Varian ProStar 701 Driver Manual
Varian, Inc.
2700 Mitchell Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94598-1675/USA
ProStar 701 Fraction
Collector Control
Galaxie Driver Manual
©Varian, Inc. 2005 03-914947-27:Rev.2
Table of Contents
Introduction.............................................................................................. 2
General................................................................................................................................2
Installation and Configuration................................................................ 3
Installing the Driver Software...............................................................................................3
Configuring the Communication Server...............................................................................3
Configuring the Driver..........................................................................................................4
Configuring the Varian ProStar 701 Fraction Collector.................................................4
Configuring the Synopsis..............................................................................................5
Building a Method ................................................................................... 7
Creating a New Method.......................................................................................................7
Control Method Section for the Varian ProStar 701 Fraction Collector.............................10
Collector Parameters Control......................................................................................12
Fraction Collector Mode Control.................................................................................14
Rack Control ...............................................................................................................17
Collection Chain Control .............................................................................................19
Starting and Viewing an Acquisition.................................................... 21
Quick Start and Sequence.................................................................................................21
Quick Start (Single Acquisition) ..................................................................................21
Sequence....................................................................................................................23
Running Acquisition Status................................................................................................24
Viewing a Running Acquisition....................................................................................24
Status of the Varian ProStar 701 Fraction Collector...................................................24
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Introduction
General
This document describes the configuration of the Varian
ProStar 701 Fraction Collector 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.
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Installation and Configuration
Installing the Driver Software
To install the Galaxie Drivers software refer to the Galaxie Data
System Installation Guide.
Configuring the Communication Server
To communicate with the ProStar 701 module an
RS232_Interface or an RS232_PC communication bus must be
configured on the acquisition server.
The parameters of the bus to must be the following:
Stops 1 Stop
Baud 19200 Parity EVEN
Bits 8 Bits Flow Control NONE
Buffer Tx 4096 Buffer Rx 4096
NOTE: For more details about the configuration of an RS232_Interface or an RS232_PC
bus, refer to the Galaxie Chromatography Data System Installation’s Guide.
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Configuring the Driver
The driver software configuration is done in the Galaxie
Configuration Manager when a new chromatographic system is
created.
Configuring the Varian ProStar 701 Fraction Collector
Click on the button corresponding to the Varian ProStar
701 Fraction Collector driver and the configuration screen
appears.
Communication Window
Select from the Hardware Interface list the name of the RS232
Bus where the system has been connected.
NOTE: For more details about the RS232 Bus configuration, refer to the
Configuring the Communication Server section in this manual.
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Define the number of ProStar 701 Fraction Collector installed in
the Number of instrument spin edit. Up to four ProStar 701
Fraction Collectors can be defined.
For each fraction collector, define the address in the Fraction
Collector X ID field. Then press the
button, to connect to the instrument.
Configuring the Synopsis
In the Overview part of the system configuration, a synopsis can
be defined for the system. This synopsis depends on the
configured devices.
1. To save the configuration of these devices, click on the OK
button.
2. Right click on the system name in the bottom part of the
Galaxie Configuration Manager screen. A pop-up menu
appears: click on Stop. Then right click on the system name
again, and click on Start.
3. Go back to the System Configuration screen (Properties
wizard). A graphic of the devices that comprise the system
is displayed in the synopsis screen. To configure the
synopsis as the real instrument configuration, move each
module, and then connect it appropriately. To do this, select
one anchor for each of the two modules (the selected
anchors become red) and click on the
connection tube will appear between the two anchors.
Click on the
button to delete all the tubes.
Click on
make the background transparent.
Click on the
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to delete a selected tube, click on the
to define a background color, or on to
icon to change the grid color.
button; a
4. Once the synopsis configuration is complete, it will be
displayed in the Galaxie Chromatography Data System, in
the Systems tab. In this tab, the Overview part will show the
synopsis of the system with some parameters displayed
(temperature, flow, signal, etc.) depending on the installed
devices.
For example, the following pictures represent the synopsis
of the Varian ProStar 701 Fraction Collector:
Galaxie Configuration Manager Screen
Galaxie Chromatography Data System Screen
NOTE: Once the system has been created and correctly configured, it must be
associated with one or more projects in order to start some acquisitions. Fo r
more details about the creation and configuration of a system, refer to the
Galaxie Configuration Manager User’s Guide.
Click on the
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button to print the current configuration.
Building a Method
Creating a New Method
The method contains parameters for instrument control, data
acquisition, chromatogram processing, and editing of final
results. To initially set up a method, it is not necessary to define
all of the sub-method sections; however, you must fill in the
instrument control section prior to starting an acquisition.
1. To create a new method, select the FILE / NEW METHOD
option from the Galaxie Chromatography Data System main
menu.
A wizard guide will appear and provide assistance during
the first steps of method creation:
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2. Choose the system (chromatograph) associated with the
method. A method is created for a particular system. When
starting an acquisition, the name of the system that
performs the acquisition must be correct, since method
access is limited only to those methods associated with this
system.
3. Once this field is completed, click on the Next button to
move to the second step of the method creation:
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