Setting Up The Spectrophotometer - Agilent Technologies Cary 8454 Installation Manual

2 Installation and Start Up
Installing your UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
• The multi-cell connector allows you to connect the cable which comes from
• The GPIO (general purpose input/output) connector allow you to connect
• The remote connector may be used in combination with other analytical
• The RS 232 connector may be used to control the spectrophotometer from a
• The MIO slot for the Lan interface.
• The accessory board slot is reserved for future use.
• The power input socket accepts a line voltage of 100–240 V AC with a line
On the right side of the instrument there is a door for exchanging the lamps.
Behind this plastic door there is another sheet metal door. Two independent
safety light switches are implemented. They automatically turn off the lamps
when the sheet metal door is opened.

Setting up the Spectrophotometer

Connecting your Spectrophotometer via LAN to the Computer see Chapter 6,
"LAN Communication, Installation, Connection and Configuration"
Connecting Power to Your Spectrophotometer
See Figure 2 on page 23.
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the multicell transport.
your sipper and autosampler or other accessories.
instruments from Agilent Technologies if you want to use features such as
common shut down, prepare etc.
computer through RS 232 connection, using appropriate software (for
future use). This connector needs to be activated by the configuration
switch module next to the GPIB connector. The software needs the
appropriate drivers to support this communication. See your software
documentation for further information.
frequency of 50 or 60 Hz. Maximum power consumption is 220 VA. There is
no voltage selector on your spectrophotometer because the power supply
has wide ranging capability. There are no externally accessible fuses,
because automatic electronic fuses are implemented in the power supply.
The security lever at the power input socket prevents that the
spectrophotometer cover is taken off when line power is still connected.
Agilent Cary 8454 UV-Visible Spectroscopy System Installation Guide