On/off switching of the instrument, Connection to pc, 1 connecting cable – Metrohm 844 UV/VIS Compact IC User Manual
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2.5 Connection to PC
844 UV/VIS Compact IC / Gebrauchsanweisung 8.844.1051
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2.4.4
On/off switching of the instrument
The 844 UV/VIS Compact IC is switched on and off using mains switch
20. When the instrument is switched on, the mains pilot lamp 3 lights
up.
2.5 Connection
to
PC
2.5.1 Connecting
cable
Always switch off 844 UV/VIS Compact IC and PC before you connect
the two instruments with the 6.2134.100 Cable.
Connect the RS232 interface 18 at the 844 UV/VIS Compact IC to a
serial COM port at the PC using the 6.2134.100 Cable (9-pin/9-pin). If
only a 25-pin COM interface is available on the PC then the 6.2125.110
Adapter cable or a commercially available adapter must be used.
2.5.2 Software
installation
The PC program «IC Net» (from Version 2.3 SR2) is required for opera-
ting the 844 UV/VIS Compact IC; this is included in the standard
equipment on CD 6.6034.033. This program runs under the operating
systems Windows 2000 and Windows XP and is installed as follows:
1 Install program
• Insert the installation CD 6.6034.033 into your CD-ROM drive.
• If the autorun option for the CD drive is disabled, select
<Start>
and
Run
. Browse for the
Setup.exe
file on the
installation CD and click on
<OK>
.
• Click "
IC Net
" and follow the on-screen prompts of the Setup
program (see Instructions for Use «IC Net», Section 1.5 for a
more detailed description).
2 Files
•
The installation program copies the files from the
installation CD into the folder entered by you and generates the
subfolders
IC Net
and
Autodatabase
. The following subfolders are
also generated, among others:
Data
Folder for storage of chromatogram files
(
*.chw
) and batch reprocessing files (
*.bar
)
Devices
Folder for storage of device files (
*.dev
)
Excelreport
Folder for Excel reports (
*.xls
)
Methods
Folder for storage of method files (
*.mtw
)
Reports
Folder for storage of report files (
*.txt
)
and graphic files (
*.wmf
)
Systems
Folder with subfolders with system files
(
*.smt
) and sample queue files (
*.que
).