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To prepare to vent the instrument
1Press [Menu] on the Local Control Panel (LCP)
until the Maintenance menu appears.
2Press [Item] on the LCP to display the Prepare
to vent item. You are prompted to turn off the
GC. Refer to the 5973N or 5973 inert
Hardware Manual for complete instructions
on venting the MSD.
3After you have turned off the GC as described
in the 5973N or 5973 inert Hardware Manual,
press [Yes] on the Local Control Panel on the
MSD to vent the instrument.
Note You cannot initiate the vent procedure
when an online session is running on the
ChemStation. Either exit the online session first,
or disassociate the instrument from the
ChemStation using the Release ChemStation item
on the Controller menu on the LCP.
To pump down the instrument
1Press [Menu] on the Local Control Panel (LCP)
until the Maintenance menu appears.
2Press [Item] on the LCP to display the
Pumpdown item.
3Press [Yes] on the Local Control Panel on the
MSD to pump down the instrument.
Note You cannot initiate the pumpdown
procedure when an online session is running on
the ChemStation. Either exit the online session
first, or disassociate the instrument from the
ChemStation using the Release ChemStation item
on the Controller menu on the LCP.
To query network status
1Press [Menu] on the Local Control Panel (LCP)
until the Network menu appears.
2Press [Item] on the LCP repeatedly to scroll
through the various network connections.
If an online session is running on the
ChemStation, the message “the instrument
is remote” is displayed along with the
name of the instrument.
If no online session is running, the
message “the instrument is local” is
displayed.
You can view the IP addresses of the
MSD, the GC, and the gateway. The IP
address of the ChemStation will only be
reported if an online session is running on
the ChemStation.
You can verify communication with the
GC, the ChemStation, and the gateway
with the Ping menu items. The
ChemStation will appear not to be
connected if no online ChemStation
session is running.
To reboot the MSD
Use this procedure to restart the MSD; do not use
the on/off switch on the MSD unless specifically
instructed to do so in a maintenance procedure.
1Press [Menu] on the Local Control Panel (LCP)
until the Controller menu appears.
2Press [Item] on the LCP until the Release
ChemStation item appears.
3Press [Yes].
4Press [Menu] on the LCP until the Controller
menu appears.
5Press [Item] on the LCP until the Reboot
controller item appears.
6Press [Yes].
