Installing and Controlling Third-Party Devices
Dostmann P500/P600 and P700 Thermometer

Device Type:

Thermometer

Device Driver:

Dostmann: Thermometer Series P500/P600

Note: This driver now also supports the P700 model type.

Restrictions:

P700 thermometer only: The driver supports only temperature values of up to 850 °C.

 

What is required?

License:

Timebase Class 1

Connection:

P500 and P600:

  • A free 9-pin RS-232 port on the Chromeleon Server PC must be available.

    –OR–

    RS232-USB Interface cable (Dionex part no. 6073.2000). A Virtual COM port is required in this case. For details on installing the Virtual COM port, refer to section Software Installation below.

  • RS232 D-SUB to 8-pin DIN communication cable (Dostmann part no. 5090-0002) to connect the thermometer to the PC.

  • Power unit with adapter (Dostmann part no. 5600-0004 (230 VAC) or 5600-0070 (100-260 Volt, USA and Japan)).

P700:

  • A free USB port is required on the Chromeleon Server PC. To create an additional USB port (virtual COM port), the FTDI driver application (version 2.08.24 or later) has to be installed. The FTDI driver package is provided on the Chromeleon Service Release DVD. For details, refer to section Software Installation below.

  • USB cable (shipped with the module). Alternatively, the Dionex USB cable, 5m (Dionex part no. 6911.0002), can be used.

 Tip:

The thermometer is part of the Column Thermostat PQ Kit available from Thermo Scientific. The Kit includes detailed installation instructions.

 

Hardware Installation

Device Connection:

P500 and P600:

Proceed as follows to connect a P500 or P600 thermometer to the Chromeleon Server PC:

  1. Connect the RS232 D-SUB to 8-pin DIN communication cable with the power unit cable by connecting it to that end of the power unit cable that terminates with a 8-pin DIN connector.

  2. Connect the other end of the RS232 D-SUB cable with the USB adapter cable.

This can be done in two different ways:

  1. RS-232:

Connect the free end of the D-SUB cable directly to a free RS-232 port on the PC. Also, refer to Connecting Devices via RS232.

  1. USB:

  • Connect the free end of the D-SUB cable to the RS232-USB Interface cable (Dionex part no. 6073.2000).

  • Install the driver for a virtual COM port. For details, refer to section Software Installation below.

  1. Connect the thermometer to the virtual COM port on the Chromeleon Server PC.

 

P700:

Proceed as follows to connect a P700 thermometer to the Chromeleon Server PC:

  1. Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB port on the Thermometer and connect the other end of the cable to the USB port on the Server PC.

  2. Turn on the thermometer.

  3. Install the driver for the virtual COM port. For details, refer to section Software Installation below.

Restrictions:

It is not possible to operate the thermometer on the COM ports of a UCI-100 Universal Chromatography Interface.

 

Software Installation

Installation of the virtual COM port

Before installing the Dostmann P5xx/P6xx/P7xx Thermometer driver, a virtual COM port has to be installed on the Chromeleon Server PC.

To install the virtual COM port, use the FTDI driver application (version 2.08.24 or later) provided on the Chromeleon Service Release DVD in the Drivers\USB Virtual COM Port directory. As a result, the USB device will appear as an additional COM port in the Windows Device Manager. For information on how to install the FTDI driver, refer to the installation instructions provided with the FTDI driver on the Chromeleon DVD.

Installation of the Dostmann: P5xx/P6xx/P7xx Thermometer driver

  1. After installation of the virtual COM port, add the Dostmann: P5xx/P6xx/P7xx Thermometer driver to an instrument in the Chromeleon Instrument Configuration Manager. For details, see Adding, Configuring or Deleting Devices. When you add the driver, the configuration dialog for the thermometer opens automatically.

  2. On each configuration page, verify that the settings are correct and select additional settings if needed. For information about a page, click Help or press F1.

Further Information

For details about how to connect the thermometer to Chromeleon, refer to the Installation Instructions for the Dionex Column Thermostat PQ Kit.

For a program example for recording the temperature, refer to  Program Examples for Virtual channels.