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For more information to the parameter setting refer to chapter
12.1
In the menu “Externals” the in- and outputs (waste valve, scintil-
lator pump, analog output) can be tested. This function is used
for service purposes to check the system setup (valves, A/D con-
verter connection etc.).
12.4 CHROMELEON
®
driver
The FlowStar² can be controlled by the CHROMELEON
®2
Soft-
ware using an optional instrument driver provided by Berthold
Technologies. This driver controls measurement parameters and
acquires the measurement data.
The driver was developed and tested on Chromeleon 6.8 SP9
but works on 7.x versions as well.
To be able to use the FlowStar² driver a so called Class 3 license
of Chromeleon® is required.
12.4.1 Installation
Before installing and configuring the CHROMELEON driver using
the Server Configuration Tool (Instrument Configuration Man-
ager in CM 7.x), the FlowStar² Controller must be installed. (see.
Chapter 7.7). Be sure to check the relevant features for your cor-
responding version of CHROMELEON (see picture below).
The CHROMELEON server must be stopped during the
FlowStar² controller installation.
If the FlowStar² is connected to the PC and initialized properly,
the instrument driver can be installed to the CHROMELEON
Server
using the “Server Configurator” Tool (Instrument Config-
uration Manager in CM 7.x). It will look like this:
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