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3 Installation Procedure

Clarity Control Module

3.1.1 Connections

Besides the serial RS-232 cable, the connections must be made between
the autosampler Start OUT/Ready IN connector and the appropriate
connectors on the GC to allow proper synchronization between the AS
and GC.

The

Clarity Start (IN)

input must be connected to the GC Start Out

connector.
The

Clarity Ready (OUT)

digital output is not used, the commands are

transmitted over the serial line.

Refer to Shimadzu manual for description of cables supplied with the
autosampler.
When autosampler has to be used with Shimadzu 201x series GCs ( 
2010, 2014, 2014C, 2014 APC/AFC), it is necessary to connect it to the
PC via separate serial line. The

controller box is build in

the

GC2010/2014 case, but to use the control from

Clarity

, the short serial

cable from the GC to the controller box needs to be disconnected and
replaced by a serial cable to the PC.

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Summary of Contents for AOC-20i

Page 1: ...AOC 20 Clarity Control Module ENG Code Rev M090 50E Date 24 10 2017 Phone 420251013400 DataApex Ltd Fax 420251013401 Petrzilkova 2583 13 clarity dataapex com 15800Prague 5 www dataapex com The Czech...

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: ...Requirements 2 3 Installation Procedure 3 3 1 Autosampler Setup communication 3 3 1 1 Connections 4 3 2 Clarity Configuration 5 4 Using the control module 7 4 1 Hardware Configuration dialog 7 4 2 Met...

Page 4: ...RK1 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 t...

Page 5: ...autosamplers The control module enables direct control of the instrument over serial line Fig 1 AOC 20i Direct control means that the autosampler can be completely controlled from the Clarity environm...

Page 6: ...MultiCOM adapter p n MC01 is available Serial cross DB9F DB9F cable p n SK01 Note Cables are not part of Clarity Control Module It is strongly recommended to order required cables together with the Co...

Page 7: ...he RS232 compliant serial cross DB9F DB9F cable Fig 2 Serial cross DB9F DB9F cable The RS 232 cable is plugged in to the autosampler controller board not the tower present at the back side of the GC r...

Page 8: ...The Clarity Ready OUT digital output is not used the commands are transmitted over the serial line Refer to Shimadzu manual for description of cables supplied with the autosampler When autosampler ha...

Page 9: ...con on the desktop Invoke the System Configuration dialog accessible from the Clarity window using the System Configuration command Press the Add button see Fig 4 on pg 5 to invoke the Available Contr...

Page 10: ...atus of the autosampler will appear in the Connection row Note The Shimadzu AOC 20i s Setup dialog is more closely described in the chapter Shimadzu AOC 20i s Setup on pg 10 The AOC 20 autosampler ite...

Page 11: ...r transfer of methods from and to autosampler Caution If you have injection methods already established in the sampler it is advisable to download them to Clarity using the From AS button and save the...

Page 12: ...before injection Valid range 0 99 Rinse with solvent Solvent washing times of the syringe after injection Valid range 0 99 Viscosity time Waiting time of the plunger after sample suction Valid range 0...

Page 13: ...speed Injection speed of the syringe Select Solvent Selects the appropriate solvent for solvent wash in case there are three solvent vials on the sampler rack It is necessary to enable this option in...

Page 14: ...ler use the Function key to check modify them Default values Baud rate 2400 F80 2 Parity none F81 0 Stop bits 2 F82 1 Note The changes made on the sampler are active only after power restart Connect B...

Page 15: ...s the type of the syringe AOC 17 mode Setting this checkbox enables AOC 17 compatible mode To use the AOC20 in this mode set the functions F84 1 default is F84 0 Note Regardless of mode used the Chann...

Page 16: ...s must be filled The required values for starting vial SV ending vial EV number of injections from vial I V and injected volume are set in the sequence table Standard sequence operation After sequence...

Page 17: ...ing lines should be added COM1 echo on textmode on filename CommDrv_ D txt reset off Note Instead of COM1 type the correct serial port used to communicate with the Shimadzu AOC 20 detector Note D or d...

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