Quick Reference Guide

7890 GC Heated Zones Quick Reference Guide

7890 Thermal Aux Zones
There are three (3) Thermal Aux Zones that can be configured to any of the six (6) physical
Heater/Sensor Connectors on the GC per the assignments in the table below:

Heater/Sensor Connector Assignments for the Thermal Aux Zones:

Logical Aux Heater Thermal Aux1 Thermal Aux 2 Thermal Aux 3

Physical Heater Aux 1 Aux 2 Aux 1, Aux 2

Connection Back Inlet Back Detector Front Inlet, Front Detector

The physical Aux 1 and Aux 2 Heater/Sensor connectors are mounted on the valve bracket and
are the most likely zones that you would assign to the Thermal Aux Zones.
The Rules for using the Inlet or Detector Heater Sensor connections are as follows:
If you want to use an Inlet connection as a Thermal Aux Zone, you must not have a
standard Agilent Inlet EPC module installed in the same position.
If you want to use a Detector Connection, you cannot have an associated EPC module or
Detector Logic board installed
7890 heaters must be between 10 and 180 watts. There is no configurable total power limit.
If total power/F or B channel > 220 watts, power priority to zones is 1-Inlet, 2-Aux, 3-Det.

Thermal Aux Zone Configuration Menus

NOTES: - Before turning on the GC, connect your heater/sensor to the zone to be used.
- Before making config. changes set the keypad Hard Configuration Lock to OFF
Access Menu Description

Direct Link to the

> Thermal Aux Menus
NOTE: - You can configure a Valve
Box with Aux 1 or Aux 2 physical
This shows 4 of the 26 configurable items heaters or both!!!

Thermal Aux 2 is Unconfigured: It

As an example: can be configured as
Select A2 (physical heater/sensor Aux 2)
Thermal Aux 2 or B-DET (Back Det Heater/Sensor)
The actual heater power was
determined during the
Power On Self Test
You can install A2 or B-DET for a
Select list of all configuration possibilities...
OR
Directly as a
MSD Transfer Line Heater

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Thermal Aux Zone Configuration Menus continued
Access Menu Description
As an example: GC requests a Power Cycle
Select This is not necessary yet
Install Heater A2
Select

Move the cursor to

Auxiliary type
Select

This is the current list of

All Auxiliary Type Heaters.
You will see four (4)
lines at a time!! This list could grow in future
firmware releases as Agilent
implements more Detectors or
Accessories.
For the final example we will
configure a
User Configurable Heater
Move the cursor to From here you can input
User Configurable HTR custom configuration values for
select your
User Configuraeable Heater

Again you will see: When all settings have been

entered you can finally
Power Cycle the GC
to make your changes take
effect!!!

Again Select

Configuring a Flame Photometric Heater Configuration

Access Menu Description
The FPD can be installed using only the
Detector heated zone with a Single
Sensor and Two Heaters connected in
parallel to the detector/xfer line.
Front or Back OR:
By using the standard Two (2) heater
Detctor Configuration where the
Front FPD uses Aux 1 for the Xfer line
and the Back FPD uses Aux 2

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 Procedure: Testing Resistance of the Heated Zone Heaters and PRTs
WARNING: Before proceeding, turn off the main power switch and unplug
the power cord.

Caution: Make sure you are properly grounded with an ESD strap before
continuing.

Remove the GC panels required for access to the zone heater/sensor connector to be tested.
Remove the connector for the heated zone sensor to be tested use an ohm meter to
measure the resistance of the PRT in question.
For heated zones the PRT is connected to the white wires on pins 2 and 3 of the connector.
The resistance of the PRT should correspond to those in the Table of PRT Values
The heater resistance can also be measured between the red wires on pins 1 and 4 typically
23 for a 70 watt heater (see table following).
With the connector removed from the GC, there should also be no connection to ground on
any of the four pins this would indicate a possible shorted sensor or heater.

Pin 1 Heater Control Pin 2 Temp Sense

Pin 3 Sensor Ground

Pin 4 Heater Ground

Table: PRT Resistance Values:

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6890 and 7890 Heater-Sensor Assemblies

Heated Heater/Sensor Description Heater Resistance

Zone Assembly
SS G1530-67950 70 Watt Heater/ 23
100 PRT
PP G1543-61540 70 Watt Heater/ 23
100 PRT
COC G1545-60520 60 Watt Heater/ 26-27
100 PRT
MMI G3510-64100 160 Watt Heater/
7890 Only (Whole Inlet Assembly) Type K Thermocouple 9
Resistance cold 13
PTV G2617-60506 150 Watt Heater/
6890/7890 (Whole Inlet Assembly) Type K Thermocouple 9
Resistance cold 13
VI G2319-60503 60 Watt Heater 26-27
100 PRT
FID G1530-67950 70 Watt Heater/ 23
100 PRT
TCD G1530-67950 70 Watt Heater/ 23
100 PRT
NPD G1530-67950 70 Watt Heater/ 23
100 PRT
uECD G1533-60625 70 Watt Heater/ 23
100 PRT
FPD G1535-60610 Block 60 Watt Heaters 26-27
100 PRTs
G1535-60620 Xfer Line
FPD+ G3435-60610 Block 60 Watt Heaters 26-27
100 PRTs
G1535-60610 Xfer Line

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