Thermo Scientific GENESYS 20 Service Manual page 31

5. If you were mailed the floppy diskette with the MONOTAB.EXE file and your serial number file, insert the
floppy diskette into the A drive and change the directory to the A drive by pressing A: and press the ENTER
key. Type the command DIR to read the files on the floppy diskette. You should see the two files that you
need, MONOTAB.EXE and your serial number file (e.g. 3SG91010.20W) If you were E-Mailed the files
or received the files over the Internet, save the files to your hard drive (Normally the C drive) and run the
files from there.
6. Type the following: MONOTAB 1
7. You should then see the following menu on the computer:
0. Quit
1. Load all monochromator tables
2. Load micro step table only
3. Load wavelength table only
4. Query monochromator table
8. Press 1, then ENTER to 'load all monochromator tables' to the GENESYS 20.
9. If there are no communication problems, you will be prompted to enter the filename (serial number file of
the instrument; i.e. 3SG91010.20W). Then press the ENTER key on the computer keyboard. The file will
be loaded into the GENESYS 20 at this time.
10. If you did not get the prompt to enter the serial number file, then there are communication problems. Check
the following:
a. The RS232 cable is securely fastened to the GENESYS 20 and the computer.
b. The RS232 cable is connected to the Com 1 port on the computer.
c. The RS232 setup on the GENESYS 20 is set up as detailed in step 3 above.
11. If the file was loaded correctly, turn the instrument off and back on again. The wavelength tables should be
loaded properly and the instrument should operate normally.
(Loads the table from the floppy or hard drive to the
GENESYS 20)
(Loads only the micro step table to the GENESYS 20)
(Loads only the wavelength table to the GENESYS 20)
(Reads all of the monochromator tables and creates a file on
the floppy or hard drive, depending on where you are running
the MONOTAB.EXE file from.)
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