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Connecting the Ethernet and Trigger Cables
Connecting the External Contact Trigger Cable
Thermo Scientific Agilent 1200 Series Getting Connected Guide 29
Connecting the External Contact Trigger Cable
An external contact trigger cable relays the start signal from the Agilent 1200 Series device to
the Thermo Scientific mass spectrometer. One end of the cable has a DB15 connector and the
other end of the cable has a set of exposed wires.
Y To connect the external contact trigger cable to the Agilent device and the mass
spectrometer
1. If you have not already done so, install the external contact interface board.
See Chapter 4, “Installing the External Contact Interface Board.”
2. Connect the white wire to the Start In+ pin and the brown wire to the Start In– pin on
the I/O panel of the mass spectrometer (see Figure 21).
3. Connect the DB15 connector to the RELAY CONTACTS receptacle located on the
external contact interface board of the Agilent 1200 Series device (see Figure 21).
Note The instrument control application for the Thermo Scientific mass spectrometer
must be compatible with the LC Devices instrument control application, and the
instrument control applications must be compatible with the Xcalibur application
installed on your data system computer.