B.8.3 controlling the eluent generator power, B.8.4 monitoring the elugen cartridge life, B.8.3 – Oritron Dionex Ion Chromatography System ICS-2100 User Manual

Page 240: Controlling the eluent generator power, B.8.4, Monitoring the elugen cartridge life

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ICS-2100 Ion Chromatography System

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Doc. 065291-01 3/09

NOTE When the EGC-2 power supply is configured as an

auxiliary power supply, the EGC-2

Setpoint

and

Actual Concentration

fields display zeros.

B.8.3

Controlling the Eluent Generator Power

To manually control the eluent generator power, touch the

EGC Off

and

On

buttons on the

ELUENT GENERATOR

page.

To automatically control the eluent generator power simultaneously
with the pump flow, select

Auto turn on with pump

.

NOTE The eluent generator power always turns off

when the pump is off, regardless of whether the
“Automatically turn on with pump” option is
selected.

NOTE When the EGC-2 power supply is configured as

an auxiliary power supply, the EGC-2 Off and
On buttons are not functional and the field
always displays

Off

.

To automatically control the auxiliary power supply simultaneously
with the pump flow, select

Auto turn on with pump

for the EGC-2

and configure a TTL output for control of this function.

B.8.4

Monitoring the EluGen Cartridge Life

The

Expiration Date

displayed on the

ELUENT GENERATOR

page

is

2 years from the date of manufacture. Although you can continue
operation with the cartridge after the expiration date, performance
may be impaired until a new cartridge is installed.

NOTE When the EGC-2 power supply is configured as

an auxiliary power supply, the EGC-2
Expiration Date field is blank.

Life Remaining

(displayed when an EluGen cartridge is installed)

indicates the percentage of ions remaining in the cartridge. The ion
percentage is counted down in 1% increments. Warning messages are
displayed in the Chromeleon Audit Trail when the percentage falls

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