User`s guide

88 User’s Guide
When you select this button, the Method Wizard sets up a
bank of buttons in your application window that allow you to
"step" through all dialogs of method generation. A save button
is also provided.
Create a Data Acquisition Method
The first step toward acquiring a data file is to create a data
acquisition method. At this point, you merely need to make
sure that the method will acquire the data for a long enough
run time for your last peak to elute, using the default data
acquisition sampling rate (which is adequate for most
samples except for fast capillary runs.)
Note: You can skip this step and use data and method files provided
if you do not currently have access to an instrument.
Acquisition Setup
To set your acquisition run time and sampling rate, go to the
Instrument Setup dialog. This is the first dialog displayed if
you are using the Method Wizard. Or, click on
Method/Instrument Setup, or click the Instrument Setup
button on the command ribbon. Select the detector tab for the
detector you will be using. Be sure to click the box adjacent to
Acquisition Channel On to turn on data acquisition for this
channel.
Note: If you are using an instrument control option, one or more
tabs will appear in Instrument Setup that provide instrument-
specific options. See the online help for that instrument for
details.