Varian ProStar 335 Driver Manual

Varian Analytical Instruments

2700 Mitchell Drive

Walnut Creek, CA 94598-1675/USA

©Varian, Inc. 2002

ProStar 335 Photodiode

Array Detector Control

Galaxie Driver Manual

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Table of Contents

Introduction..............................................................................................3

General ............................................................................................................................... 3

Installation and Configuration................................................................4

Installing the Driver Software..............................................................................................4

Configuring the Varian ProStar 335 Communications........................................................ 7

Ethernet Communications............................................................................................ 7

Configuring the Driver....................................................................................................... 11

Creating a New System.............................................................................................. 11

Configuring the Varian ProStar 335 Photodiode Array Detector................................ 15

Configuring the Synopsis ........................................................................................... 21

Building a Method..................................................................................24

Creating a New Method.................................................................................................... 24

Control Method Section for the Varian ProStar 335 Photodiode Array Detector.............. 27

Signal Control............................................................................................................. 29

Purity Control.............................................................................................................. 31

Analog Control............................................................................................................ 33

Peak Sensor Control.................................................................................................. 35

Relay Control.............................................................................................................. 38

Starting and Viewing an Acquisition....................................................40

Quick Start and Sequence................................................................................................ 40

Quick Start (Single Acquisition).................................................................................. 40

Sequence ...................................................................................................................42

Running Acquisition Status............................................................................................... 43

Viewing a Running Acquisition................................................................................... 43

Varian ProStar 335 Photodiode Array Detector Status.............................................. 43

Appendix ................................................................................................49

Peak Sensor Functions..................................................................................................... 49

Peak Sense Function.................................................................................................49

Level Sense Function................................................................................................. 52

Time Slice Function.................................................................................................... 52

Pulse Relay Function .................................................................................................53

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Introduction

General

This document describes the installation and configuration of

the Varian ProStar 335 Photodiode Array Detector driver. It

also explains how to build a control method for this driver, how

to start and view a running acquisition and what actions are

available during an analysis.

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Installation and Configuration

Installing the Driver Software

The Galaxie software must already be installed before installing

the driver software (refer to the Galaxie User’s Guide).

You must have administrator rights to install the driver. The

Varian drivers must be installed only on the server.

1. When you insert the Galaxie CD into your CD drive, the CD

Browser will start automatically. If it does not, you can launch

the Browser by running Install.exe from the root directory of

the CD.

2. From the CD Browser click on the Install button and then

click on the Drivers for Varian LCs or GCs button.

3. Then click on the Drivers for Varian LCs button.

The following screen will appear:

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4. Click on the Next button, read and accept the License

Agreement and enter your driver Serial Number in the

corresponding field. The serial number is provided on your

driver serial number card and is different from the Galaxie

serial number.

Note that the serial number is case sensitive.

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Then press the Next button and click on Finish at the end of

the installation.

5. If you want to reinstall or upgrade your drivers, you will

need to run the setup (steps 1, 2 and 3) again.

The following screen will appear:

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Then press Next and the drivers will be automatically

reinstalled or upgraded. Click on Finish at the end of the

installation to exit the maintenance mode.

6. To see which drivers are installed, select Tools from the

Galaxie Configuration Manager main menu and select

Install Instrument Control Drivers. The following screen

containing the installed devices appears:

The

button can be used for installing beta or pre-release drivers.

Use this button only when directed by a technical support representative.

Configuring the Varian ProStar 335

Communications

Ethernet Communications

The Varian ProStar 335 Photodiode Array Detector uses

Ethernet as the method of communications for instrument control.

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The Varian ProStar 335 Photodiode Array Detector uses TCP/IP

(Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) to

communicate over the Ethernet network and needs to be given a

unique IP address to identify the instrument. A static IP address

can be also configured in the Varian Prostar 335 with the driver.

A BOOTP Server is used to send IP addresses to TCP/IP

devices.

The BOOTP Server lists Ethernet addresses along with the IP

addresses that are to be assigned to the corresponding devices.

1. Start the BOOTP Server Configuration program from the

START / PROGRAMS / GALAXIE menu. The following

screen appears:

2. First press the

button to set the

parameters of the network where the instruments and the

BOOTP server are located. The following screen appears:

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Enter a Name for the network card, the Subnet mask and IP

Gateway addresses.

More than one network card may be assigned by clicking on

. Delete the selected line by clicking on . Delete all

the lines by clicking on

.

3. Click on the

button and the BOOTP

server will automatically find the instruments which are

requesting an IP address and will list their Ethernet (MAC)

addresses. The following screen appears:

Power on the needed instruments; their Ethernet (MAC)

addresses will appear a few seconds later.

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Select the needed instruments and click on .

The corresponding instruments are then listed in the main

screen:

4. Complete the mandatory fields by entering the IP address

assigned to the selected instrument, its Name or Description

and the Network interface previously assigned to the

instrument.

NOTE: Do not check the Star 800 MIB box when assigning a Varian Prostar 335

Photodiode Array detector.

To set up 800 MIB BOOTP, use the Star 800 MIB Configuration program from the

START / PROGRAMS / GALAXIE menu.

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5. By clicking on the button, an instrument can be

assigned manually. In this case, enter the Ethernet address

(MAC address) which allows the computer to locate the

instrument and to upgrade the IP address without reloading

it every times it changes.

Complete the other fields (IP address, Name, etc.) as

described above.

Delete the selected line by clicking on

or click on to

clear all lines in the table.

6. Click on the

button to see details about

the requests sent by the instruments, the answers of the

BOOTP server, or the errors.

7. When all the instruments have been correctly configured,

click on OK or Apply to save the changes.

NOTE: The BOOTP server provided by the Galaxie Chromatography Data System is

installed during the installation of the Galaxie software.

Configuring the Driver

The driver software configuration is done in the Galaxie

Configuration Manager when a new chromatographic system is

created.

Creating a New System

1. Select the Stations/Systems tab and then select the

Systems item on the top tree view. Right click and a pop-up

menu appears.

2. Select New to open the Create / Edit System wizard.

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3. Specify the system name and an optional description, then

press Next.

4. Select which station is the Acquisition/Control Server for the

system. Of course, only one Data Acquisition/Control

Server can be named as the owner. The Sequence Engine

Host option is reserved for a particular Galaxie

Chromatography Data System application called “External

sequence”, and not provided in the standard Galaxie

Chromatography Data System software. By default accept

the name of the acquisition server. Then, press Next.

5. In the last screen of this wizard (shown below), install the

device to be configured in the desired instrument by clicking

on

.

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This button gives access to the following screen where all

the available drivers are listed. Select the Varian ProStar

335 Photodiode Array Detector driver.

6. Click on the OK button. The Create / Edit System screen

shown above appears again with the name of the newly

installed device.

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Highlight a device and click on to remove

the selected device from the list.

7. When all the required devices are installed, click on the OK

button to accept the list. A new screen appears and asks if

the instrument devices should be configured. If the answer

is Yes, the instrument device configuration screens appear.

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Configuring the Varian ProStar 335 Photodiode Array

Detector

Click on the button corresponding to the Varian ProStar

335 driver and the configuration screen appears.

The toolbar allows you to easily scroll through the configuration

windows:

to select the first configuration window.

to select the previous configuration window.

to select the next configuration window.

to select the final configuration window.

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Communication Window

In the IP Address field, enter the IP address of the instrument.

Press the button

to search the subnet for all connected

Varian Prostar 335 instrument. The following window will be

displayed.

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Once an IP Address is configured, press the button

to activate the communication with the

instrument.

Check the Synchronise with other modules box to enable this

option. When this option is enable the Varian Prostar 335 will be

started from a contact closure a will be able to receive a fault

signal directly from another instrument.

Check the Enable Ready In box to enable this option. When this

option is enable the Varian Prostar 335 waits a ready in signal to

go to the ready state.

NOTE: For more details about the BOOTP configuration, refer to the Ethernet

Communications section.

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Option Window

Select the Cell Type according to the one physically installed in

the detector, 4 cell types are selectable the 9x0, 9x1, 4x0 and

4x0.15.

Check or uncheck the Normalize check box to activate or not

this option. This option is active only with a 9x0 flow cell and

scales the absorbance results to a 10 mm flow cell to allow

absorbance comparison. The scale factor applied to the

absorbance is 10/9.

If a prep flow cell is selected, the user will be able to enter a

Cell Ratio. The ratio is used for extended range operation. The

ratio for each flow cell is determined at the factory and is

included with the flow cell. The detector will always operate in

extended range mode with a prep flow cell.

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Network Parameters Window

This window is used to set a static IP address to the instrument.

To set a static IP address, the user needs to communicate first

with the instrument by Ethernet communication using BOOTP.

To set the Ethernet Parameters fill the following fields.

IP Address: Enter the static IP Address

Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask

Default Gateway: Enter the default gateway

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