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Page 1: Getting Started
Installation & Getting Started © Zahner 11/2018... - Page 2 Welcome Dear Zahner User, Thank you very much for choosing a Zahner Workstation of the Zennium family. You made your decision for an instrument which is known for its reliability, accuracy and exceptional performance. As Zahner R&D is always in touch with scientists and engineers at universities and industry, our products are practice-oriented and user-friendly.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Installation & Getting Started - 3 - 1. General Safety Information ........4 2. Unpacking..............7 3. Hardware Installation..........8 3.1 Switch Mains Voltage and Mains Fuses........8 4. Software Installation ..........9 4.1 ThalesXT Installation ..............9 4.2 Installation of the Calibration Data ..........13 4.3 Installing USB Driver manually .......... -
Page 4: General Safety Information
Before installing the instrument, please read this information carefully for your safety and for the safety of your system. In the following, we refer to the workstations Zennium-X, Zennium-pro, Zennium, Zennium-E and Zennium-P600 as Zennium-ECW (ElectroChemical Workstation). In case only one of these models is addressed, we refer to its name explicitly. -
Page 5: Electrostatic Discharge
Installation & Getting Started - 5 - This device consumes, produces and radiates electric energy. Improper installation may cause electric disturbances on radio transmitters and receivers. Vice versa, strong emitters of electric fields may cause noise and artifacts to the instrument measurements. IMPORTANT ! 1.1 Electrostatic Discharge Zennium-ECW are very sensitive instruments measuring currents down to the range of fA and aA. - Page 6 Installation & Getting Started - 6 - 1.2 Grounded/Floating Mode & Active Shielding In Grounded Mode the Working Electrode WE is connected to ground. This provides the best signal-to-noise ratio and therefore is recommended for most applications. In this mode you have to take care that your sample is not grounded.
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Page 7: Unpacking
- 7 - 2. Unpacking All Zahner products are carefully produced, calibrated, and tested so that they achieve their high quality standard. Also assembling of accessories and packing are done with utmost care. Nevertheless, the system may get broken during shipment. Therefore, we recommend checking all parts of the shipment directly after receipt for completeness. -
Page 8: Hardware Installation
Installation & Getting Started - 8 - 3. Hardware Installation For controlling a Zennium-ECW system a Windows computer is needed. We recommend to use the 3- button-mouse shipped with the system. For connecting the hardware proceed as follows: 1. Connect Zennium-ECW and the computer to mains 2. -
Page 9: Software Installation
Installation & Getting Started - 9 - 4. Software Installation ThalesXT Software Suite is especially designed for controlling Zennium-ECW and analyzing the data created by the workstation. It is running under Windows7/8/10 in 32 and 64 bit versions. Make sure that you have full administrator access to the computer. Especially, you need access to c:\flink, c:\thales and c:\windows Make sure that all energy management tools are deactivated. - Page 10 Installation & Getting Started - 10 - Follow the instructions on the screen as follows: During installation the folders c:\flink and c:\thales are created and files will be copied from DVD to the c:\ partition of the PC. USB device drivers will be installed. After Thales software installation Hardcopy software is installed.
- Page 11 Installation & Getting Started - 11 - Save settings and proceed installation process Online help function requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or higher. If selected, Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.0 will be installed. Follow the installation guide finish installation of Adobe Acrobat Reader. If selected, the installation wizard of ZMAN2.0 will...
- Page 12 Installation & Getting Started - 12 - The ThalesXT installation creates the following folders on your hard drive: c:\flink c:\thales c:\Programs\Zive Lab\ZMAN 2.x\ZMAN.exe (if selected) c:\Programs\National Instruments (if selected) c:\Programs\International Light (for CIMPS-options ABS or EMIT only) The USB device drivers are installed to c:\Windows. The installation software creates the folder ThalesXT in your Windows Start Menu containing the following links and folders: •...
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Page 13: Installation Of The Calibration Data
Installation & Getting Started - 13 - 4.2 Installation of the Calibration Data The calibration data are individual for each device. Therefore, they cannot be stored on the Thales DVD. They come on a CD labelled “Calibration Data” plus the serial number of your workstation. You can find it on the inside manual cover. -
Page 14: Installing Usb Driver Manually
Installation & Getting Started - 14 - 4.3 Installing USB Driver manually Under Windows 7/8/10 the USB device driver is installed automatically during the Thales installation process. You do not need to install it manually. If for any reason the drivers have to be installed separately, please proceed as follows. The USB drivers are digitally signed and available for the following operating systems: •... -
Page 15: Configuring & Starting The Thalesxt Software
Installation & Getting Started - 15 - 5. Configuring & Starting the ThalesXT Software In order to start the ThalesXT application click/double-click on the icon. When starting ThalesXT software for the very first time the windows firewall will ask you for permission for the term131.exe task. -
Page 16: Thalesxt Main Menu
Installation & Getting Started - 16 - 5.1 ThalesXT Main Menu In the ThalesXT main menu you can 1. Create, delete and edit Thales-Projects 2. Select your application field 3. Select your preferred techniques 4. Select the method you want to work with 5. - Page 17 Installation & Getting Started - 17 - Methods From this menu you select the method of your choice. If you set the “Application” filter to “All Applications” and the “Techniques” filter to “All Techniques”, all available methods will be shown in this list.
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Page 18: Classic Mode
Installation & Getting Started - 18 - 6. Classic Mode You can change into Classic Mode by clicking on the Classic Mode button in the ThalesXT main menu. This gives access to more methods and in some cases more details. If you selected a method before entering Classic Mode, ThalesXT will directly jump to the corresponding Classic Mode page. - Page 19 Online-Display of Additional Measurement Channels Frequency Response Analysis Polarography Methods Simulation & Fitting Software Import of Data Measured by Third Party Hardware Script Sequencer Execution of Special Software Zahner Text Editor File Manager Online-Calculator Notepad Setting Time and Date General System Setup...
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Page 20: Menu Structure In Classic Mode
Installation & Getting Started - 20 - Graphics Software 6.1 Menu Structure in Classic Mode Also the Classic Mode of the ThalesXT software (here called Thales) provides an easy-to-handle user- interface. Step by step it guides the user through all necessary settings. If you are familiar with your application, you are able to use the Thales software without a special training. -
Page 21: Tooltips & Online Help System
Installation & Getting Started - 21 - 6.3 Tooltips & Online Help System When pointing mouse cursor to an active button, a small ® Windows tooltip information will pop-up after a short delay. Full information about a function or button can be accessed by clicking the secondary mouse button. -
Page 22: Scalable Thales Window
Installation & Getting Started - 22 - 6.4 Scalable Thales Window The Thales window is proportional scalable from 80% to maximum screen resolution in steps of 80 pixels (width). Zoom in with CTRL + + and zoom out with CTRL + - or use minimize and maximize window buttons. -
Page 23: Special Keys
Installation & Getting Started - 23 - 6.6 Special Keys Some keys have special functions when handling the user interface of the Thales software: With the ESC key you have one of three similar functions depending on the context: you reach the next higher menu level you terminates a running process you escapes from a dialog without accepting the changes made. -
Page 24: Hardcopy
Installation & Getting Started - 24 - An input box may have one or more lines for one or more parameters or texts to be input. You finish a line by pressing the key. If the box only had one line or you edited the last line, the box ENTER will close then and the new value is accepted.
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