Installation – Multiple Potentiostat Systems
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The USB connection can be “hot-plugged.” This means both the computer and the Interface 1010 can be
powered-up before the USB cable is plugged in. Unlike many other instrument system connections, you need
not power down the system before plugging in the USB.
You can also safely remove the USB cable without powering down the Interface 1010 and your computer. Be
aware, however, that this may have undesirable consequences if the system is currently taking data or
performing an electrochemical experiment.
Multiple Potentiostat Systems
Gamry’s current Framework software (Revision 7) allows a computer to operate up to 16 Gamry Instruments
potentiostats simultaneously. The 16 potentiostats can include Interface 1010s and Gamry Reference family
instruments.
A system with multiple Interface 1010s just needs them all plugged into the computer via a High-Speed USB
hub.
Gamry’s Interface Power Hub is an especially convenient tool for organizing a system containing up to eight
Interface family instruments. It includes a 10-port USB hub and 48 V power-distribution in a rack designed to
hold the instruments. Unlike most instruments with multiple potentiostats in one box, you can easily remove
the Interface instruments in an Interface Power Hub for temporary use elsewhere in your laboratory.
Contact our main office or your local Gamry Instruments representative if you need assistance configuring a
system containing an Interface 1010 and different Gamry potentiostats.
Heat can be a problem in a multiple-potentiostat system. This subject is discussed in detail in Appendix E of
this manual.
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