Software

By collaboration with Waters Corporation the control of the Shimadzu Gaschromatographs GC-2010 Plus and GC-2014 as well as the Autosampler AOC-20i is implemented in the Empower network orientated chromatography data software (Client / Server CDS system).

In the Workstation or Enterprise scale-up configurations of Empower several GC systems can be controlled via a LAC/E box. Intermediary the LAC/E box stores chromatographic data before these are sent to the Empower server via the network and are finally stored in an Oracle database.

The strength of Empower is its deployment in regulatory environments, where multiple users usually have access to various analytical instruments and measured data. This requires a dedicated administration of access rights to instruments and results. Safeguarding and security of all results always has the highest priority. Chromatograms, methods and results are only available to users after appropriate authentication.

Configuration of Shimadzu Gaschromatographs within Empower remains very straight forward due to support by a special programmed “Configuration Wizard”. For method development the easy-to-use instrument control functionality of Shimadzu’s proven LabSolution software has been adapted to Empower software. Together with Shimadzu GCs also the highly sophisticated AOC-5000 Plus robotic system can be controlled under Empower implementing injection techniques like Headspace (HS), Solid Phase Micro Extraction (SPME) and In-Tube Extraction (ITEX).