
Chapter 6 Acquiring Mass Spectra
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Creating macros
You can specify macros that execute before and after
calibration. You can use the macros supplied or create your
own.
To create macros for the Sequence Control Panel:
1. Open the Data Explorer software.
2. Create a macro as described in the
Data Explorer
Software User’s Guide
, Section 6.8.2, Recording a
Macro.
3. Assign the macro to a button as described in the
Data
Explorer Software User’s Guide
, Section 6.8.3,
Assigning Macros to Buttons.
Note the button number to which you assign the macro.
This is the number that you select in the Sequence
Control Panel.
Recommended
Pre-Macro
To ensure that the correct peak is identified as the
monoisotopic peak before peak matching/calibration, create a
macro that performs peak deisotoping. Specify this macro in
the Pre-Macro column in the Sequence. For more information,
see the
Data Explorer Software User’s Guide
, Section 3.4,
Deisotoping a Spectrum.
Creating
calibration (.CAL)
files
Create calibration (.CAL) files in the Data Explorer software if
you will be specifying calibration:
• External—.CAL file required.
• Internal—.CAL file optional.
• Internal-Update—.CAL file name required (.CAL file
does not have to exist). If .CAL specified exists,
constants are applied before the reference masses in
the .SET file are matched. If .CAL specified does not
exist, no constants applied. Constants are updated
within the .DAT file. Specified .CAL file is updated or
created and contains new calibration constants after
calibration.
For information, see the
Data Explorer Software User’s
Guide,
Section 5.3.2, Manually Calibrating.
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