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Table of contents
Certificate Of Conformity ......................................................................................... i
Contact Bio-Logic Instruments ................................................................................ ii
Safety and Legal Information ................................................................................. iii
General Safety Information ..................................................................................... v
1. Introduction to the product range ............................................................................... 5
1.1 Instruments description .......................................................................................... 6
1.1.1 Single channel/Multichannels/internal boosters ........................................... 6
1.1.1.1 SP-240/SP-300 slot numbering ................................................................... 7
1.1.1.2 VSP-300 slot numbering .............................................................................. 7
1.1.1.3 Horizontal version ........................................................................................ 7
1.1.1.4 Vertical version ............................................................................................ 7
1.1.1.5 VMP-300 slot numbering ............................................................................. 8
1.1.2 External booster: HCV-3048 ........................................................................ 8
1.2 New board installation in an existing instrument ................................................... 11
1.3 Software features ................................................................................................. 12
2. Getting started ............................................................................................................ 13
2.1 Hardware installation ............................................................................................ 13
2.1.1 Preparing the physical installation ............................................................. 13
2.1.2 Safety emergency shutdown ..................................................................... 13
2.1.3 Ventilation requirement .............................................................................. 13
2.1.3.1 Potentiostats/galvanostats ......................................................................... 13
2.1.3.2 HCV-3048 ................................................................................................. 15
2.2 Unpacking and inspection .................................................................................... 15
2.3 Electrical equipment requirements ........................................................................ 15
2.4 Safety precautions ................................................................................................ 16
2.5 Communication connections ................................................................................. 16
2.5.1 Direct USB connection .............................................................................. 16
2.5.2 Direct Ethernet connection ........................................................................ 16
2.5.3 Network connections ................................................................................. 17
3. Software installation on the computer ...................................................................... 18
3.1 EC-Lab
®
software installation ............................................................................... 18
3.2 EC-Lab
®
Express software/OEM package installation .......................................... 22
3.3 Errors during the installation ................................................................................. 22
3.4 PC installation and configuration .......................................................................... 23
3.4.1 TCP/IP installation and configuration ......................................................... 23
3.5 USB driver installation .......................................................................................... 25
3.5.1 Windows XP installation ............................................................................ 25
3.5.2 Windows Seven, Eight, 10 & Vista installation ........................................... 27
3.5.3 Uninstall USB drivers ................................................................................. 28
4. Connecting the PC to the instrument ........................................................................ 31
4.1 Network parameter configuration with the Ethernet connection ............................ 31
4.2 Connecting to the instrument using EC-Lab
software ......................................... 31
4.2.1 IP address modification of the instrument .................................................. 33
4.3 Connection using EC-Lab
Express software ....................................................... 34
4.3.1 IP address modification of the instrument .................................................. 35