42 DECADE user manual, edition 9
Important note when using the drift monitor:
If an injection or an external event is programmed at t = 0:00, these events
are executed immediately while the drift monitor is putting the system on hold.
This can be prevented by programming these events at t = 0:01.
Furthermore, the duration of each run will always be at least one minute
longer. In this minute the drift in the baseline is monitored.
Interrupting a time file:
12. When ‘HOLD’ is chosen, the timer is stopped, the message ‘HOLD=1’
appears in the corner of the ‘AUTO RUN’ screen. After pressing ‘HOLD’
again, the timer continues (‘HOLD=0’).
13. When ‘STOP’ is chosen, the execution of the time file is interrupted.
Starting the next run at t = 0:00 is possible by choosing ‘START’ (if
cycles >1). The cycle counter (‘Cy’) is increased.
Software version 3.00 and higher: STOP also deactivates the outputs
Aux 1 and 2, and Relays 1 and 2 (status: 0000).
14. When ‘RESET’ is chosen, the execution of the time file is interrupted and
the ‘AUTO SET’ screen appears. The cycle counter is reset to 0 (‘Cy =
0’).
Software version 3.00 and higher: RESET also deactivates the outputs
Aux 1 and 2, and Relays 1 and 2 (status: 0000).
Note: In the
master
mode the HOLD, STOP, START and RESET functions
are accessible only from the keyboard. In the
slave
mode these inputs are
accessible via the rear panel of the DECADE. Accessible keyboard functions
in the
slave
mode are: RUN, STOP, RESET and A-ZERO.
Step by step example (DECADE = Slave)
For the same example as given above, a time file will be programmed. The
system consists of an HPLC system with autosampler, a DECADE and an
integrator.
The DECADE is
slave
which means that a run is started by an external
contact (i.e. from autosampler). Also the number of automated runs is
controlled externally.
Hardware connections:
1.
Connect a hardware trigger of the autosampler to ‘START’ on the rear
panel of the DECADE as indicated in Fig. 13. A contact closure is
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