Empower Tip: Empower Walk-Up Interface

In this tip, we will begin a new blog series on how to use the Walk-Up Interface in Empower.

The Walk-Up interface is a simplified interface in Empower for easy acquisition and processing of samples. It is well suited for high throughput environments. All the configuration and method creation are done prior to the user accessing the system to keep things simple.

The user in this case only has access to the Walk-Up Interface.

Let’s get started.

In this first example, we want to run one sample, and have it quantitated against a calibration curve (this could be LC, GC or GPC).

Double-click the Empower shortcut, Enter ‘User Name’ and ‘Password’, and click ‘OK’.

Select a ‘Project’ on the left and select a ‘chromatographic system’ on the right, and click ‘OK’.

The Walk-Up Interface opens and defaults to ‘Run Samples Only’.

Enter a ‘Sample Name’ and select a ‘Method Set’ (NOTE: The run mode is determined by which methods are in the Method Set. For example, if you want to Run and Report, you must select a Method Set with an Instrument Method, Processing Method and Report Method). Enter an ‘Injection Volume’, enter a ‘Run Time’, and a ‘Sequence Name’. The ‘Options’ button allows entry for ‘Dilution’ and ‘Sample Weight’, if needed. Click ‘OK’ and click ‘Run Samples’.

If the MS Mass Editor window appears, click ‘OK’.

If you are in ‘Run and Report’ mode, select the ‘printer’, click ‘OK’.

A message appears as a reminder to add the vial in the autosampler. Click ‘OK’.

In the lower left corner of the screen, you will see the message change from ‘Setting Up’ to ‘Waiting for Injection’.

During the run, the message displays ‘Injection Running’ and eventually will display ‘Complete’ once the run is finished.

In the second example, we want to run a series of samples using a Sample Set Method Template.

Once logged in using the Walk-Up interface, select ‘Run Samples Using a Template’. Highlight the template from the list, enter a ‘Sequence Name’ and click ‘Run Samples’. The Variable window opens prompting to enter the necessary information, in this example, it is the ‘Number of sample vials’ and ‘Vial starting position in tray’. Click ‘Next’.

Continue entering any necessary information and on the last screen, click ‘Finish’. The sequence will begin.

It’s that easy!