4 Installation and First Startup
Install inlet checkout parts 41
Install ALS, if ordered 42
Configuring GC-MSD communications 43
Connect the external cables 44
Back panel connectors 44
Connecting cables 45
GC / MS / Agilent data system / ALS 47
Additional cabling configurations 47
Vent ECD or uncombusted hydrogen to a fume hood 48
Connect cryogenic cooling (if present) 49
Connecting liquid carbon dioxide 49
Connecting liquid nitrogen 50
Connecting air to the multimode inlet 51
Connect valve actuator air (if present) 53
Configure Headspace Communications 54
Configure the checkout column 55
Checkout column 55
Install the checkout column 57
Transfer the checkout sample to a screw-top sample vial 59
When the system stabilizes, run one injection 60
Prepare for the Next Analysis 61
A Making Swagelok Connections
Making Swagelok Connections 64
Using a Swagelok Tee 67
B Cabling Diagrams and Remote Start/Stop
Using the Remote Start/Stop Cable 70
Connecting Agilent products 70
Connecting non-Agilent products 70
Multi-instrument Cabling Examples 73
GC / ALS / Non-Agilent Data System 73
GC / 3395A/3396B Integrator / ALS 74
GC / 3396C Integrator / ALS 74
Example: Using a Y-Cable in a setup (GC/MSD/Data System/Headspace
Sampler) 75
GC / External Events (unspecified, non-Agilent instrument) 76