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Thermo Scientific Orion Star
™
and Star Plus Meter User Guide
Appendix B
Orion Star Plus Benchtop
Meter and Autosampler Interfacing
Meter and Autosampler Setup
1 . Select a location for the system and unpack the autosampler and meter
components . Prepare the autosampler according to the autosampler user guide .
2 . Interface the autosampler with the meter . Use the autosampler to meter
interface cable, Cat . No . ATA02 (labelled 254210-001), to connect the 2 .5
mm phono jack RS232 port on the meter to the Com 1 RS232 port on the
autosampler .
3 . If the Orion Star printer will be used, use the autosampler to printer interface
cable, Cat . No . 223664-001, to connect the Com 2 RS232 port on the
autosampler to the 25 pin female RS232 port on the printer .
Note:
The printer must have a 9600 baud rate to be connected to the
autosampler. The Orion Star printer, Cat. No. 1010006, is recommended for use
with the Orion Star Plus meter and AutoTration-500 autosampler system.
4 . Prepare and install the electrodes . Prepare the electrodes according to the
electrode user guides . Connect the electrodes to the back of the meter
using the extension cables and cable management system provided with the
autosampler . Insert the electrodes into the electrode holder on the autosampler .
If a stirrer probe will be used, connect the stirrer probe to the stirrer jack on the
back of the meter and insert it into the electrode holder on the autosampler .
5 . Connect the meter, autosampler and printer to a power supply and turn on the
power . The default meter baud rate is 9600 and the default autosampler baud
rate for the Com 1 port is 1200, so the meter baud rate needs to be set to 1200
or the autosampler dip switches need to be adjusted to 9600 for the Com 1 port .
Stirrer Jack
Power
Connector
Power
Button
Com 1 Port
(to Star Plus meter)
Com 2
Com 1
Com 2 Port
(to printer)
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RS232
Power
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