The Panel Tabset

A panel tabset provides a convenient interface for controlling and monitoring a Timebase. A panel tabset provides (on one window) a set of Chromeleon Control Panels for controlling the individual devices in the timebase and for performing system-wide functions (for example, creating and running sequences). To move from one control panel to another you click the corresponding tab. If multiple timebases are connected to a chromatography Server, the window is divided into panes, with each pane containing a panel tabset for one timebase.

The default set of control panels in a panel tabset typically includes one panel for each device in the timebase and one or more panels for system-wide controls. You can use these panels to perform the following tasks:

• Operate system instruments manually (direct control)

• Operate system instruments automatically (programmed control)

• Monitor instrument status

• View real-time data

• Collect and view the system event log (Audit Trail)

• Perform calibration and diagnostic functions (System Wellness)

Additional characteristics of the panel tabset:

• Clicking a panel highlights its border and makes it the active panel.

• Commands selected on the Chromeleon main menu apply to the active panel.

• You can expand a panel tabset (and thus hide the other tabsets), split the window to view all tabsets at one time, or change the width of a panel.

• You can add, delete, or rename individual panels within a panel tabset.

 Tip:

To open a default panel tabset, click the icon on the standard toolbar.

Also, refer to How to …:  Controlling Devices from the Panel Tabset.