5973 Fast Electronics Upgrade 2 PDF
5973 Fast Electronics Upgrade 2 PDF
5973 Fast Electronics Upgrade 2 PDF
There are four (4) things which need to be looked at to see if the 5973 MSD can run
SIM/SCAN.
1- The 5973 MSD must have LAN communication; SIM/Scan is not supported on
the GPIB communication platform. If your MSD is running on GPIB then the
G1088A – 5973A Performance upgrade kit needs to be purchased. The
upgrade kit converts the 5973A MSD Standard Electronics to Performance
Electronics --software is not included within this kit, installation and
familiarization is included.
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a- Power cycle the MSD, if the Local Control Panel displays "Smartcard 3+:
100Mbit" then you have a SmartCard 3+
b – Via the command line from instrument control type: scquery "config:info:sc?"
If the reply is SC3P,40.0,32M,0K,64M -->> SmartCard3+ is installed
If the reply is SC3B,40.0,32M,512K,4M -->> SmartCard3+ is NOT installed
If you do not have a SmartCard3+ installed they you will need to order 05990-
65430 – installation and familiarization is not included.
4- Performance Electronics
Press [Menu] until you see “[+ Version]”
Press [Item] and the first prompt should be [Control Firmware]
The firmware version should be 5.01.86 or higher, if the version is lower,
download newer version from the instrument configuration program under the
pull down menu item Help and select “Check Networking and Update MSD
Firmware”.
Press [Item] until you see [Log Amplifier]
The version should be “LOG02”, if you see “LOG01” then you need to order
G1088B
Upgrading an existing 5973N or 5973 inert MSD to be able to use the SimSCan feature.doc http:// www.chem.agilent.com
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