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Column Tag Information (Multicolumn Thermostat Column Assignment)

The table shows the information stored on the RFID tag(s) of the installed column(s). The active (currently selected) column is highlighted.

By default, only the columns up to and including Injections are shown; click >> at the top right of the table to show the full table, and << to show the reduced table.

The following column tag information is provided:

Tag Status

Shows the status of the column ID tag:

  • Empty

    The column does not have a column ID tag.

  • The column has a column ID tag.

  • The column ID tag is sealed.

  • The column was supplied by Agilent Technologies with a pre-labeled column ID tag.

Location

The location in the Multicolumn Thermostat to which the plumbing of the valve position leads. To edit this setting, use the Plumbing section.

Color Code

The color representing the column currently occupying the valve position.

Import

Present only when the ChemStation is used.

Click to display the ChemStation's column catalog, which allows you to select appropriate column information to import.

Description

A description of the column.

Length [mm]

The length of the column.

Diameter [mm]

The internal diameter of the column

Particle size [µm]

The particle size of the column packing material.

Maximum Pressure

The maximum pressure supported by the column.

Injections

The number of injections made on the column. If this information has been retrieved from a tag that is present, you can edit this field; otherwise, the field is read-only.

Product Number

The product number of the column.

Comment

A user-generated comment about the column. If this information has been retrieved from a tag that is present, you can edit this field; otherwise, the field is read-only.

Comment is not supported when no tag is installed.

Maximum Temperature [°C]

The safe maximum operating temperature of the column.

Maximum pH

The maximum pH supported by the column.

Void Volume [mL]

The void volume of the column.

Serial Number

The serial number of the column.

Batch Number

The batch number of the column.

First Injection

The date and time of the first injection onto the column.

Recent Injection

The date and time of the most recent injection onto the column.

Manufacturing Date

The date of manufacture of the column.

Minimum pH

The minimum pH supported by the column.

Maximum Measured Temperature

The highest temperature experienced by the column to date.

The characters ; (semicolon),' (single quote) and " (double quote) are invalid for the Column Tag Information table. If these characters are used in any field of the table, an error is displayed and OK/Write Tag is disabled. You must delete all invalid characters before you can write the data to the tag.

The information is provided for documentation purposes only. Be aware that the values are not used to validate your current method parameters (for example, maximum pressure settings).

If your Multicolumn Thermostat is equipped with a tag reader for column tags, the information is automatically retrieved by the system. Otherwise, you can provide the information manually.

Refresh Table

The data in the table is replaced by the values from the instrument. This applies to all tags in the system.

OK/Write Tag

If changes are detected, the Column Tags Changed dialog box is displayed to allow you to choose what to do:

  • refresh the content of the table from the content of the current tag

  • write the current content of the table to all tags

  • exit the dialog box without changing the content of the table or the tags

Column Tag Context Menu

Clear Column Tag Information

Clears all fields in the selected row of the table.

For a tag that is physically present, the values for Injection and First Injection are not cleared. These values are cleared only if they are stored in the module.

Seal Column Tag

All fields except Comment and Void Volume will be set irrevocably to read-only.

Copy

Copies the contents of the selected row (except the Location and Color Code fields) to the clipboard.

Paste

Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the selected row (except the Location and Color Code fields).

The changes to the column tag information are written only when you leave the Column Assignment dialog box by clicking OK/Write Tag. If you leave the Column Assignment dialog box by clicking Cancel, all changes (including Seal Column Tag) are discarded.