Installing and Controlling Third-Party Devices
Agilent 6850 and 6850 Series II GC: Installation

Device Type:

Gas chromatograph

Device Driver:

Agilent or HP: 6850 Gas Chromatograph

Supported Hardware Options:

 

  • Inlet
    Options:
    - Purged Packed EPC
    - Split/Splitless EPC
    - Purged Packed
    - Split/Splitless

  • Column Oven
    - maximum temperature: 350°C
    - cryogenic gas: carbon dioxide

  • Sampler, optionally with
    - Injector (with 5 µl, 10 µl, 25 µl, 50 µl or 100 µl)
    - Tray (with 22 or 27 positions)

  • Detector (optionally with oven):
    - Flame Ionization Detector (FID)
    - Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD)

  • Valve
    - 2 Switching valves
    Note: Multi Position Valves and Gas Sampling Valves (GSV) are not supported.

 

Hardware Installation

Device Connection:

For information about how to connect the 6850 GC, refer to:

 Agilent 6890 and 6850 GCs: LAN (Overview)

 Agilent 6890 and 6850 GCs: RS-232 (Overview)

Device Settings:
(for control via RS-232):

(Also, refer to the Site Preparation and Installation Manual shipped with the GC.)

The communication settings must be as follows:

Baud rate 9600

Handshake No

Parity None

Data bits 8

Stop bits 1

End of command LF

Device Settings:
(for LAN control):

For information about the device settings required for LAN control, refer to  Agilent 6890 and 6850 GCs: LAN Control.

 

Software Installation

Install the Device Driver in the Chromeleon Server Configuration:

  1. Start the Chromeleon server.

  2. Start the Server Configuration program. (For more information about the program, refer to  The Server Configuration Program.)

  3. Add the gas chromatograph to the timebase. For details about how to add timebases and device drivers to the Server Configuration, refer to Adding, Configuring or Deleting Devices. When you add a driver to the timebase, the configuration dialog or wizard opens automatically. For information about the settings, click the Help button on a page or press F1.

 Tip:  

On the Select configuration mode page, enable Get configuration from the instrument. Click Next> to download the hardware configuration from the instrument. (This may take some time.) After the download is complete, the HP Instrument configuration page indicates the downloaded configuration.

  1. To control the 6850 GC, connect the HP6850.pan Control Panel in the Chromeleon client to the corresponding timebase.

 

Troubleshooting

If you have special questions, please contact Dionex Service.

 

Further Information

For more installation details, refer to the manual for the instrument.

For information about the requirements when installing the 6850 GC via a LAN or RS-232 connection, refer to:

 Agilent 6890 and 6850 GCs: LAN (Overview)

 Agilent 6890 and 6850 GCs: RS-232 (Overview)

For an overview of the different Agilent/HP instruments for which device drivers are available in Chromeleon, refer to  Agilent (formerly HP).