V&P Scientific, Inc.
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Technical Note 396C
OPERATION
POWERING UP THE
SpinVessel® SYSTEM
The Power Switch (I/O) is located on the back of the Controller. To power up the C
ontroller, depress the “I”
of the switch.
OPERATING THE
SpinVessel® With COMPUTER CONTROL
The SpinVessel® Models with “
-
CC” in the part number are contr
olled using a computer. The Controller
for the computer controllable SpinVessel® is connected by a USB communication cable to a computer.
The Controller accepts simple ASCII commands to set the speed of the rotations, the number of rotations
(including fractions of a rotation), duration of pause before reversing direction and degree of ramping to
speed set.
Software details
1.
The SpinVessel® Controller uses an internal CH340G USB to Serial Converter (set to 9600,8,N,1)
which will require driver software. Windows may already have the needed USB driver software
installed. If not, download
the “CH340 USB DRIVER”
from the provided USB flash drive and run
“CH341SER.exe” to install it (Windows typically auto
-installs once downloaded). If your company
policy does not allow the use of the provided USB stick, this driver is also available for download
from the internet (contact your IT department for assistance if necessary).
2.
The basic command language for this computer-to-stirrer communication is ASCII.
3.
Commands can be sent from the computer using a standard terminal program like HyperTerminal
or Realterm. Or, if needed, download the V&P Scientific Serial Terminal program from the
With the SpinVessel®
tube in the drive base,
check the tip alignment
relative to the projections.
Without liquid in the tube,
turn on the SpinVessel® to
make sure the tips are not
hitting the projections.
