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CHAPTER 3
Setting Up SMPS
Hardware
This chapter gives information you need to set up the Model 3936
Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer
™ (SMPS™) Spectrometer hardware:
Cabling connections
A sequence to apply power to the different instruments
Plumbing arrangements for each combination of Condensation
Particle Counter (CPC) and Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA)
After you set up the system hardware, use the information in
Chapter 4
to set flow rates. Refer to the Aerosol Instrument
Manager
®
Software for SMPS™ Instruction Manual to install and
operate the system software.
Note: Refer to individual component manuals for the following:
The Electrostatic Classifier instruction manual contains
power requirements and information on installing each
DMA and a Neutralizer.
CPC instruction manuals contain power requirements and
information on mounting a fill-bottle bracket.
Cabling Connections
This section contains information for making power and system
cabling connections.
Connections to the Electrostatic Classifier
Use the information in this subsection to connect BNC and power
cables to the Electrostatic Classifier.