Selected |
Show system configuration | Includes system configuration information in the report. Default: Selected |
Show embedded system configuration | Includes embedded system configuration information in the report. Default: Selected |
Alert Console Options
Settings that let you specify the alert settings that you want included in the Alert Console window. All error alerts are displayed in the Alert Console window by default and cannot be disabled. For more information, see Alerts Console.
Item | Description |
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Show warnings | Displays Warning alerts in the Alert Console window. Default: Selected |
Show recovered errors and warnings | Displays Recovered Error/Warning alerts in the Alert Console window. Default: Cleared |
Show information | Displays Information alerts in the Alert Console window. Default: Cleared |
Minutes included in the log file before error detected | Specifies the amount of time (in minutes), before the error event is detected to be included in the log file. This value indicates the minimum time span to extract the data system log file. Default: 300 (minutes) NOTE The value entered here is used by the Copy Logs at Time Recovered feature that is available in the Alert User Control window. A range of data is copied based on time of the reported event and the value that is entered here. |
Minutes included in the log file after error detected | Specifies the amount of time (in minutes), after the error event is detected to be included in the log file. This value indicates the maximum time span to extract the data system log file. Default: 300 (minutes) NOTE The value entered here is used by the Copy Logs at Time Recovered feature that is available in the Alert User Control window. A range of data is copied based on time of the reported event and the value that is entered here. |
Current Calibration Option
Settings that let you specify the calibration source and the calibration mix.
Item | Description |
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Set System to Standby on Completion | Places the MS in the Standby mode after the calibration process completes. Default: Cleared |
Calibration Source | Specifies the following calibration source:
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System Self-Check Options
Settings that let you specify the preferred method to the run the system Self-Check mode.
Item | Description |
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Enable system self-check | Specifies whether to use the self-check option to schedule periodic instrument calibration checks. Default: Cleared If selected, you can specify the self-check schedule using the following options:
The monthly option allows a selection from 1 to 28 days regardless of the month. If the system self-check is scheduled at 12 am for the 1st of the month, the setup will occur 10 minutes before the scheduled time on the 28th of the previous month. |
NOTE Thermo Fisher Scientific recommends that you include a shutdown method at the end of every sequence that uses an LC workflow when scheduling Auto-Ready calibrations with the Self-Check feature. The Self-Check process automatically adjusts system settings, such as the source gases, temperature settings, and so on. Include the following actions in the shutdown method:
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