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Prima PRO & Sentinel PRO Mass Spectrometers User Guide
Thermo Fisher Scientific
A blank gland plate is supplied in the enclosure base. This is the only
place where drilling the enclosure for user cable entries is allowed.
See
Chapter 5: Installation & Interconnection
Warning!
Heed the following warnings for hazardous area
systems:
No user electrical connections (power or signal) are made
within the instrument enclosure.
All electrical connections are to be made to the flameproof
box above the main enclosure (or to additional flameproof
boxes in the case of extended I/O). See
If the fibre optic communication option has been ordered, the
fibre connection point is within the enclosure, and this is the
only situation where cable entry to the purged enclosure is
permitted.
See
Chapter 5: Installation & Interconnection
for further
details. See below for details of fibre optic cable
requirements.
A computer specification can be requested from Thermo Fisher
Scientific if required. Most modern PCs are suitable, but they should
ideally incorporate at least one serial port. This functionality can be
provided through a USB-to-serial converter.
Contact the factory regarding compatibility with different versions of
Microsoft® Windows® operating system.
If a permanent PC connection is planned, the most common
configuration, physical space, and a mains power supply are
required. The PC can be local to the instrument or remote depending
on requirements and the area classification of the instrument
location.
The PC is connected to the instrument enclosure via a serial link.
Connection is to the host terminals on the CPU IO PCB in the
bottom left of the enclosure, through the gland plate. Other serial
connections, such as link to DCS, are also made here.
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Computer and
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