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Page 1: ...trols Shimadzu GC 201x GC ENG Code Rev M113 70A Date 21 4 2016 Phone 420 251 013 400 DataApex Ltd Fax 420 251 013 401 Petrzilkova 2583 13 clarity dataapex com 158 00 Prague 5 www dataapex com The Czec...

Page 2: ...emarks of DataApex Ltd Microsoft and WindowsTM are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation DataApex reserves the right to make changes to manuals without prior notice Updated manuals can be downloaded fro...

Page 3: ...Configuration 7 4 2 Method Setup GC 8 4 2 1 Method Setup GC Oven Zones 8 4 2 2 Method Setup GC FLOW 1 2 9 4 2 3 Method Setup GC DET 1 4 12 4 2 4 Method Setup GC Time Events 15 4 2 5 Method Setup GC P...

Page 4: ...capitals indicates the name of the file and or directory ACTIVE capitalitalics marks the state of the station or its part The bold text is sometimes also used for important parts of the text and the...

Page 5: ...ntrol module This manual describes the setting of the Shimadzu GC 201x control module The control module enables direct control of chromatographs of Shimadzu GC2010 GC2014 GC2014C and GC2014 APC AFC t...

Page 6: ...have only 1 if any serial COM port installed To use more devices requiring the RS232 port the MultiCOM adapter p n MC01 is available Caution Models 2014C and 2014C AFC APC require manual setup l Seria...

Page 7: ...special settings have to be made on the Shimadzu GC 201x chromatograph only the communication protocol of the instrument set on the FUNC key screen by using 6 GC CONFIGURATION 3 TRANSMISSION PARAMETER...

Page 8: ...3 Installation Procedure Clarity Controls 3 3 Clarity Configuration Fig 3 System Configuration 4...

Page 9: ...detect function When opening the Instrument window those settings are checked against the settings of the GC and in case they are not the same the warning message is issued and no control is possible...

Page 10: ...imadzu GC 201x item will appear in the Setup Control Modules list of the System Configuration dialog l Drag the GC icon from the Setup Control Modules list on the left side to the desired Instrument t...

Page 11: ...C control method From GC Reads the actual values from the GC and loads them into the method 4 1 Hardware Configuration Fig 5 Hardware Configuration This dialog is invoked by pressing the GC Status but...

Page 12: ...ial temperature This time is used to distribute the heat evenly in the oven Gradient Table Sets the Heat Rate desired temperature Final Temp and time to hold this temperature Hold Time The Total Time...

Page 13: ...ow of gases are available only for models of chromatograph equipped with Advanced Flow Control AFC These are GC2010 GC2014 and GC2014 APC AFC On Off Turns on off the inlet Split Mode Defines the opera...

Page 14: ...s the linear velocity of gas for the inlet This value is linked with two preceding values Inlet Pressure and Column Flow by mutual recalculation performed by chromatograph itself Thus it is possible t...

Page 15: ...the pressure flow program for the analysis and for purging the inlet Fig 8 Method Setup GC FLOW 1 Program Advanced Opens the dialog for setting the advanced parameters of the inlet split time program...

Page 16: ...me Const The value set here influences the processing of the detector signal It works as a noise filter the higher the constant the lower the noise On the other hand usage of the higher values will fl...

Page 17: ...his value serves for the compensation of the overly high signals Current Serves for entering the value of current set on the detector Possible range and units depend on the type of the detector FTD de...

Page 18: ...f hydrogen and sets its value Available for FID WFID WDFID FPD WFPD SID WSID FTD and WFTD detector Make Up Turns On Off the flow of make up gas and sets its value and type of the gas Available for FID...

Page 19: ...ther The table should be filled with the Time of the event in the first column in minutes decimal format 2 minutes 45 seconds should be set as 2 75 the event type in the Event column event value in th...

Page 20: ...tment on detector 1 The basic event codes and their functions are Tab 1 Event codes Event Code Function 51 Autozeroes the Detector 1 52 Autozeroes the Detector 2 53 Autozeroes the Detector 3 54 Autoze...

Page 21: ...hod Setup GC Pre Run Fig 13 Method Setup GC Pre Run This tab has the same functionality as the Time Events tab so the functions are described there together The Pre Run tab serves for setting of the p...

Page 22: ...his tab allows you to set the parameters of your Auxiliary Pressure Control device Mode Allows you to choose between Pressure and Flow modes Gas Select the type of gas Pneumatic Resistance Set the pne...

Page 23: ...l module 4 2 7 Method Setup GC AMC Fig 15 Method Setup GC AMC This tab allows you to set the parameters of your Auxiliary Media Control device Gas Select the type of gas Initial Flow mL min Set the in...

Page 24: ...useful for switching the chromatograph off after the last sample in the sequence When the Clarity Instrument is set to send a method without prompting in the System Configuration Instrument Method Sen...

Page 25: ...fficient temperature and gasses pressure was reached Re ignite While checked the chromatograph will try to re ignite the flame in the detector when it is quenched This may be important during the star...

Page 26: ...Sampling Rate on the appropriate tab This sampling rate in fact states the frequency of the data sending from the Shimadzu GC 201x detector to Clarity it has nothing to do with the frequency of actual...

Page 27: ...so shows the run time of the analysis System On Allows to switch the chromatograph on It starts the temperature program in the column oven detectors and injectors System Off Switches the Shimadzu GC 2...

Page 28: ...the Instrument window If they don t match the control is not possible The only parts of the dialog that can be modified without risk is the Name parameter on the Connection tab and any data on the Si...

Page 29: ...carrier gasses For Shimadzu GC 201x chromatographs without automatic flow control function only the SPLITTER and PACKED options will be used others are saved for instruments equipped with AFC control...

Page 30: ...ialog if configured on the given Clarity Instrument Ch1 4 Sets the name of the particular signal This Device Starts the Run in Clarity Clarity Starts This Device This radiobutton enables to start the...

Page 31: ...the default names of particular temperature zones as set in the Shimadzu GC 201x chromatograph Names Allows to set desired names for particular temperature zones By default these names are the same a...

Page 32: ...ical lines in the chromatograph Up to four independent lines may be configured All settings on this tab may be read from the chromatograph by using the Autodetect button Fig 25 Shimadzu GC 201x Setup...

Page 33: ...sing the control module Fig 26 Shimadzu GC 201x Setup AMC This tab shows the presence of Auxiliary Media Control devices State of all checkboxes are autodetected it is strongly recommended not to chan...

Page 34: ...g 27 Shimadzu GC 201x report preview All chromatograph specific settings e g temperatures set to particular temperature zones are reported as a part of the data displayed by the use of Instrument Cont...

Page 35: ...can be edited in any text editor e g Notepad Following section should be edited or added COM1 echo on textmode on filename ShimadzuGC201x txt D or d could be used to include a current date recommended...

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