Shimadzu’s Nexis GC-2030, the company’s latest high-end gas chromatograph, and the HS-20/HS-10 headspace samplers can now be controlled by OpenLAB CDS, the chromatography data system from Agilent Technologies, Inc. Shimadzu will release an upgraded GC driver in order to control the Nexis GC-2030 and the HS-20/HS-10 using OpenLAB CDS. Other instruments controlled by OpenLAB CDS include the GC-2014/GC-2010 Plus/GC-2010 gas chromatographs and the AOC-20 series liquid autosamplers.
The Shimadzu GC driver employs a graphical user interface and operability based on the driver connection specifications of Agilent Technologies. This new driver makes it easier for a wider range of users to employ Shimadzu products, and provides additional opportunities to choose the Nexis GC-2030 high-end gas chromatograph, which was released in May, 2017.