Installing and Controlling Third-Party Devices
Waters 717plus Autosampler: Installation

 

Device Type:

Autosampler

Device Driver:

Waters: 717plus Autosampler

Hardware Options
Supported:

Sample temperature control

Restrictions:

  • The device driver does not support the mixing option.

  • This Waters device cannot connect to a NI-488.2 driver version 15.0 or later. You must use a NI-488.2 driver with software version ≤ v.14.0.

 

What is required?

License:

Timebase Class 1

Connection:

The following cable is required:

GPIB cable (Dionex part no.: 5919.0013; for more information refer to  GPIB IEEE 488 Bus Cable)

 Tip: 

You cannot connect the Waters 717plus Autosampler to a UCI Universal Chromatography Interface because the UCI does not provide a GPIB connector.

Hardware
Prerequisites:

GPIB interface card or GPIB/USB adapter
Tested for autosamplers with firmware version 3.1.

 Tips:  

The Waters BusLAC/ETM card cannot be used with Chromeleon.

Thermo Fisher Scientific advises against using Waters devices and Agilent HP 1100 Systems on the same GPIB card.

Software
Prerequisites:

VISA library (≤ version 14.0)

Control Panel:

HPLC.pan

Hardware Installation

 Caution:

When connecting several devices or systems via GPIB, connect them in series (not in a star structure) and turn all devices on. Otherwise, communication problems may occur.

  1. First, install Chromeleon software, and then connect the instrument using the GPIB IEEE 488 bus cable from Dionex.

  2. Follow the description in the instrument's manual to set the GPIB number on the autosampler display (Configuration Page 4) to any number between 2 and 29. (The default is 30, that is, the GPIB connection is disabled.) When setting the GPIB number, make sure that the new GPIB address has not yet been assigned to another instrument.

Software Installation

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.

Troubleshooting

 Waters Instruments: Troubleshooting

 GPIB-Connected Devices: Troubleshooting

For a list of all error messages, refer to the Error Levels tab page of the instrument's Properties in the Chromeleon Server Configuration program.

Further Information

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

For information about the supported GPIB interfaces, refer to Connecting Third-Party Devices via GPIB.

For an overview of the different Waters instruments that can be controlled by Chromeleon, refer to  Waters.