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Introduction
Controls and Indicators
8 Orbitrap Fusion Series Hardware Manual Thermo Scientific
Communications Panel
The communications panel, which is located on the left side of the mass spectrometer,
provides a system Reset button, a contact closure interface (Peripheral Control), an analog
input connector, USB ports for the external syringe pump and divert/inject valve, and a
Gigabit Ethernet connection port for the data system computer.
When you briefly press the reset button, the embedded processing system and digital circuitry
reset and the system software reloads from the data system. For information about resetting
the mass spectrometer, see “Resetting the Mass Spectrometer” on page 55.
Figure 4 shows the communication connectors, and Tab le 4 lists the pin-out descriptions for
these connectors.
Figure 4. Communication connectors (left side of the MS)
Peripheral Control connector
Analog Input connector
USB ports
Ethernet port
Reset button