How to prevent accidental shut-down

Chromatography systems may be controlled without running the user interface modules. This is possible in the following cases:

• Network installation: If a system is controlled from a remote station without starting UNICORN on the local station.

• Stand-alone installation: If a user quits UNICORN after starting a run.

In both these cases, it is not apparent from the desktop that the UNICORN control software is actually running. Therefore there is a risk that someone shuts down the computer in the belief that it is not in use.

Make sure you follow the recommendations below to prevent an accidental shut-down of a control station (which controls a UNICORN run):

• Do not quit UNICORN if you are controlling a system.

• Do not turn off local station computers in a network installation.

• Start the UNICORN program on all local stations in a network installation, if possible, and establish a view mode connection as an indication that a connected system might be running.