Introduction
Establishing a Serial Connection between the Server PC and the Instrument

Chromeleon allows you to control different devices, using different interfaces (including USB, TCP/IP, DX-LAN (10BASE-T and BNC), and RS-232). A serial port must be available on the instrument. A serial interface cable is used to connect the serial port on the instrument to the serial port (COM port) on the PC. For an overview of the various interface types, refer to

 Connecting Devices to the Chromeleon Server PC

Installation of these instruments may require that you upgrade the server PC by installing additional PC plug-in cards; for example, when the number of serial PC ports is not sufficient. For installation and configuration details for the cards that are available from Dionex, refer to  Installing PC Plug-in Cards.

However, you may also use the UCI Universal Chromatography Interface instead. For more information about the UCI, refer to  UCI Universal Chromatography Interface: Overview.