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- Page 1 Installation & Getting Started © Zahner 11/2019...
- Page 2 Welcome Dear Zahner User, Thank you very much for choosing a Zahner electrochemical 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 Main Voltage and Main Fuses ......... 8 4. Software Installation ..........9 4.1 ThalesXT Installation ..............9 4.2 Installation of the Calibration Data ........... -
Page 4: General Safety Information
Zennium-ECW (ElectroChemical Workstation). In case only one of these models is addressed, we refer to its name explicitly. Only authorized personnel are allowed to open Zahner devices! There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Non-insulated parts under voltage inside may cause an electric shock when touched. - Page 5 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-ECWs 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 damage 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 using the 3- button-mouse shipped with the system. For connecting the hardware proceed as follows: 1. Connect Zennium-ECW and the computer to main power supply. 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. - Page 10 USB to the c:\ partition of the PC. USB device drivers will be installed. This window will be shown in the language chosen for the PC. Zahner Zennium/IM6 installed. Click Finish/Fertig stellen.
- Page 11 After the installation of Zennium, installation of FTDI USB interface starts automatically. This window will be shown in the language chosen for the Zahner Analysis installation: After the installation of FTDI USB, installation of Zahner Analysis starts automatically. Select the desired file types...
- Page 12 Installation & Getting Started - 12 - Choose the destination folder for installing the Zahner Analysis. Click Install. Zahner Analysis installation is complete. Choose the desired language for the Thales software. BC-Mux installation: Choose the destination location for installation of BC-Mux.
- Page 13 Installation & Getting Started - 13 - With this step the installation process finishes, click Finish. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC installation: Finally, start the installation of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Installation of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is finish. The Installation is complete now!
- Page 14 The Thales XT installation creates the following folders on your hard drive: c:\flink c:\thales The USB device drivers are installed to c:\Windows. The installation software creates the folder Zahner in your Windows Start Menu containing the following links and folders: Thales USB ...
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Page 15: Installation Of The Calibration Data
4.2 Installation of the Calibration Data The calibration data are individual for each device. Click on the setup.exe file from the Zahner USB to install the Calibration data. For the installation of the Calibration data, administrative access to the PC is required. -
Page 16: Configuring & Starting The Thalesxt Software
Installation & Getting Started - 16 - 5. Configuring & Starting the ThalesXT Software In order to start the ThalesXT application, make sure that the ECW is turn on and connected to PC via USB connection. Now, click/double-click on the icon. - Page 17 Installation & Getting Started - 17 - Projects In Thales-Projects you can handle your favourite methods and settings. You are free to dedicate a Thales-Project to a person, to an application, to system-setup, a date or to anything else. In a Thales- Project, a method with all its settings is saved.
- Page 18 Installation & Getting Started - 18 - Start Clicking on this button “Start”, a measurement of the selected method using the previously defined parameters. The dedicated Acquisition Windows will open where you can control and watch the measurement progress. The example shows the EIS online windows. Classic Mode Not all methods and parameters can be accessed by the ThalesXT user-interface.
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Page 19: Classic Mode
Installation & Getting Started - 19 - 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 20 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 21: Menu Structure In Classic Mode
Installation & Getting Started - 21 - 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 22: Tooltips & Online Help System
Installation & Getting Started - 22 - 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 23: Scalable Thales Window
Installation & Getting Started - 23 - 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 24: Special Keys
Installation & Getting Started - 24 - 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 25: Hardcopy
Installation & Getting Started - 25 - If you click on one of these symbols the following actions will be carried out: Closes the box accepting the input Closes the box rejecting the input Calls the Thales Calculator 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.