Teledyne Foxy 200, Foxy Jr, Foxy R1, Foxy R2 User Manual

Clarity Controls

Teledyne Foxy 200

FC ENG

Code/Rev.: M165/70B

Date: 12/21/2016

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Teledyne Foxy 200 Table of Contents

Contents

1 Teledyne Foxy 200 Control Module 1
2 Requirements 2
3 Installation Procedure 3

3.1 Teledyne Foxy 200 fraction collector communication 3

3.2 Clarity Configuration 4

4 Using the control module 6

4.1 Method Setup - FC - Fraction Table 7

4.2 Method Setup - FC - Vial Numbers 12

4.3 Hardware Configuration 14

4.4 Device Monitor 15

4.5 Data Acquisition window 17

4.6 DataApex UNI Setup 18

5 Report Setup 20
6 Troubleshooting 21

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Table of Contents Clarity Controls

To facilitate the orientation in the Teledyne Foxy 200 manual and Clarity chromatography
station, different fonts are used throughout the manual. Meanings of these fonts are:

Instrument (blue text) marks the name of the window to which the text refers.

Open File(italics) describes the commands and names of fields in Clarity, parameters that can
be entered into them or a window or dialog name (when you already are in the topic describing
the window).

WORK1 (capitals) indicates the name of the file and/or directory.
ACTIVE (capital italics) marks the state of the station or its part.

The bold text is sometimes also used for important parts of the text and the name of the Clarity
station. Moreover, some sections are written in format other than normal text. These sections are
formatted as follows:

Note: Notifies the reader of relevant information.

Caution: Warns the user of possibly dangerous or very important

information.

▌ Marks the problem statement or trouble question.

Description: Presents more detailed information on the problem, describes its causes,

etc.

Solution: Marks the response to the question, presents a procedure how to remove it.

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Teledyne Foxy 200 1 Teledyne Foxy 200 Control Module

1 Teledyne Foxy 200 Control Module

This manual describes the setting of the Teledyne Foxy 200 fraction
collector. The control module enables direct control of the instrument over
serial line.

Fig 1: Teledyne Foxy 200 fraction collector

Direct control means that the fraction collector can be completely
controlled from the Clarity environment. The Instrument method
controlling the analysis conditions will be saved in the measured
chromatograms.
The control is performed via the UNI Ruby control module and the
Teledyne Foxy 200 script.

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Teledyne Foxy 200 2 Requirements

2 Requirements

l Free serial COM port in the PC.

Note: Modern computers usually have only one (if any) serial (COM) port

installed. To use more devices requiring the RS232 port, the MultiCOM
adapter (p/n MC01) is available.

l Serial DB9F-DB25M cable (p/n SK12).

Note: Cables are not part of Clarity Control Module. It is strongly

recommended that you order the required cables together with the
Control Module.

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Teledyne Foxy 200 3 Installation Procedure

3 Installation Procedure

3.1 Teledyne Foxy 200 fraction collector communication

The Teledyne Foxy 200 is controlled by serial (RS232) communication.
It uses a serial DB9F-DB25M straight cable (p/n SK12) described in the
picture below.

Fig 2: Serial DB9F-DB25M cable

On top of that, the fraction collector must be switched to the same Baud
Rate as set in Clarity and the ID=5 to work with the control module. To do
so, start the fraction collector and load the Program A, then select the Edit
A option. Select page 3 from the Edit submenu and set the Serial function,
then set the Baud Rate as desired and ID to 5 in the next screen.

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3 Installation Procedure Clarity Controls

3.2 Clarity Configuration

Fig 3: How to Add UNI Ruby module

l

Start the Clarity station by clicking on the icon on the desktop.

l Invoke the System Configuration dialog accessible from the Clarity

window using the System - Configuration... command.

l Press the Add button (① on Fig 3 on pg 4.) to invoke the Available Control

Modules dialog.

l You can specify the search filter ② to simplify the finding of the driver.

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