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Missing ELSD Signal in Chemstation

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 12:33 am
by Vlad Orlovsky
I am using Chemstation B.01.03 (Rev. B) and I hooked up Sedex 75 through Agilent 35900E. I see the plot/signal in online signal but don't have it in my report. When method was set up, ADC Signal window states collect "all data", my Agilent 1100 starts 35900 and I added ADC1 (Channel A) to the Signal Details.
What I am missing?

Re: Missing ELSD Signal in Chemstation

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:19 pm
by Consumer Products Guy
This issue seems consistent with not having a remote 9-pin cable plugged into the 35900 and also into the Agilent stack. In other words: we had that issue and learned that a few decades ago.

Re: Missing ELSD Signal in Chemstation

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 2:54 pm
by Vlad Orlovsky
Thank you. Do you know part number for this cable from Agilent?
I am puzzled why this cable is needed. My Agilent receives the data from ELSD and plots it in Signal Window, but not in the report

Re: Missing ELSD Signal in Chemstation

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:19 pm
by Vlad Orlovsky
CPG, this worked. Thank you for your advice.

Re: Missing ELSD Signal in Chemstation

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:49 pm
by Consumer Products Guy
Vlad Orlovsky wrote:
CPG, this worked. Thank you for your advice.


Great !!! Like I said: we learned this long ago. Signal was visible in "plot" window but no vertical red line appeared at start of injection, need the remote cable.
Consumer Products Guy wrote:
This issue seems consistent with not having a remote 9-pin cable plugged into the 35900 and also into the Agilent stack. In other words: we had that issue and learned that a few decades ago.

Re: Missing ELSD Signal in Chemstation

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:14 pm
by Jake
Vlad Orlovsky wrote:
I am puzzled why this cable is needed. My Agilent receives the data from ELSD and plots it in Signal Window, but not in the report


I believe it's sending the trigger to start/stop acquisition for the chromatogram. Basically triggering the software to write the signal to disk. It will display the analog signal, but that's not stored unless triggered to do so by the ADC box. Odd way to do things, but that's always been my guess.

CPG will probably know for sure.