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Figure 1. Gas connections on the back of the LTQ Series MS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Figure 2. Gas connections on the back of the ETD module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 3. Connector assembly for the helium tubing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 4. Velos Pro and LTQ XL vacuum hose assembly (P/N 97055-62007) . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 5. LXQ vacuum hose assembly (P/N 97055-60135) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 6. Connections between the MS vacuum port, forepumps, and lab exhaust system
(Velos Pro and LTQ XL MSs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 7. Connections between the MS vacuum port, forepump, and lab exhaust system
(LXQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 8. MALDI solenoid vacuum valve assembly (P/N 97155-60088) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 9. MALDI vacuum hose assembly (P/N 97155-60088) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 10. MALDI LTQ XL system forepump connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 11. ETD module vacuum hose assembly (P/N 98000-62006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 12. Connections between the ETD vacuum port, forepumps, and lab exhaust
system (Velos Pro/ETD or LTQ XL/ETD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 13. Power panel for the Velos Pro and LTQ XL MSs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 14. Power panel for the LXQ MS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 15. Power panels for the MALDI LTQ XL and MALDI control module . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 16. Power panel for the ETD module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 17. Connections between the MALDI LTQ XL system and the MALDI control
module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 18. Connection between the MALDI control module and the LTQ XL power
panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 19. Connection between the MALDI control module and the MALDI optics
module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 20. Video signal cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 21. MALDI LTQ XL system video signal cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 22. API source housing connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 23. API source drain assembly and waste container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 24. Peripheral Control and Analog Input terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 25. Xcalibur Sequence Setup window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 26. Run Sequence dialog box showing the default start instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 27. Change Instruments In Use dialog box showing the default start instrument . . . 39
Figure 28. Run Sequence dialog box with the mass spectrometer as the start instrument . . 42
Figure 29. Change Instruments In Use dialog box without a specified start instrument . . . 42
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