Using Column Id Tags - Agilent Technologies 1260 Infinity II User Manual

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Using the Module
Installing and Using Colunm ID Tags

Using Column ID Tags

Column ID tags are designed to help you to automatically track the usage of
the columns in your laboratory. The column ID tag contains an extensive
amount of information about the column and its usage. Two types of
information are stored:
• Static fields contain information on the physical characteristics of the
• Dynamic fields contain information on the usage of the column such as the
For full details of all the information available on the column ID tag, see
"Column Tag Information"
In pre-labeled tags for Agilent columns, all static fields except Void volume and
Comment are set to read-only for compliance reasons. Only the dynamic fields
are available for update.
Custom tags provide write access to both static and dynamic fields. This
allows you to enter information in the static fields for non-Agilent columns.
When the information is complete, you can seal the tag permanently; when a
tag is sealed, only the dynamic fields are available for update.
The information stored on the pre-labeled column ID tags for Agilent columns
is automatically imported into the Edit Columns table of ChemStation, which
you access from the Instrument menu of the Method and Run Control view (see
"The ChemStation Columns Table"
table of the Column Compartment Dashboard panel (see
Information Table"
static fields (except void Volume and Comment) cannot be edited. The dynamic
fields are updated automatically according to usage.
For custom column tags with no stored column information, you must provide
the details. Using ChemStation, you can import the data from a database (an
existing catalog or inventory, or the Agilent columns guide); for other CDSs,
you must enter the information manually. When you have entered all the
information, you can seal the tag so that the static fields cannot be changed.
It may take several seconds for the column tag to be read and the tables to be updated.
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column such as the length, internal diameter and particle size. Typically,
this information stays the same for the lifetime of the column.
number of injections and maximum measured temperature. Each time you
make an injection on the column, the dynamic information is updated
automatically.
on page 71). Pre-labeled column ID tags are sealed; the
on page 72.
on page 70) and the Column Assignment
1260 Infinity II Multicolumn Thermostat User Manual
"The Column Tag