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Setting Up the Xcalibur Instrument Configuration
The Contact Closure Board
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The Contact Closure Board
To trigger data acquisition during a sequence run, one of the Agilent 1200 Series devices must
have an external contact closure board. When you specify the configuration options for the
LC system, select the Contact board installed check box for the device that has the board. For
instructions on installing the external contact board, see Chapter 4, “Installing the External
Contact Interface Board.”
Specifying the Configuration Options for the Agilent LC System
To specify the configuration options for the Agilent 1200 Series LC system, follow these
procedures:
• Step 1: Opening the Xcalibur Instrument Configuration Program
• Step 2: Adding Devices to the Instrument Configuration
• Step 3: Specifying the Configuration Options for the Devices
• Step 4: Closing the Xcalibur Instrument Configuration Program
Step 1: Opening the Xcalibur Instrument Configuration Program
Y To open the Xcalibur Instrument Configuration program
1. If you have not already done so, install LC Devices.
2. Choose Start > All Programs > Thermo Foundation 1.0 > Instrument Configuration.
The Thermo Foundation Instrument Configuration dialog box appears.
Step 2: Adding Devices to the Instrument Configuration
LC Devices 2.2.1 contains instrument control software for these Agilent 1200 series devices:
• Agilent HiP-ALS
• Agilent 1200 Series Quaternary Pump
• Agilent 1200 Series Binary Pump
• Agilent 1200 Series Thermostatted Column Compartment
• Agilent 1200 Series Diode Array Detector.
IMPORTANT Do not add Agilent 1100 Series devices to the instrument configuration for
an Agilent 1200 Series stack. Xcalibur does not support the simultaneous control of
Agilent 1100 and 1200 Series devices.