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Agilent 5890 Table of Contents Contents 1 Agilent 5890 GC Control Module 2 Requirements 3 Installation Procedure 3.1 GC Chromatograph setup 3.2 Connections 3.3 Description of connectors: 3.4 Installing the GC module in the PC: 3.5 Clarity Configuration 3 Using the control module 3.6 Method Setup - GC...
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Table of Contents Clarity Control Module To facilitate the orientation in the Agilent 5890 manual and Clarity chromatography station, different fonts are used throughout the manual. Meanings of these fonts are: Instrument (blue text) marks the name of the window to which the text refers.
Agilent 5890 1 Agilent 5890 GC Control Module 1 Agilent 5890 GC Control Module The Agilent 5890 GC driver can control Agilent (formerly HP) 5890A , 5890 Series II and 4890D chromatographs. Fig 1: Agilent (HP) 5890 with an autosampler Tab 1: Control Board compatibility:...
Note: Cables are not part of Clarity Control Module. It is strongly recommended to order required cables together with the Control Module. HPIB/RS232 Interface card set for HP 5890. Can be only obtained from Agilent or third parties. Caution: Check the Control Board compatibility table in the chapter "Agilent 5890 GC Control Module"...
Agilent 5890 3 Installation Procedure 3 Installation Procedure 3.1 GC Chromatograph setup Installing the interface card in the GC unit Note: Not necessary if the board is already installed Unscrew and remove the right-hand panel of the chromatograph Remove the original INET card...
3 Installation Procedure Clarity Control Module 3.2 Connections When the HP5890 is controlled by the serial line ( RS232 ), both INET connectors must be connected, which can be done by wiring on the back side of the card or INET loop cable. Communication between AS and PC (COM port) proceeds over standard serial printer cable - see Fig 6 (modem cable cannot be used).
Agilent 5890 3 Installation Procedure 3.3 Description of connectors: Signal 1 (2) 12-pin HP connector with output of both analog amplifiers (connected to detector). It is possible to plug in both orientations with same function. Note: Not necessary when using the digital acquisition.
3.4 Installing the GC module in the PC: Select and if necessary install a fast serial port in the PC. Caution: In the following procedure the setup of HP 5890 with digital acquisition (without A/D converters) will be described. Install Clarity station; in the...
(see Fig 4 on pg 7 .) to invoke the Available Control Modules dialog. ② You can specify the searching filter to simplify the finding of the driver. ③ Select the 5890 and press the Add button. - 7 -...
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Use the Autodetect button to read in instrument configuration and check the communication. Press the OK button. ④ The Agilent 5890 GC Driver item will appear in the Setup Control Modules list in the left part of System Configuration dialog.
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Agilent 5890 3 Installation Procedure Drag and drop the HP 5890 GC Driver from the Setup Control Modules in ⑦ the left to the instrument on the right side⑥ or use the --> button . Set only one detector if you do not wish to acquire both signals simultaneously.
3.6 Method Setup - GC Use the From GC button to download current method parameters from Agilent 5890 (and save it under suitable name). You can use this procedure to copy the parameters of your methods already stored in the GC memory to Clarity.
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In the Method Setup - Acquisition dialog select the voltage range to be acquired. Signals exceeding this value will be cut. Note: The acquisition frequency Rate is fixed to 10 Hz for Agilent 5890 with digital data acquisition. - 11 -...
Agilent 5890 4 Troubleshooting 4 Troubleshooting Configuration for two independent detectors Independent (isothermal) data acquisition on two independent detectors can be used only with analog data acquisition (using A/D convertor). It cannot be used with digital data acquisition. Why there is no data coming from the GC once Start has been pressed? Most probably you have set the setting to Local Mode instead of Global Mode.
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