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
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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