Agilent Technologies 8453 Operator's Manual page 16

1 Introduction to Your System
Agilent 8453 Spectrophotometer — Overview
Rear View
All connections are made at the rear of the spectrophotometer, see
Remote connector
Multicell transport
connector
GP-IO connector
RS 232 connector
Figure 3
• The multicell connector allows you to connect a multicell transport.
• The GPIO (general-purpose input/output) connector allow you to control a
• The remote connector is currently not used by Agilent instrument control
• The RS232C connector may be used to control the spectrophotometer from
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Rear View of Spectrophotometer
sipper and autosampler or other accessories depending on the software you
are using.
software. It can be used e.g. to synchronize instruments.
a computer through RS232 connection, using appropriate software. The
Multiple Instrument Firmware Tool provided can be used with RS232
communication. The UV-visible ChemStation software currently supports
LAN and GPIB communication only.
Agilent 8453 UV-visible Spectroscopy System Operator's Manual
Figure 3.
GPIB connector
and switches
MIO slot for
LAN interface
Line connector
Two CAN
connectors