Commands and Tips for Thermo Scientific Devices
Finnigan/TSP: FL2000 and FL3000 Fluorescence Detectors: Different Names in Firmware and Chromeleon

For consistency reasons, the names of some Chromeleon properties and commands are different from the names used in the instrument's firmware:

 

Instrument

Chromeleon

Description

Lamp Status:

On, Off, Run, Off@End

Lamp:

On, Off

The instrument provides two additional lamp modes:

Run (The lamp is turned on at the beginning of the sample run; it is turned off at the end of the run.)
Off@End
(The lamp is turned off at the end of the sequence.)

The device driver does not support these modes because you can control the lamp by the corresponding commands in the PGM File.)

Scan

Scan

This command corresponds to 'Scan' entry on the instrument's COMMANDS menu (manual scanning).

Scan Zero

ScanAutozero

The Chromeleon command corresponds to the 'Scan Zero' command on the instrument's COMMANDS menu (manual baseline scanning).

The first ScanAutozero command that is included in the PGM File at a non-negative time is not executed immediately. The time is downloaded to the instrument as Autozero Time parameter. The instrument performs the Autozero command at this time.

Autozero Time

Supported via the ScanAutozero command (see above)

 

Auto Spectra:

On, Off

 

Chromeleon sets this parameter always to Off because Chromeleon can perform automatic scanning more reliably by using Trigger Commands.

Zero on l Change

AutozeroOnWlChange

 

Detection Type:

Fluor

Phos

DetectionMode:

Fluorescence

Phosphorescence

In addition, it is possible to measure the Chemiluminescence. Use one of the two modes and turn off the lamp.

 

 Tip:  

After a Reset command, it takes 90 s until the detector is ready to execute another command.

Also, refer to  Finnigan/TSP: FL2000 and FL3000 Fluorescence Detectors