Valve Thermostat Cluster Dashboard Panel

Module Graphic

The items in the valve thermostat cluster graphic have the following meaning and function, depending on the configured options:

	Shows the status of all configured temperature zones, off
	or on. The temperature of the selected zone is shown below the graphic.
	Shows that the Multicolumn Thermostat is equipped with a Thermal Equilibration Device.
	The graphic for the column in the selected path is color-coded as specified during configuration. The column graphic tooltip shows the column tag details of the selected column (if available). Use Switch path from the context menu to switch to a different column/path.
	The tooltip of this graphic displays information about all columns installed in all configured temperature zones.

The Actuals table shows the current temperature and temperature setpoint of all configured temperature zones in the valve thermostat cluster.

The context menu contains the following commands, depending on the configured options:

	Control	Displays the valve thermostat cluster's Control dialog box.
	Method	Displays the valve thermostat cluster's Method Setup dialog box.
	Identify	Displays a submenu that allows you to identify either each individual device or all devices in the cluster: Selecting an individual device from the submenu causes the LED on the front of the selected device to blink for a few seconds. Selecting All from the submenu causes the LEDs of all devices in the cluster to blink.
	Switch path	Displays the Switch path dialog box. Click the down-arrow and select a new flowpath from the Plumbing table.
	Column Assignment	Displays the Column Assignment dialog box.

The column graphic tooltip shows the column tag details (if available).

Description	A description of the column.
Length	The length of the column in mm.
Diameter	The internal diameter of the column in mm.
Particle Size	The particle size of the column packing material in µm.
Maximum Pressure	The maximum pressure supported by the column.
Number of Injections	The number of injections that have been made on the column.
Product Number	The product number of the column.
Maximum Measured Temp.	The highest temperature experienced by the column to date.
Maximum Temperature	The safe maximum operating temperature of the column.
Minimum pH	The minimum pH supported by the column.
Maximum pH	The maximum pH supported by the column.
Void Volume	The void volume of the column and fittings.
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.
Agilent Column	Whether or not the column was supplied by Agilent Technologies.
Serial Number	The serial number of the column.
Batch Number	The batch number of the column.
Tag Sealed	Whether or not all static fields except Comment and Void Volume are set irrevocably to read-only.
Comment	A user-generated comment about the column.

16-Jul-2025