Metrohm 847 User Manual
CH-9101 Herisau/Schweiz
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847 USB Lab Link
Lab Link Server
Instructions for Use
8.847.1003 05.2006 / ars
Teachware
Metrohm AG
Oberdorfstrasse 68
CH-9101 Herisau
teachware@metrohm.com
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847 USB Lab Link / Lab Link Server
Table of contents
Introduction................................................................. 1
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1.1 Instrument description............................................................. 1
1.1.1 Arrangement and functions.................................................. 2
1.2 Information about these Instructions for Use ......................... 3
1.2.1 Organization ......................................................................... 3
1.2.2 Notation and pictograms .....................................................4
1.3 Parts and controls .................................................................... 5
1.4 Safety information .................................................................... 5
1.4.1 Electrical safety.....................................................................5
2 Installation .................................................................. 6
2.1 Requirements ........................................................................... 6
2.2 Lab Link Server configuration .................................................7
2.2.1 Software installation .............................................................7
2.2.2 Basic settings ....................................................................... 7
2.3 847 USB Lab Link configuration ............................................ 16
2.3.1 Connection to Titrando and network..................................16
2.3.2 Parameter configuration.....................................................16
3 Operation................................................................... 24
3.1 Making new connections or editing existing ones ............... 24
3.2 Making a connection .............................................................. 32
3.3 Delete connection .................................................................. 33
3.4 Breaking and remaking connections..................................... 34
3.5 Remote service....................................................................... 34
3.6 847 Configuration report........................................................ 36
4 Troubleshooting ........................................................ 37
4.1 Faults ..................................................................................... 37
5 Appendix.................................................................... 39
5.1 Technical data ........................................................................39
5.1.1 Interfaces............................................................................39
5.1.2 Ambient temperature..........................................................39
5.1.3 Power supply...................................................................... 39
5.1.4 Dimensions.........................................................................39
5.1.5 Disposal.............................................................................. 39
5.2 Standard equipment............................................................... 40
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5.3 Warranty and conformity........................................................41
5.3.1 Warranty .............................................................................41
5.3.2 Declaration of Conformity ..................................................42
6 Index...........................................................................43
847 USB Lab Link / Lab Link Server
1 Introduction
1 Introduction
1.1 Instrument description
The Lab Link System consists of the instrument 847 USB Lab Link and the
PC program Lab Link Server. It allows the Ethernet connection (e.g. intranet, LAN) of a Titrando system with Touch Control. Several Titrando systems
can transfer their data (methods, results, LIMS data, etc.) to a networked PC
with installed Lab Link Server software via such a TCP/IP connection. In this
way correspondingly configured folders of the server PC are available to
Touch Control as an additional memory medium.
In addition, the Titrando system has the possibility of sending e-mail messages via the Lab Link Server.
A further feature of the Lab Link System is the possibility of using a network
printer. You can print out your current sample data and reports on a printer
in the network directly from Touch Control.
The remote service function of the Lab Link System can be used for "Long
Distance Service", i.e. your Titrando system can be serviced by technicians
without them having to be physically present. Access to your system is via
the network.
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1 Introduction
1.1.1 Arrangement and functions
The following illustration shows the schematic arrangement of a Titrando
system for network operation in combination with the Lab Link Server. Peripheral devices such as stirrers, etc. have been left out for reasons of clarity.
Each Titrando system consists of at least one Titrando, one Touch Control
for control and an 847 USB Lab Link, which provides the network connection. The illustration shows 4 systems that are managed by the Lab Link
Server. All systems can print out on the "Network Printer",
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Network Printer
Fig. 1 Titrando system with Ethernet connection
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1.2 Information about these Instructions for Use
1.2.1 Organization
Attention!
Please study these instructions carefully before you start to use the 847
USB Lab Link and the Lab Link Server. The instructions contain information
and warnings that must be observed by the user in order to guarantee the
safe use of the instrument. Please keep these instructions near the instrument so that they are always to hand when required.
These Instructions for Use for the 847 USB Lab Link and the Lab Link Server
provide a comprehensive overview about the installation, startup, operation,
troubleshooting and technical specifications of the instrument.
The Instructions for Use are arranged as follows:
• Introduction
General description of the instrument, operating elements and safety
information
• Installation
Installation of the instrument and the server
• Operation
Setting up and operating the instrument
• Troubleshooting
Description of possible problems and their solution
• Appendix
Technical data, standard equipment, warranty and declaration of
conformity
• Index
In order to find the required information should either use the Table
of contents or the Index.
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1 Introduction
1.2.2 Notation and pictograms
The following notations and pictograms (symbols) are used in these instructions:
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[Continue]
Control element, instrument element
see illustration in Section 1.3
Button
on the user interface
Warning
This symbol indicates a possible risk of
damage to the instrument or its components if the given information is not
properly observed.
Caution
This symbol indicates important information that you should read before
continuing.
Note
This symbol indicates additional information and tips which may be of particular use to you.
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1.3 Parts and controls
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Fig. 2 Front view 847 USB Lab Link
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LED "Power" Display
Lit up when power supply of the 847
USB Lab Link, via Titrando, is sufficient (exception: with USB hub, see
p. 16)
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3
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RJ45 network connection (Ethernet)
Connection to network (10 Mbit/s)
2
LED "Status" Display
Blinks irregularly during data transfer
1.4 Safety information
Warning!
This instrument should only be used in accordance with the information
given in these instructions for Use.
1.4.1 Electrical safety
Please observe the following guidelines:
• Do not open the 847 USB Lab Link housing. This could destroy the
device. Inside the housing there are no components that the user
can service or exchange.
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USB connection
USB-Port (type B), connection to Titrando
Electrical safety when handling the 847 USB Lab Link is guaranteed within
the framework of the EN/IEC 61010-4 and EN 55022 standards.
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2 Installation
2 Installation
2.1 Requirements
In order to network a Titrando system using the 847 USB Lab Links you require the following equipment (see also Section 5.1 Technical data).
• Titrando system with Touch Control
• 847 USB Lab Link
• at least a 10 Mbit network with RJ45 Ethernet cable
• one free IP address per 847 USB Lab Link; Subnet Mask and Gate-
way must be known or have to be assigned by the DHCP server
The Lab Link Server software should be installed on a PC with the following
requirements:
• Processor: Pentium III
• RAM: 256 MB
• Operating system: Windows 2000/XP
• Free hard disk memory: 50 MB for program files and sufficient
space for the planned Titrando data
• Network connection with at least 10 Mbit/s
The use of Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP as the operating system
is absolutely essential.
Caution!
The installation of the Lab Link Server must be carried out as "Administrator". If you are using an NTFS file system then take care that the users
intending to utilize the server operation have full rights of access to the data
folders that have to be set and to all subfolders created in them. This can
be checked in Windows Explorer in the security settings in which the
properties of the corresponding folders are defined. Please note that for the
operation of the Lab Link Server software the corresponding user must
remain continuously logged in under Windows.
Windows XP: The safety settings described above are only accessible
when the option "Use simple file release" is switched off in the menu Extras
/ File options / View in Windows Explorer.
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2.2 Lab Link Server configuration
2.2.1 Software installation
On the server PC start the installation program Titrando.exe in the main
folder of the accompanying CD and select the option Lab Link Server. You
can also start the corresponding installation program Setup.exe directly
from the folder Lab Link Server. Follow the instructions given by the program.
2.2.2 Basic settings
After successful installation start the program Lab Link Server. The main
program window opens:
Under File / Preferences you should first configure some standard settings.
These will then appear automatically as defaults when setting up new connections. Later, you can alter or complete these settings (see Section
Note
The standard settings of all the tabs under File / Preferences can be reset
together to the values they had immediately after the program installation
with the [Default] button.
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3.1).
2 Installation
• Defaults
A common default root path can be defined for the data (methods, determinations etc.) of all the Titrando systems connected to the Lab Link Server.
The specific folders for the individual Lab Link connections are defined separately (see Section 3.1). Additionally, you can select a standard printer for all
connected Titrando systems.
1. Under Default root path enter the required Default root path.
2. Under Default printer select the printer that is to be adopted as the de-
fault printer for all Lab Link connections. Any local printer or one available
in the network can be selected here, provided that it has been installed
on the PC.
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• E-Mail defaults
Error and warning messages from the Touch Control can be sent by e-mail
to any address. Under E-Mail defaults you can define the standard instructions for the corresponding settings of the Lab Link connections.
1. Enter the SMTP Mail Server address of your mail server.
2. Define a Sender
in the mail header of the E-Mail.
3. Enter the Sender
4. Define a Receiver E-Mail name.
5. Enter the Receiver E-Mail address. If an invalid e-mail address is en-
tered the sender e-mail address will receive a message that the e-mail
cannot be delivered.
E-Mail name which has to appear as the E-Mail sender
E-Mail address.
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• System
1. Activate the checkbox Windows write protection of transferred file, if
you want to provide all files (methods, determinations etc.) transferred
from the Titrando system to the Lab Link Server with a write protection.
Files transferred from the Titrando system to the Lab Link Server are not write
protected by default outside the Touch Control. By activating this checkbox
all files can be protected by the Windows write protection after transmission
to the server, so that they cannot be directly overwritten or deleted in a Windows file manager (e.g. Explorer). This Windows write protection should not
be confused with the write protection option in Touch Control under Method
options / Save automatically, which provides an internal system protection
against accidental overwriting or deletion of files.
Note
Please note that, if the "Windows write protection" is activated, there is no
possibility of deleting or overwriting an already existing file on the server
from the Titrando system. In this case the "Windows write protection" for the
particular file must first be manually disabled at the Lab Link server PC.
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2. File name check for method files only: When files are saved, the Titrando checks the exclusivity of the file name in all folders and subfolders
in the folder defined as Root path for the particular Lab Link connection.
This check could take some time, particularly when a large number of determination files are stored in a single (sub)folder. By activating this
checkbox this check can be switched off for all files with the exception of
the methods. This increases the performance, but the Titrando user must
then personally ensure that no files names are used twice.
Note
If you automatically save your determinations (see Instructions for Use for
PC Control / Touch Control) the Touch Control will provide an exclusive
name. In this case it is sufficient if you let the system check the exclusivity
of the method names only.
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