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ACQUITY QDa instrument failure in Empower - WKB202528

Article number: 202528

SYMPTOMS

  • QDa instrument failure in Empower
  • Various errors seen in the Empower message center: QDa startup, Instrument is in standby mode, Critical readback check in progress, Tune window initializing, Diagnostics unavailable, Instrument failure ACQ-QDa

ENVIRONMENT

  • Empower
  • ACQUITY UPLC H-Class
  • ACQUITY UPLC Tunable UV Detector
  • ACQUITY QDa Mass Detector

CAUSE

The instrument method used has a different configuration than the chromatographic system. 

FIX or WORKAROUND

  1. Recreate the chromatographic system within Empower. 
  2. Ensure that the instrument method includes the same configuration as your chromatographic system.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

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