Powerline Controller Configuration - Waters 600e User Manual

2.4.1 PowerLine Controller Configuration

This section includes:
• PowerLine Controller description
• PowerLine Controller operation
When to Use PowerLine Mode
Use PowerLine mode to:
• Control external PowerLine devices (such as, autosamplers, detectors and
integrators) from the Waters 600E system through the IEEE-488 bus.
• Develop complex multi-method applications.
Note: Your Waters 600 controller was preconfigured at the factory as a PowerLine
Controller.
PowerLine Description
The PowerLine Controller:
• Automatically sets up and controls all flow rate, gradient, injection, external event,
and detector parameters directly from the 600 controller keyboard.
• Uses a Method table that links time-based control tables. These control tables
consist of a gradient table, events table, and a detector table.
• Interfaces with:
– PowerLine detectors (Waters 410 Refractive Index, Waters 431/432
Conductivity, Waters 486 Tunable Absorbance, Waters 490E Programmable
Multiwavelength).
– PowerLine autoinjectors (Waters 717plus Autosampler).
– Integrator (Waters 745B/746 Data Module).
• Communicates with:
• PowerLine modules (autoinjector and detectors) through the IEEE-488 interface.
• Waters 745B/746 Data Module through the RS-232 serial interface.
See Chapter 4, Setting PowerLine Controller Operating
setting up PowerLine devices.
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