Configuring the Chromeleon Server
Controlling Devices without a Separate Device Driver

Chromeleon supports a large number of Device Drivers for controlling Dionex devices and third-party instruments. However, in the event that you want to control a device for which a separate device driver is not available, you may use one of the drivers listed below. For information about how to install one of these special drivers, refer to Installing Special Drivers.

Signal Acquisition

• Virtual Channel Driver: Use the virtual channel driver to record, display, save, and export the system status (e.g., relay status, gradients, and pump pressure) and Virtual Signals (e.g., UV_VIS_1/UV_VIS_2 and others) as signals.

• Integrator Driver: Use the Integrator Driver to record analog signals (for example, from gas chromatographs and pumps).

Autosampler

• Remote Inject: Use the Remote Inject driver to communicate the time of injection from a non-controlled autosampler to Chromeleon.

Pumps

• DAC Pump(s): Use the DAC Pumps driver to define the flow and the solvent composition for voltage-controlled pumps. Verify that a Dionex 12-bit DAC card is installed. For information about how to install the card, refer to Hardware Installation  Installing the 12-Bit DAC Card ("Pump DA Converter").

• Relay-Controlled Gradient: Use the Relay-Controlled Gradient driver to define the solvent composition for relay-controlled pumps. Verify that a UCI-100 Universal Chromatography Interface or a Dionex relay card is installed.

Devices (General)

• Generic Device Driver: Use the generic device driver to program your own driver, which then supports some of the functions of the corresponding device.

PC Plug-in Cards

• Shared Relays and Inputs: Use the Shared Relays and Inputs driver to control relays and remote inputs of PC plug-in cards.