Communicating With Instruments; Adding An Instrument To The Pc Database - Thermo Scientific Varioskan User Manual

Installing SkanIt Software

Communicating with instruments

Communicating with
instruments
Adding an instrument to the
PC database
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The instrument has to be configured in the SkanIt Software database before
a connection can be established between the instrument and the SkanIt
Software on the PC.
When the instrument and SkanIt Software are connected, the software
checks the serial number of the instrument and compares it to the one in
the database. The following sections will describe the instrument and
software settings. Also see Chapter 13: Settings".
1. Open the Instrument Settings dialog by selecting Settings >
Instrument....
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Connect - Opens a connection to the default instrument.
Disconnect - Closes the connection to the default instrument.
You must close the connection before setting another instrument
as the default.
Set Default - Click the button to set the selected instrument as
the default. The software will try to connect to the default
instrument when it is launched (see Launching SkanIt Software"
on page 54), if the Connect to default instrument at startup
setting is selected (see General" on page 226).
Setup... - You can edit an existing instrument (see below).
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