UW CHEMISTRY NMR
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ALERT ! BAGLEY POWER RESTORED – MOST NMR SYSTEMS ONLINE
Dear Users Except AV301, ALL THE OTHER NMR SYSTEMS ARE BACK TO NORMAL INCLUDING NEO500+PRODIGY CRYOPROBE. AV301: Some electrical issue need to be resolved before the console can be powered up. We will try to get this going as soon as we can. NMR Facility Manager 10/29/2023
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NEO500 : REMINDER ABOUT CALENDAR
Dear Neo500 Users It is great to see that we are all collectively doing what we can to keep this wonderful instrument collecting awesome data near close to 24/7 and squeeze every drop out of the $$ given to us. Notwithstanding this, one can anticipate software/hardware glitches, bugs, as well as planned maintenance steps to […]
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NEO500 – ICONNMR – NEW FEATURE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
Dear Users I guess by now you all have heard about the deployment of a new Financial System that started several weeks ago, which is a University wide transformation. In the context of the NMR facility, you may have already seen the effect of this when you reserve time with instruments GG500, AV300 or AV301. […]
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UPDATE : NEO500 : QUEUE IS RECOVERED FROM FROZEN STATE
Dear Users While we are looking for the cause of the frozen state of the queue yesterday, I wanted to inform you that the queue has been resumed and the originally submitted experiments will be run in the order they were requested. FYI NMR Facility Manager 8/29/23
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IMPORTANT NOTE ! – PLEASE DO NOT BRING WORK GLOVES INTO NMR LAB !!
Users Although you have been told during your orientation in no uncertain terms, it is worth repeating and remind ourselves. NO GLOVES IN THE NMR LAB ! ESPECIALLY, NEVER HANDLE THE NMR SPINNER WITH GLOVED HANDS (SEE PICTURE BELOW) This is one of the brand new spinners that came with the NEO500 NMR INSTRUMENT. The […]
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UPDATE ! NEO500 – QUEUE RESTARTED
The planned software update is complete to a later version. The queue has been restored and all the originally submitted experiments are continuing. Thank you NMR Facility Manager 7/11/2023
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ALERT ! NEO500 – WILL BE OFFLINE FOR SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TILL 5 PM
Dear Users Kindly bear with me for the last minute update, but the system will be back to running the queue by 5 PM today. I will post a confirmation once the queue is resumed. NMR Facility Manager 7/11/23
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ALERT ! GG500 – iPROBE NOT READY YET
Dear Users Fresh from the expensive repair, the iProbe is not delivering what it promised. Although you might see Topshim seem to complete it’s job, digging deeper, it is clear that the shimming is not at an acceptable level. Since we have a narrow window of warranty for such repairs, it is imperative that we […]
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UPDATE ! NEO500 – SYSTEM UP – USER ERROR CAUSED INTERRUPTION
Dear Users I will once again draw your attention to the following post that was broadcast about a month ago. This pertains to the proper way a sample is handled with NEO500 and the SampleCase automated sample changer. Click here for that post. To jog your memory, here is the accompanying picture Over the […]
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UPDATE – NEO500 : AUTOMATION QUEUE STARTED AGAIN
Dear Users Nothing more to add on the technical side of the instrument. But I do have something to add as to the handling of sample and the system. There is a ‘method to the madness’ and a ‘rationale behind a pesky insistence’, when me or Adrienne shout from the rooftop. (As I was writing […]
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