User`s guide

Chapter 4 Voyager Instrument Control Panel Basics
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Control pages The Instrument Control Panel contains five control pages:
• Instrument Settings—Controls settings for instrument
mode, voltages, spectrum acquisition, and calibration.
For more information, see Chapter 5, Optimizing
Instrument Settings.
• Data Storage—Controls data storage information such
as file location and file name. For more information, see
“Setting Data Storage parameters” on page 6-14.
• System Status—Contains information regarding the
status of the instrument. For more information, see
Section 2.9, Checking System Status.
• Manual Laser/Sample Positioning—Allows you to
manually control the laser intensity and sample plate
position. For more information, see Section 4.5.2,
Adjusting Laser Intensity and Selecting Sample Position.
• PSD Acquisition—Allows you to control PSD
acquisition. For more information, see Chapter 7, PSD
Analysis.
NOTE: The PSD Acquisition control page is displayed
only if you are in PSD mode on a Voyager-DE PRO or
Voyager-DE STR system.
You can access a control page by selecting it from the View
menu or clicking the corresponding tool bar button.
You can display any combination of control pages. For
information, see Section 4.2, Using the Control Pages.
For a description of parameters contained on the control
pages, see Section 5.2, Instrument Settings
Parameter Descriptions, and Chapter 7, PSD Analysis.