Detector Control; Operation From The Front Panel Display; Chromeleon Software - Thermo Scientific Dionex UltiMate 3000 Series Operating Instructions Manual

UltiMate 3000 Series:
VWD-3100 and VWD-3400RS Variable Wavelength Detectors

5.3 Detector Control

5.3.1 Operation from the Front Panel Display

The function keys provided on the front panel display (→ page 64) allow you to operate
the detector directly from the display. Select the required settings on the front panel menus
(→ page 67), and then start data acquisition as described in section 5.5.5 (→ page 80).
When the detector is connected from Chromeleon, front panel input related to the
measurement is disabled to prevent changes to the operating parameters. (Operating
parameters are set to read-only.) Parameters that do not interfere with the measurement, such
as the screen brightness or contrast, can still be changed.

5.3.2 Chromeleon Software

Before you begin, verify that
1. The Chromeleon software is installed on the computer and the license code is entered.
2. The detector is connected to the Chromeleon computer by means of a USB
connection.
Tip: Verify that Chromeleon is installed on the computer and that the license
code is entered before you connect the detector to the USB port on the
Chromeleon computer and turn on the detector power. Only then, the USB
driver for the detector is automatically loaded and the Windows operating
system can detect the detector when the power is turned on.
3. The detector is set up in Chromeleon, as described in section 3.5 (→ page 41).
Before you can operate the detector with Chromeleon, you have to connect the timebase in
which the detector is installed to the Chromeleon client program (→ page 59).
Two modes of software control are available:
Direct control with the parameters and commands from the Commands dialog box
•
(→ page 59) or from a control panel (→ page 61).
• Automated control with a control program (PGM) (→ page 62).
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