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Summary of Contents for Shimadzu LC-10

Page 1: ...ols Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump LC ENG Code Rev M091 70B Date 12 2 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 Czech Republic ...

Page 2: ...demarks 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 from www dataapex com Author DM ...

Page 3: ... 2 3 Installation Procedure 3 3 1 Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump communication 3 3 2 Clarity Configuration 5 4 Using the control module 7 4 1 Method Setup LC Gradient 7 4 1 1 Gradient Options 10 4 2 Method Setup Advanced 11 4 3 Device Monitor 12 4 4 Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump Setup 13 5 Report Setup 15 i ...

Page 4: ...WORK1 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 name of the Clarity station Moreover some sections are written in format other than normal text These sections are formatted as follows Note Notifies the reader of relevant information Caution Wa...

Page 5: ...ntrol module can not be combined with Shimadzu LC 10 20 Systemcontrol module on a single PC where Microsoft NET Framework is installed The Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump control module can control only a single pump on a single PC which means that it is not possible to control more than one of above mentioned pump on a single PC through this control module Fig 1 Shimadzu LC 10ADvp Pump Direct control mean...

Page 6: ...dule p n A24 l Free USB port in the PC l Opt USB convertor p n OPT01 Note The DataApex Opt USB converter conforms to the similar Shimadzu converter Shimadzu p n 22 35480 91 l Pump firmware version 2 2 or greater Caution Minimal required firmware version for LC 10ADvp is 5 26 and for LC 10ATvp is 5 27 2 ...

Page 7: ...ud rate 2400 parity N bits 8 stop bit 1 SYS Set System Parameter has to be set to 5 for isocratic mode or to 6 for gradient mode from the pump keyboard Caution These values are not documented in the pump manual The other Pump system parameters should be set to Local 0 Remote ADRS any value not used CBM LINK 0 not used Shimadzu LC 20 settings Shimadzu LC 20 pumps have to be set to the LC 10 emulati...

Page 8: ...ocedure Clarity Controls l Switch the pump off and on again The new communication parameters should be saved and used The procedure is in detail described in the LC 20 hardware manual provided by the Shimadzu company 4 ...

Page 9: ...voke the Available Control Modules dialog Fig 2 Available Control Modules l Select the Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump in the LC section and press the Add on Fig 5 button l The Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump Setup dialog will appear Fig 3 Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump Setup l Select the correct communication Port and fill the other necessary parameters in this dialog 5 ...

Page 10: ...f solvents set in the Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump Setup dialog will appear in the Setup Control Modules list of the System Configuration dialog l Drag the LC chromatograph icon from the Setup Control Modules list on the left side to the desired Instrument tab on the right side or use the button to do so Note The Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump can be used for the low pressure gradient with the use of switching ...

Page 11: ...o prepare the cell to receive values click it by the left mouse button the cell will highlight by dots A cell that fails to highlight is not available for editing Time min Sets the time at which the ratio of flow rates and the overall flow rate correspond to the values entered in the corresponding row These values vary continuously from one time to the next in a manner ensuring that the conditions...

Page 12: ... the one on the right to the overall flow rate Parameters Standby Flow Sets the overall flow rate through the column in the STANDBY state reached after the last row of the table has been performed and the time period defined in the Time to Standby field has passed The duration of this state is defined by the Standby Time item The ratio of individual components in the respective STANDBY and IDLE st...

Page 13: ... as in the STANDBY mode and accordingly corresponds to the value entered in Standby Flow field The IDLE state comes into effect each time an Instrument is opened at the end or after abortion of an analysis by the Abort command and is also maintained after the Clarity program is shut down The mixing ratio of individual components in both the IDLE and STANDBY states is given by the first row of the ...

Page 14: ...s for pressure to prevent the damage to hardware Fig 6 Gradient Options Min Pressure Sets the minimum pressure for the given pump When pressure drops to the set value the pump will shut down This prevents the solvent leakage Max Pressure Sets the maximum pressure for the given pump When pressure reaches the set value the pump will shut down This serves to prevent the damage to the pump when the co...

Page 15: ...etup Advanced Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump provides the pump flow and pressure auxiliary signals for use in Clarity To save the auxiliary signals into each chromatogram measured according to the given method check the particular checkbox in the lower section of the Method Setup Advanced dialog 11 ...

Page 16: ...f the pump may be seen Fig 8 LC monitor and Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump Monitor Stop Flow The pumps can be stopped from this window using the Stop Flow button This action will stop the pump only the analysis run will continue and must be stopped or aborted from the Data Acquisition window or Single Analysis dialog Purge The pumps may be purged by pressing this button Set the desired total flow and solv...

Page 17: ...the LC 10 emulation mode on the pump for more details see the chapter Installation Procedure on pg 3 Valve Model Allows to select the valve model that may be installed on the pump to create low pressure gradient Sys Mode Sets the pump operation mode Isocratic and Low Pres Grad options are available Note The pump hardware must be set accordingly for more details see the chapter Installation Procedu...

Page 18: ...This value is sent to the pump and when the pressure falls below this value pump will react on it The pressure check is also present in Clarity in the Method Setup LC Gradient Gradient Options dialog Value of Min Pressure set there should be higher than in the Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump Setup dialog as Clarity reacts on falling below that value and should react before the pump does so Key Lock Serves ...

Page 19: ...ig 11 Shimadzu LC 10 20 Pump report preview All general LC settings such as the Gradient Table from the Method Setup LC Gradient tab are reported as a part of the data displayed by the use of Instrument Control checkbox of the Report Setup Method dialog 15 ...

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