Yokogawa GC8000 Process Gas Chromatograph - Manual (Page 17)

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1. Overview of the Engineering Terminal
This chapter gives an overview of the Engineering Terminal, as well as the basic facts that
you need to know before operating the Engineering Terminal.
1.1 Engineering Terminal
Before operating the Engineering Terminal, take a look at what kind of software the Engineering
Terminal contains.
n Engineering Terminal
The ASET Engineering Terminal is software that is intended for collectively maintaining and
monitoring analyzers from a personal computer. It links an analyzer server connected to multiple
units of GC1000 Mark II and ASIU’s (hereafter called “analyzers”) to a personal computer via a
communication link (Ethernet). Moreover, ASET can also be run on a PC serving as the analyzer
server.
An overview of the Engineering Terminal follows.
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[Field]
Analyzer
GC1000 markII
Analyzer
GC8000
[Instrument room/office]
Engineering Terminal
Hub
Maintenance and monitoring of analyzers
Disk Printer
• Saving and reading of
chromatogram and the
results of analysis
• Reading and writing of
setting parameters
• Printing the
chromatogram and
results of analysis
n Engineering Terminal Features
The Engineering Terminal has the following features:
l Collective control of up to 64 analyzers
You can control up to 64 analyzers collectively from a single ASET via an analyzer server.
Moreover, up to 240 analyzers can be connected to the analyzer bus. By using multiple ASETs to
control the analyzers in blocks, you can control all 240 analyzers.
l Continuous monitoring for extended periods
The analyzer server continuously saves data (chromatograms, analyzed values, and setting
parameters) from the analyzers connected via the network. The ASET can call up continuous
data stored in the analyzer server and display it, enabling you to perform continuous monitoring
over extended periods.
l Data transfer using Ethernet communication
Using Ethernet, the large volumes of data stored in the analyzer server can be uploaded and
downloaded, for each analyzer at a time, at the rate of 100 Mbps. ASET uses the standard file
transfer protocol FTP, thus significantly improving the reliability of data transfer.
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