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INFICON HAPSITE Smart Plus Chemical Identification System User Manual

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HAPSITE Smart Plus Operating Manual

18. Retention Time in
Chromatograph has drifted.

18a. Unstable carrier gas flow.

18a. Contact Customer Support
(see

Chapter 18

).

18b. Improper GC heating.

18b. Contact Customer Support
(see

Chapter 18

)

19. “Low Carrier Gas” error
message at the user interfaces.

19a. Carrier gas pressure is low
(pneumatic valve failure can
occur.)

19a. Replace with a fresh canister
of N

2

. INFICON Part Number

930-432-P6.

20. Leaking carrier or internal
standard canisters while installed
in the HAPSITE AM.

20a. Contact Customer Support
(see

Chapter 18

).

21. Elevated chromatogram
baseline.

21a. HAPSITE is contaminated.

21a. See

section 16.5,

Contamination, on page 16-7

.

21b. Improper baseline and
threshold settings.

21b. Set baseline and threshold in
Tune.

22. Higher than normal base
pressure.

22a. System could be
contaminated. Check the
background in Tune. Look for
excessive amounts of water or
abnormal levels of organics in the
spectrum.

22a. See

section 16.5,

Contamination, on page 16-7

.

22b. Slight air leak.

22b. Contact Customer Support
(see

Chapter 18

)

23. Organic contamination in the
background of the mass spectrum.

23a. System could be
contaminated.

23a. See

section 16.5.1,

Contamination of the Mass
Spectrometer, on page 16-8

.

24. Wireless Problem

24a. Connection problem.

24a. Check to see that Wireless is
on and that the computer is
configured properly. Refer to

Chapter 4

.

Table 16-1 Diagnosing Problems - HAPSITE

Symptom

Cause

Remedy