Chromeleon Release History
 
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Chromeleon Release History

Dionex is committed to keeping Chromeleon® your best choice in a chromatography data system. Our active software development program continues to add valuable new capabilities and enhancements to help you work more productively with less effort.

Below is a summary of key capabilities added in each Chromeleon release.

For more information on supported versions check the Software Support Status tables.

Release

Instrument Support Added

Other Capabilities Added

6.80
June
2006
 

  • UltiMate 3000 HPLC Systems: Analytical, Micro, Semi-Preparative
  • Special Features for UltiMate 3000 Systems: SmartStartup, SmartShutdown, Predictive Performance, Qualification Management, Diagnostics, Wizard for On-Line SPE
  • ICS-2000 Dual-Component Eluents
  • Shimadzu 2010 GC
  • Shimadzu M10Avp, M20A Diode Array Detectors
  • Agilent 7673 Autosampler with 5890 GC
  • Gilson 331/332 Pumps
  • Fluke 189 Multimeter
  • Automated Signal/Noise Ratio calculation
  • Range (variation) reporting for any parameter
  • System Suitability enhancements: Signal/Noise Ratio, Range (variation), aggregate reporting tables, rounding control for Pass/Fail
  • Analyte-specific limits for Control Charting
  • New I-t plots for 3-D Amperometry
  • Average Response Factor calibration support
  • System Status Report utility with Database IQ
  • Conditional IF operators in control programs

6.70
April
2005
 

  • ICS-3000 Ion Chromatography Systems
  • UltiMate 3000 Capillary/Nano LC Systems
  • Dual-System Device Sharing
  • Dionex PP-150 / Shimadzu LC-8A Prep Pump
  • Dionex Active Flow Splitter
  • Agilent 6890 Dual Injector GC
  • Perkin-Elmer TurboMatrix Headspace Sampler
  • Thermo Focus GC
  • Gilson Nebula 322 Pump, 156 UV
  • Thermo Trace HS850 Headspace  Sampler
  • Thermo Trace HS2000 Headspace  Sampler
  • Agilent 1100 refractive index detector
  • 3-D Amperometry
  • Virtual Column™ for gradient IC
  • IC Application Wizard
  • Graphical autosampler tray display
  • Statistical Moments
  • Bulk import from other data systems
  • Global unique sample identifiers
  • Importing of results from andi files
  • Cubic calibration curve fits

6.60
March
2004

  • Dionex AS50 Autosampler (USB version)
  • Dionex AS50 (USB) with Simultaneous Injection
  • Dionex PDA-100 Diode Array Detector (USB version)
  • Agilent 1100 Series HPLCs (LAN version)
  • Agilent 1100 Fluorescence Detector
  • Agilent 6890 GC (LAN version)
  • Agilent 6850 GC
  • Varian CP3600/3800 GCs
  • Perkin-Elmer Autosystem GC
  • Thermo FL-2000/3000 Fluorescence Detector
  • Merck/Hitachi LaChrom 7000 Series HPLCs
  • Shimadzu LC-10 and LC-2010 HPLCs
  • CTC PAL Autosampler Series
  • Gilson 152 UV Detector
  • Gilson 202/204 Fraction Collectors
  • Waters Alliance 2695/2790/2795 HPLC Modules
  • Waters 2996 Diode-Array Detector
  • Wizard-like "Device Views" in the Program Editor
  • Virtual Column™ Separation Simulator
  • Graphical display & adjustment of peak retention windows
  • New apex logic for extreme rider peaks
  • "Mirrored" comparison display of chromatograms
  • Arithmetic operations between chromatograms
  • Standard Addition methodology support
  • Option to invert variables before curve fitting
  • Autorepeat of report blocks for channels/samples/peaks
  • Scheduled sequence starts
  • Search functions in audit trails
  • Automatic data upload after network failure
  • New privilege controls in security system
  • Modification History for report definitions

6.50
January
2003
 

  • ICS Ion Chromatography Systems: 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500
  • TCC-100 column thermostat
  • EG50 Eluent Generator
  • MSQ TM   Mass Spectrometer
  • LC Packings driver improvements
  • Waters HPLC modules: Alliance 2690, 2695, 2790, 2795; 996 and 2996 PDA (full 3D); 2487 UV; 717 WISP
  • Agilent 1100 Wellplate Sampler
  • Gilson 333/334 preparative pumps
  • Shimadzu LC-10 and LC-2010 systems
  • Results in the sequence display
  • Trend plots (Wellness and results)
  • Fraction collection enhancements
  • Security enhancements
  • IC application templates
  • Void dip treatment
  • HP LAS data import

6.40
November
2001

  • LC Packings instruments support
  • ED40/ED50 (multimode driver)
  • Gilson ASPEC
  • Agilent ChemStation data import
  • "Move" function in Browser
  • Accelerators for chromatogram review
  • Launching of user programs

6.30
June
2001

  • Atlas ® suppressor
  • Thermo Finnigan Trace GC
  • Thermo Finnigan P2000 LC Pump
  • Gilson 118/119 UV Detector
  • Jasco 1520 Fluorescence Detector
  • Expanded mass spectrometry features
  • Fraction collection enhancements
  • Dynamic updating of control programs through user-defined sample variables
  • New chromatogram comparisons
  • New report objects (control programs, detection parameters, modification histories)

6.20
December
2000

  • Thermo Finnigan AQA TM      Mass Spectrometer
  • Thermo Finnigan SpectraSystem HPLC
  • System Suitability testing
  • Expanded OQ and PQ functionality
  • Peak shoulder detection

6.10
May
2000

  • DX-600 ion chromatography modules
  • PDA-100 Photodiode Array Detector
  • UCI-100 Universal Chromatography Interface
  • HP/Agilent 1100 HPLC (including 3D data)
  • Varian 3400 GC
  • BioRad AS-100 Autosampler
  • Electronic signatures
  • User-defined sample and peak variables
  • Database query wizard
  • PDF and HTML exporting of reports
  • Graphical editing of detection parameters
  • Network failure protection

6.01
January
2000

  • ASI-100 Autosampler (including OQ/PQ)
  • AD25 Absorbance Detector
  • DX-320 ion chromatography modules
  • Chromeleon Software Development Kit
  • Manual peak identification

6.00
October
1999

  • DX-500 ion chromatography modules
  • Merck/Hitachi L4250 UV Detector
  • Gilson 235 Autosampler
  • PQ of fluorescence detectors
  • Updated sequence wizard with templates
  • "Database Query" report tables

4.30
March
1999

  • HP 6890 GC: flow and pressure gradients
  • HP 6890 GC: PTV inlets
  • HP 1050 pump
  • Gilson 817, 819, ValveMate, and UVSM motorized switching valves
  • Merck/Hitachi L7250, L7200, AS400, AS2000 autosamplers
  • Merck/Hitachi L6250 Pump
  • Jasco 980 pumps
  • Knauer UV2600 Detector
  • ISCO Foxy 200 Fraction Collector
  • Software Operational Qualification
  • New sequence columns (Sample ID, Replicate ID)
  • New detection parameters
  • Retention index and Kovats index
  • New report variables
  • Sorting of samples in report tables
  • Extended support of GC functions in the Wizard for instrument control programs

4.20
December
1998

  • Gilson XL sampler series
  • Gilson UV170 detector
  • Merck/Hitachi L7100 pump
  • Virtual Channel support
  • Backup and restore
  • Chromeleon License Server
  • Performance Qualification Version 2.0
  • Evaluation of unidentified peaks
  • Virtual data channels
  • Sample property dialog
  • Automatic transfer of finished data
  • Enhancements to the Export function

4.10
June
1998

  • PE/Nelson interfaces (941, 950, 960, 970)
  • Rainin SD200/SD300 pumps
  • Rename, Copy, and Paste functions in the browser
  • Daily audit trail display
  • Performance Qualification (PQ)
  • Spectral Library screening
  • Peak tracking using reference spectra
  • Ability to save queries
  • New and extended detection parameters
  • New and extended report variables
  • On-line spectral plot and on-line spectral match in 3-D Control
  • Extended trigger functions

3.10
December
1997

  • Merck/Hitachi AS4000/2000 sampler enhancements
  • Fisons GC 8000 Series
  • Fisons GC AS800 Sampler
  • Gilson 201/202 Fraction Collectors
  • Kontron Instruments 52x pumps
  • Kontron Instruments 535 detector
  • Kontron SFM25 Fluorescence Detector
  • ABI 785 UV Detector
  • LKB 2150 Pump
  • Modification history
  • Import of AIA (andi) data
  • Exporting of summary reports
  • New report variables
  • New Online Batch dialog
  • Enhanced support of removable media

3.00
September
1997

  • Dionex P580 pump series
  • Merck/Hitachi AS2000 Sampler
  • CTC A200S GC Sampler
  • Gilson Sampler 232 Bio
  • Jasco modules: 920, 950, 979/975
  • Agilent/HP GC 5890
  • Agilent/HP GC 7673 sampler
  • Chromeleon Installation Qualification (IQ) 
  • User management and access control
  • Locking of directories, datasources, sequences
  • New calibration/quantitation options
  • LIMS Worklist import
  • Chromeleon tutorial

2.14
June
1997

  • Dionex RF 2000 Fluorescence Detector
  • ISCO Foxy Junior Fraction Collector
  • AIA (andi) export
  • Additional graphics and data exports
  • New peak labeling option in chromatogram plots
  • New toolbars
  • New reporting and spectral plot features

2.00
April
1997

  • Merck/Hitachi AS4000 Sampler
  • Berthold Radiaoactivity Detector LB507
  • Configurable generic device driver for RS232 devices
  • Expanded photodiode array support (real-time 3-D plot, advanced Peak Purity Analysis, Spectra Plot, Spectra Library Search, new reporting features)
  • Enhanced editor for instrument control programs
  • Blank run subtraction
  • New detection parameters

1.42
January
1997

  • Merck/Hitachi L6200/L6210 pumps
  • Kontron Instruments 322/325 pump systems
  • Instant peak summary
  • User-definable report tables

1.30
October
1996

  • Kontron Instruments 400 system modules
  • Photodiode array support
  • Browser enhancements
  • Integration view and reporting enhancements

1.20
September
1996

  • Gynkotek HPLC modules
  • First release

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