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Waters 2690 Alliance Control: Galaxie Driver Manual
Waters 2690 Alliance Control: Galaxie Driver Manual
Waters 2690 Alliance Control: Galaxie Driver Manual
General
This document describes the configuration procedure of the
Waters 2690 Alliance driver. It also explains how to build a
control method for this driver, how to start and view a running
acquisition and what actions are available during an analysis.
NOTE: For more details about the configuration of a GPIB_Interface or a NI488 bus,
refer to the Galaxie Chromatography Data System Installation’s Guide.
Configuration Window
NOTE: The HPIB addresses of the 2690 Alliance are displayed on the front panel screen:
at the start of the instrument, click on ‘config’, the 2 HPIB addresses are then
displayed on the configuration page.
In order to control the Waters 2690 by Galaxie, check that the system field in the
configuration screen of the instrument is ‘controlled by Millenium 2.X.X’.
NOTE: Once the system has been created and correctly configured, it must be
associated with one or more projects in order to start acquisitions. For more
details about the creation and configuration of a system, refer to the Galaxie
Configuration Manager User’s Guide.
NOTE: For more details about the programming of each method section, refer to the
Galaxie Chromatography Data System User’s Guide.
Options:
This section allows the user to define elution conditions that will
be applied when the system is not running (not in acquisition) for
a defined time period.
To use this option, check the Standby flow option, then defined
the Timeout (period of time when the system is idle after an
acquisition), and the elution composition.
Temperature Control
NOTE: This option is active only if the Column Oven Installed box has been check when
configuring the system.
Sequence
1. To create a sequence, select the FILE / NEW SEQUENCE,
menu and complete the displayed creation wizard screen
(refer to the Galaxie Chromatography Data System User’s
Guide), by entering the system name that will perform the
analysis, the number of lines (corresponding to the number
of samples) and the sequence name.
The Method Name, the Run Name, the Run ID and the
Acquisition length must be filled in before starting the
analysis. This information is automatically imported from the
acquisition part of the method if defined.
NOTE: For more details about how to start an acquisition, refer to the Galaxie
Chromatography Data System User’s Guide
The final composition and the ramp time to reach this new
composition can be set.
NOTE: This option is active only if the Column Oven Installed box has been check when
configuring the system.
NOTE: This option is active only if the Sample Thermostat Installed box has been check
when configuring the system.
Overview Window