The Agilent Cary 3500 Flexible UV-Vis system is a versatile instrument used for analyzing a privacy screen's light transmission properties at various angles and light conditions. It boasts a spacious sample compartment suitable for different accessories…
One of the most challenging tasks for vacuum system designers is to create ultra-high and extreme-high vacuum pressures. Pumps capable of generating UHV and XHV pressure include Sputter Ion Pumps, Titanium Sublimation Pumps and Non-Evaporative Getters…
A system with poorly designed conductance can have drastic consequences on the effective pumping speed: the cornerstone of this tutorial is to emphasize the need to design a system that does not have negative effects on the performance of a high or ultrahigh…
Thermal gauges, out of all the available gauge technologies, offer excellent value for measuring rough vacuum pressure, but even UHV and XHV systems can benefit from them. All thermal gauges operate by heating a filament and exposing it to the vacuum…
When detecting leaks, it is important to distinguish between virtual and real ones. Examples of virtual leaks can be: gas desorption, diffusion, trapped volume, and back streaming. Leak-up or rate-of-rise tests can indicate whether a vacuum system's base…
Ionization gauges convert residual molecules to positively charged ions, and then attract them to a negatively charged collector where they create a measurable current. Modifications to high vacuum ionization gauges can optimize their performance at a…
No one gauge technology will provide pressure measurement throughout the range of vacuum. Combining vacuum sensors can produce a gauge capable of measuring pressure better than with any single technology. After having highlighted the properties of individual…
When choosing a vacuum gauge, it is possible to adopt high vacuum ionization gauges or sputter ion current. After describing the basic operating principle of the Sputter ion pump, this video shows how to measure UHV pressure with Agilent SIPs.
This Information Applies To: 2100 Bioanalyzer, 2100 Expert software
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The Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer system run ends prematurely and the following error appears in the logbook: Run aborted on port x. Instrument error occurred on port x, Unusual...
This Information Applies To: 2100 Bioanalyzer, 2100 Expert software
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The Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer system electropherograms in the Agilent 2100 Expert software have a wavy, uneven baseline ( Figure 1 ).
Figure 1. Wavy, uneven baseline on Bioanalyzer...
This Information Applies To: Agilent AriaMx systems.
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When IP addresses of an AriaMx instrument are reassigned, it will appear under the new and the previous IP address in the AriaMx Instrument Explorer. This situation can be prevented using...
This Information Applies To: Agilent AriaMx real-time PCR system
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Sometimes, for support purposes, it is necessary to send the diagnostic test result file to Agilent support representatives.
This file contains detailed information about the...
This Information Applies To: Agilent AriaMx real-time PCR system, AriaMx Real-Time PCR software
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How to change the discovery protocol port in the AriaMx software.
Steps to Follow
The AriaMx software uses the UDP Broadcast protocol for...
This Information Applies To: Agilent AriaMx real-time PCR system
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The instrument diagnostic tests should be run whenever it is suspected that there could be a fault with the instrument hardware.
Background
The instrument diagnostics consist...
This Information Applies To: Agilent AriaMx real-time PCR system
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Error 45 is displayed on the AriaMx instrument touch screen.
Background
Error 45 is shown when the temperature recorded by one or more thermistors is outside the expected...
This Information Applies To: Agilent AriaMx real-time PCR system
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AriaMx showing a series of errors after delivery, guide for troubleshooting and resolving temperature-related error.
Background
When an AriaMx is delivered, it could take...
How to Access Manual Tune in GC/MS MassHunter and MSD Productivity ChemStation
Multiple Results
This Information Applies To: MassHunter acquisition software for GC/MS systems and MSD Productivity ChemStation for all Agilent GC/MS systems
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Manual tuning lets you interactively set the MSD parameters, such as lens voltages and tuning masses...
This Information Applies To: Agilent AriaMx real-time PCR system
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How to find the AriaMx software and firmware version that you have installed.
Steps to Follow
There are two different ways to find out AriaMx software version:
In the...