Dionex RF-2000 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Operating Instructions RF-2000
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CONTENTS
1 Precautions ................................................................................................ 3
1.1 Warnings in these Operating Instructions ................................................................ 3
1.2 Warning Labels on the Unit ..................................................................................... 3
1.3 Replacement of Fuses............................................................................................. 5
1.4 Precautions on Installation Site and Handling of the Unit......................................... 6
1.5 Precaution in the region where 240V is used as working voltage............................. 7
1.6 Precautions on Static Electricity............................................................................... 8
2 General Information................................................................................. 11
2.1 Outline................................................................................................................... 11
2.2 Features ................................................................................................................ 11
3 Component Location and Function ....................................................... 12
3.1 Front View ............................................................................................................. 12
3.2 Top Side and Right Side........................................................................................ 13
3.3 Bottom Side........................................................................................................... 13
3.4 Rear View.............................................................................................................. 14
4 Installation ................................................................................................ 15
4.1 Basic Installation Requirements............................................................................. 15
4.2 Electrical Connections ........................................................................................... 16
4.3 Fluidic Connections ............................................................................................... 17
4.4 Connecting the Recorder and the Integrator .......................................................... 18
4.5 Connecting a Drain Tube for Solvent Leakage ...................................................... 19
4.6 Installing the Xenon Lamp ..................................................................................... 19
4.7 Adjusting the Xenon Lamp Alignment.................................................................... 23
5 Operation .................................................................................................. 26
5.1 Precautions for Operation...................................................................................... 26
5.2 Fundamentals of Operation ................................................................................... 26
5.3 Operating Procedure in Spectrum Scanning Mode................................................ 33
5.4 Creating and Executing a Time Program ............................................................... 36
5.5 Additional Functions .............................................................................................. 42
6 Performance Verification ........................................................................50
6.1 Outline of System Validation.................................................................................. 51
6.2 Repeatability Test of Chromatographic Data (Isocratic LC) ................................... 51
6.3 Repeatability Test of Chromatographic Data (Gradient LC) ................................... 53
7 Control from External Equipment .......................................................... 56
7.1 Connecting External Input and Output Terminals................................................... 56
7.2 Control from External Equipment via RS-232C...................................................... 58