User`s guide

Aligning the Sample Plate
Voyager
™
Biospectrometry
™
Workstation User’s Guide 2-41
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Overview of video
monitor display
The following examples show how the sample positions and
laser spot may be displayed on the video monitor during
sample plate alignment.
Example Description
Figure 2-23 Ideal Sample Position
Alignment
Ideal sample position
alignment—The center of
the sample position is
aligned with respect to the
laser spot.
You mark the outline of
this alignment on a
transparency to use to
calibrate other sample
positions during
alignment.
Figure 2-24 Sample Position Misalignment
Sample position
misalignment—The
center of the sample
position is not aligned with
respect to the laser spot.
You adjust misaligned
sample positions to ideal
alignment.
Figure 2-25 Camera Misalignment
Camera misalignment—
The laser spot is not
centered on the video
monitor. The camera
requires adjustment.
Do not perform the sample
plate alignment procedure.
Call PerSeptive
Biosystems Technical
Support.
Laser spot
Perimeter of
sample position
Outline of
i
deal
position alignment
Sample position
Laser spot
Laser spot