Atlas Software Overview

There is a range of Atlas Software products designed for the control of experiments, data collection and data analysis.

The laboratory software used to control Atlas apparatus (and other manufacturers apparatus) is called Atlas Software 1.

A summary of the Atlas reactor software range is below (click on the individual webpages to find out more)

• Atlas Software 1: For whole system control, configuration and analysis of Atlas hardware and all RS232 controlled devices such as pumps, balances, circulators, etc.
• Atlas Reporting Software: Allows easy graphical analysis of log files generated by either the Base Unit, Atlas Software 1, or the Atlas Syringe Pump.
• Atlas Parallel Software: Will control many Atlas systems (up to 4) and allow them to be connected to one PC and be controlled in parallel.
• Atlas Calorimetry Software Upgrade: Used with Atlas Software 1, the Atlas Calorimetry Software Upgrade enables heat flow calorimetry and power compensation calorimetry to be performed.
• Atlas COM Port Software: Provides the same functionality as Atlas Software 1, with the exception that it uses RS232 connection directly to the PC rather than via an Atlas Port.

Atlas Laboratory Software 1 is an easy to use, PC based application for control and analysis of experiments.  Whole systems including stirrers, circulators, temperature sensors, pumps, balances, FTIR probes, FBRM, probes, etc. can be configured using virtually any manufacturer’s apparatus, by using an Atlas Port. The “drag and drop” interface means recipes can be created, changed and saved with the click of a mouse.

Atlas Software enables setpoints, ramps, or sophisticated profiles of control parameters to be set using tables or graphs. It is also easy to define end conditions, shutdown limits, and alarms.

Sophisticated actions such as pH control, using a pump and pH meter, or gravimetric dosing using a balance and pump, are made easy.

During a reaction, the Atlas Laboratory Software allows responses to be continuously monitored and graphed with easy to use alarms and emergency control.

Experiments can be modified on-the-fly, and all reaction data is continuously logged to CSV data files making analysis very easy.

Atlas Software 1

Atlas Software 1 is an easy to use PC based application for control and analysis of experiments. Whole systems including stirrers, circulators, RTDs, pumps, balances etc. can be configured using virtually any manufacturer’s apparatus. The “drag and drop” interface means recipes can be created, changed and saved with a click of a mouse.

• Easy to use: Drag and drop icons allow recipes to be created, edited and run intuitively.
• Empowering: Virtually any manufacturer’s apparatus can be configured into a system using the software.
• Powerful: Apparatus such as pumps and balances can be combined in an intelligent fashion e.g. enabling gravimetric dosing or dosing to maintain a pH.
• Intuitive: Apparatus is connected to the PC via Atlas Ports. Each device is assigned a number which is shown on the Port’s LCD display.
• Automatic data logging: All responses such as temperature, stirrer speed, pH, mass flow etc. can be graphically displayed in real time and are continually saved to one .csv file.
• Safe: Warning alarms and emergency cut-off values or actions can be defined.
• Repeatable: Previously run recipes can be saved and re-run.
• Flexible: Experiments can be modified “on the fly”.

Atlas Software features

The Atlas Software can not only control the Atlas hardware but also devices from other manufacturers. Most RS232 controlled apparatus and analogue sensors can be connected to the software via a Port which plugs in to the computer’s USB connection. The Software assigns each Port a number which is shown on the Port’s LCD display.

Running reactions from the Atlas Software allows responses to be continuously monitored and graphed with easy to use alarms and emergency control. Experiments can be modified “on-the-fly” and all reaction data is continuously logged to CSV data files making analysis easy.

Pre-configured Apparatus

Virtually any RS232 device with ASCII communications can be configured. A selection of pre-configured devices is below:

Balances

• Denver
• Mettler Toledo
• Oxford
• Sartorius

Flow Meters

• Aalborg*
• Sierra*

Overhead Stirrers

• IKA
• Heidolph

pH Meters

• Syrris Atlas
• Denver
• Knick
• Mettler Toledo

FBRM

• Lasentec

FTIR

• Bruker

*(with RS232 to analogue converter)

Circulators

• Huber
• Julabo
• Lauda
• Haake

Temperature Sensors

• Syrris Atlas
• Cole Palmer
• JKem

Turbidity

• Syrris Atlas
• Mettler Toledo*

Pumps

• Syrris Atlas (Syringe)
• ProMinent*
• Cole Palmer (peristaltic)
• IKA (peristaltic)
• Watson Marlow (peristaltic)

Vacuum Controllers

• Vacuubrand

Sonocrystallization

• Prosonix SonoLab SL10

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