Installing and Controlling Thermo Scientific Devices
ThermoQuest/Thermo Scientific TRACE GC (2000/Ultra): Dual Operation

The TRACE GC (2000/Ultra) supports dual operation. This lets you simultaneously inject two samples from different sample positions, thus doubling the sample throughput. Make sure that the following conditions are met:

What is required?

License:

Timebase Class 1
(Although the GC is installed in two timebases, as a shared device, only one license is required.)

Connection:

  • Thermo connection cable (to connect the AUX port on the autosampler with the Twin Adapter module).

  • 5-pin or 6-pin standard cable (to connect the GC port on the autosampler with the GC; see  ThermoQuest AS2000/TRACE GC Cable.)

  • 8-pin cable (to connect the GC port on the autosampler with the Generic Handshake port on the GC).

(The above cables are available only from Thermo Scientific.)

  • RS-232 cable (to connect the autosampler to the PC; see  ThermoQuest/Fisons Cable (Dionex part no. 8914.0148).

Hardware
Prerequisites:

Required are:

  • Three free COM ports

  • Twin Adapter module (available from Thermo Scientific)

Devices:

TRACE Gas Chromatograph

Autosamplers:

Two
ThermoQuest AS 2000 GC autosampler or Fisons AS800 GC autosampler
Required firmware version: 3.1 or later

--OR--

One

TriPlus RSH Autosampler

Columns:

Two

Injectors:

Right and left injector

Inlets:

Right and left inlet

Detectors:

Right and left detector

 

Installation in the Server Configuration

For information about the program, refer to Software Installation and Communication  The Server Configuration Program.

To install and configure the GC for dual operation, follow the steps below:

  1. Create two timebases, e.g., TQ_GC_Left and TQ_GC_Right.

  2. Install the GC in one timebase, e.g., TQ_GC_Left.

  3. On the Timebases tab page, select a timebase for the left and right parts (inlet, column, and detector). The default setting is the timebase in which the GC is installed. To change the setting, click the arrow and select a timebase from the list:

  1. If you want to use a third detector (AUX), select the Installed check box on the Aux Detector tab page.

  2. Return to the Timebases tab page and assign the detector to either the left or right part.

  3. On each timebase, install a ThermoQuest AS2000 or Fisons AS800 autosampler. (Both autosamplers are identical in construction.)

 

For information about the configuration settings on the other tab pages, refer to  ThermoQuest/Thermo Scientific TRACE GC: Installation.

For information about how to install the ThermoQuest AS2000, refer to  ThermoQuest/Thermo Scientific AS2000 GC Autosampler.

For information about how to install the Fisons AS800, refer to  Fisons AS800 GC Autosampler AS800.

For information about how to install the TriPlus RSH Autosampler, refer to  TriPlus RSH Autosampler.