Varian ProStar 400 Driver Manual

Brand: Varian

Model: ProStar 400

Type: Driver Manual

The Varian ProStar 400 Autosampler is a high-performance autosampler designed for use with liquid chromatography systems. It offers precise and reliable sample injection, enabling accurate and reproducible results. With its user-friendly software interface, the ProStar 400 allows for easy method creation and editing, as well as real-time monitoring of the injection process. Its flexibility makes it suitable for a wide range of applications, including pharmaceutical, environmental, and food analysis.

Varian, Inc.

2700 Mitchell Drive

Walnut Creek, CA 94598-1675/USA

©Varian, Inc. 2002 03-914947-28:Rev.1

ProStar 400 Autosampler

Control

Galaxie Driver Manual

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Table of Contents

Introduction.............................................................................................. 2

General ........................................................................................................................... 2

Installation and Configuration................................................................ 3

Installing the Driver Software.......................................................................................... 3

Configuring the Communication Server.......................................................................... 6

Configuring the driver.................................................................................................... 13

Creating a New System............................................................................................. 13

Configuring the Varian ProStar 400 Autosampler..................................................... 15

Configuring the Synopsis .......................................................................................... 18

Building a Method.................................................................................. 20

Creating a New Method ................................................................................................ 20

Control Method Section for the Varian Prostar 400...................................................... 23

Injection Control......................................................................................................... 24

Starting and Viewing an Acquisition.................................................... 26

Quick Start and Sequence............................................................................................ 26

Quick Start (Single Acquisition)................................................................................. 26

Sequence .................................................................................................................. 28

Running Acquisition Status........................................................................................... 29

Viewing a Running Acquisition.................................................................................. 29

Varian ProStar 400 Autosampler Status................................................................... 29

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Introduction

General

This document describes the installation and configuration of the

Varian ProStar 400 Autosampler 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:

Then press Next. 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:

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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 Communication Server

Depending on the instrument, different hardware resources can

be used by the drivers to communicate with the chromatographic

system. The following section gives details about the

configuration of the resources used by the ProStar 400

Autosampler module.

Start the Communication Server Configuration program from

the START / PROGRAMS / GALAXIE menu.

The following information screen appears:

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Click on the

button and a new

screen appears where the type of hardware used by the

instrument for communication can be configured.

In this screen, all the hardware types previously configured are

listed with their name and the name of their software protocol for

communication.

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Click on to create and configure new hardware.

The following screen appears:

In the list select the Hardware type required by the

chromatographic instrument and a new screen appears.

Following are the available choices:

CEC488 (communication by GPIB)

GPIB_INTERFACE (communication by GPIB)

NI488 (communication by GPIB)

RS232_CP3800 (communication by RS232)

RS232_INTERFACE (communication by RS232)

RS232_PC (communication by RS232)

NOTE: The Varian ProStar 400 Autosampler module uses the RS232 communication

protocol. Only this type of hardware will be detailed in this section.

Select RS232_PC or RS232_INTERFACE in the Hardware type

list. The RS232_PC protocol is used when the instrument is

directly connected to the Com port of the computer and

RS232_INTERFACE when the instrument is connected to a Star

800 MIB. One of the following screens appears depending upon

your choice:

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Give a logical name to the card in the Configuration Name field.

NOTE: Once the hardware has been configured, it is no longer possible to change the

Configuration Name.

If the RS232_INTERFACE type has been chosen, you must also

select the Star 800 MIB name to which the system will be

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connected. This Star 800 MIB must have been configured in the

Star 800 MIB Configuration program prior to running the

Communication Program.

NOTE: For more information about the configuration of the Star 800 MIB interface, refer

to the Configuration Manager User’s Guide.

Select the number of the Serial Port to which the instrument is

connected (on the computer or the Star 800 MIB box).

Enter the following communication parameters in the

corresponding fields, available for the ProStar 400 Autosampler

module:

Stops

1 Stop

Baud

19200

Parity

EVEN

Bits

8 Bits

Flow Control

NONE

Buffer Tx

4096

Buffer Rx

4096

Once the configuration of the required hardware is correctly

done, click on OK to validate (or click on Cancel to not change

the configuration).

The new hardware is now displayed in the main Hardware

Configuration screen:

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to modify the configuration of the selected hardware.

to delete the selected hardware.

to view the details of the configuration of the selected

hardware.

Click on

and the following screen

appears:

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In this form, all the available hardware resources and software

protocols are listed.

NOTE: This form is dedicated to diagnostic purposes only.

Once all the hardware needed by the different kinds of

instruments have been correctly configured, click on the

button to quit the

Communication Server Configuration program.

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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.

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

press Next.

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

system. 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 as the sequence engine host. 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

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This button gives access to the following screen where all

the available drivers are listed. Select the Varian ProStar 400

Autosampler driver.

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

shown above appears again with the name of the newly

installed device.

Highlight a device and click on

to remove

a 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

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the instrument devices should be configured. If the answer is

Yes, the instrument device configuration screens appear.

Configuring the Varian ProStar 400 Autosampler

Click on the

button corresponding to the Varian ProStar

400 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

Communication Settings parameter group:

In the Name field, select the name of the bus previously

configured with the Communication Server Configuration

program.

In the Autosampler Device Identifier field, enter the device

identifier of the ProStar 400 Autosampler.

NOTE: To find or set the address on the sampler itself, you must press the “F” and “4”

buttons, then the “PROG/END” button to access the device identifier setting.

NOTE: For more details about the Bus configuration, refer to the Configuring the

Communication Server section in this manual.

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Hardware Window

Options parameter group:

Check Sample tray cooling if installed in the autosampler.

Check Partial loopfill option if installed in the autosampler.

Hardware parameter group:

Tray type/Vial type: Three choices are available:

48 large vials: tray with 48 vials of 5 ml.

92 standard vials + 4 washes

96 standard vials

Loop volume (0 to 999 microliters): Enter the volume of the

installed loop. The ProStar 400 uses this value for calculating

injection volumes.

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Configuring the Synopsis

In the Overview part of the system configuration, a synopsis can

be defined for the system. This synopsis depends on the

configured devices.

1. To save the configuration of these devices, click on the OK

button.

2. Right click on the system name in the bottom part of the

Galaxie Configuration Manager screen. A pop-up menu

appears: click on Stop. Then right click on the system name

again, and click on Start.

3. Go back to the System Configuration screen (Properties

wizard). A graphic of the devices that comprise the system is

displayed in the synopsis screen. To configure the synopsis

as the real instrument configuration, move each module then

connect it appropriately. To do this, select one anchor for

each of the two modules (the selected anchors become red)

and click on the

button; a connection tube will appear

between the two anchors.

Click on the

to delete a selected tube, click on the

buttons to delete all the tubes.

Click on

to define a background color, or on to

make the background transparent.

Click on the

icon to change the grid color.

4. Once the synopsis configuration is complete, it will be

displayed in the Galaxie Chromatography Data System, in

the Systems tab. In this tab, the Overview will show the

synopsis of the system with some parameters displayed (vial

number, volume, temperature, etc.) depending on the

installed devices.

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For example, the following pictures represent the synopsis of

the Varian ProStar 400 Autosampler

Galaxie Configuration Manager screen

Galaxie Chromatography Data System screen

NOTE: Once the system has been created and correctly configured, it must be

associated with one or more projects in order to start acquisitions. Remember to check

the Control and View boxes in the Galaxie Configuration Manager’ Projects Properties.

For more details about the creation and configuration of a system, refer to the Galaxie

Configuration Manager User’s Guide.

Click on the

button to print the current configuration.

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