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Manage Instruments


1 Instrument Management Concepts


|What is Manage Instruments? |The Instrument Management window provides the user with an easy way to manage the |
| |instruments and to determine the status of an instrument. Calibration, preventive |
| |maintenance, and servicedates are used to determine whether the instrument maintenance |
| |is up to date. |
|How do I get to the Instrument Management|To open Instrument Management, select the Manage Instruments menu item from the Run menu.|
|window? ||
|My Manage Instruments menu item is |The Instrument Management interface will be available only if the user has the |
|disabled. Why? |ManageInstrument function privilege. |
|Why is the Instrument Management screen |When theInstrument Management is first opened no instruments are displayed. The user |
|blank? |must use the Open Instrument menu item from the Edit menu. The Open Instruments Dialog |
| |allows the user to choose whether to open one instrument, an instrument group or all |
||instruments. |
|What is the meaning of the In Service |You must put an instrument In Service before it will be available to select in any of the|
|box? |Result Entry interfaces. |
|Can I only set the date for a particular |Youcan also enter comments by selecting the appropriate tab for the event and entering |
|event? |the comments in the text pane. You may even be able to enter additional information, |
| |such as external links, depending on the Instrument Event Template that is defined for |
||the Instrument. Refer to the sections on the Instrument Event Template Table and the |
| |Instruments Table for more information. |
|Why is my Instrument tab blank? |There will only be fields displayed on the Instrument tab if the Instrument has an |
||Instrument Template defined and/or the instrument has instrument parameters defined. |
| |Refer to the sections on the Instrument Template Table and the Instruments Table for more|
| |information. |
|Can I only perform one event ata time? |You can perform calibration, preventive maintenance and service events in one operation |
| |for the selected instruments. The Instrument Management screen will stay open to perform |
| |multiple operations on different instruments. |


2 Instrument ManagementScreen


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The Instrument Management screen can be used to keep track of calibration to components of instruments. A field called Parent Instrument in the Instrument table is used to identify the parent instrument for a component. These component instruments do not initially appear when an instrument is opened in Instrument Management. The components are viewed by selecting...