Commands and Tips for Third-Party Devices
Agilent 6890/6850 GCs: General

The following commands and properties are available (please note that the display Filter level determines which commands and properties are displayed):

 

Property

Min.

Max.

Default

Description

Ambient

0°C

450°C in
increments of 1.

² (Demo
mode: 24°C)

Temperature in the laboratory. (The property is available only if Cryo is selected on the Options configuration tab page.)

Cryo

Off

On

² (Demo
mode: Off)

If set to On, the cryogenic valve operates automatically. If set to Off, the valve is disabled. (The property is available only if Cryo is selected on the Options configuration tab page.)

CryoFault

Off

On

Off

The oven shuts down if it does not reach the set point temperature after the time specified for cryo operation. (The property is available only if Cryo is selected on the Options configuration tab page.)

CryoTimeout

0 min

999.99 min
in 0.01 increments

² (Demo
mode: 0.00 min)

Indicates the time that the GC waits before turning off the cooling if no sample has been injected.

CryoTimeoutOn

Off

On

² (Demo
mode: On)

Turns on CryoTimeout on or off. (The property is available only if Cryo is selected on the Options configuration tab page.)

DualOperation

FrontOnly, BackOnly
Shared

 

Enables the dual-inject mode when set to Shared. In addition, Sharable must be set to On for the single samples (see Practical Tips for Device Control/GC and Temperature  Injecting Two GC Samples Simultaneously (6890)).

EquilibrationTime

0 min

999.99 min in 0.01 increments

² (Demo
mode: 0.5)

After reaching the target temperature, the GC waits for the equilibration time. When the equilibration time has passed, the GC is ready.

FirmwareVersion

n/a

n/a

n/a

Firmware version (20 characters; read-only).

ModelNo

n/a

n/a

n/a

Device number, i.e., 6850 or 6890 (20 characters; read-only).

Oven Type

Fast

Regular

Fast

Regular or fast oven type.

PrepRun

-

-

-

Sets the instrument into the PreRun state.

QuickCool

Off

On

² (Demo
mode: Off)

If set to "On", the oven is cooled faster before the next sample is injected. (The property is available only if Cryo is selected on the Options configuration tab page.)

Ready

Not
Ready

Ready

Depends on the Ready state of the instrument.

Demo mode: Ready

Indicates whether the GC is ready for injection (read-only).

ReportReady

-

-

-

Status of the instrument; reports whether the instrument is not ready for operation and why.

RunLog

-

-

-

Writes the sample protocol to the Audit Trail.

RunState

Idle, PreRun, Run, PostRun

²
(In Demo
mode: Idle)

GC state: Idle, PreRun, Run, or PostRun (read-only).

Sharable

Off, On

-

When set to On, the related sample can be processed in dual-inject mode (see DualOperation above and Practical Tips for Device Control/GC and Temperature  Injecting Two GC Samples Simultaneously (6890)).

SerialNo

n/a

n/a

n/a

Serial number (20 characters; read-only).

Temperature

-

-

-

Properties related to the column compartment temperature.

 Temperature.
Value

Depends on the system and installed cryo type; refer to the column compartment temperature section.

-

Current column compartment temperature (read-only).

 Temperature.
Nominal

Depends on the system and installed cryo type; refer to the column compartment temperature section. In increments of 1.

² (Demo
mode: 80°C)

Determines the nominal temperature of the column compartment.

 Temperature.
UpperLimit

Depends on the system and installed cryo type; refer to the column compartment temperature section. In increments of 1.

² (Demo
mode: highest temperature

The system aborts the sample batch and starts emergency handling when the value is outside the limits.

TempCtrl

Off

On

² (Demo
mode: On)

 

 

 Note:

² When connecting, Chromeleon reads the value from the instrument and accepts it as default.

 

The Administrator Help section provides installation instructions for the 6890 and 6850 GCs; refer to Hardware Installation:

 Agilent 6890 GC: Installation

 Agilent 6850 GC: Installation