The PGM Editor
The Surveyor MSQ or Finnigan AQA Views

These views of the  PGM Editor are part of Xcalibur. They allow you to specify the method used by the Surveyor MSQ or aQa mass spectrometer.

AQA: On the Ionization Mode tab page, specify the mode of ionization (Electrospray/APCI). On the Analysis tab page, specify the sensitivity and fine-tune the mass spectrometer.

 Caution:

When using the Xcalibur method editor, disregard the Other detectors section and perform data acquisition as usual. Do not use this section for data acquisition with other detectors (such as the UV detector)!

On the Acquisition tab page, set the aQa-specific signal parameters for Mass Spectra acquisition.

Surveyor MSQ: The view displays the selected chromatogram, if available. Specify the Ionization Mode and, in the Full/SIM Scan Events section, specify the device parameters for mass spectra acquisition.

 Tip:

These views of the PGM Editor are part of the Xcalibur program. The Xcalibur Help system provides detailed information about mass spectra acquisition. If you use an aQa mass spectrometer, open the Xcalibur Help system via the Help menu or by clicking Help. If you use the MSQ, first click the question mark (at the top right) and then click the option of interest to open the corresponding Help topic.

For more information about how to create an MS method, refer to:

 Creating a PGM File for the aQa MS and/or

 Creating a PGM File for the MSQ