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ALERT ! GG500 – GRADIENT MALFUNCTION
Dear Users We are aware of the issue with gradients that leads to a failure of Topshim (and gradient assisted experiments as well). We will take a look at the possible causes and provide an update as soon as we can. Stay tuned NMR Facility Manager 6/28/2023
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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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NEO500 – CALL TO ACTION – PLEASE CLEANUP AFTER YOURSELF !
Dear NEO500 Users This is a renewed call made a few weeks back about the piling up of unused/completed NMR sample tubes, that is overwhelming the system. See picture below : Since we don’t have a capacity larger than 24 sample tubes, we really need you to be on top of your cleanup act, […]
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ALERT ! GG500 – POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO iPROBE – TXO PROBE IS IN ITS PLACE NOW
Hello All Following an unfortunate incident of a user dropping the sample tube into the magnet bore without a spinner, it turned out that the sample tube broke inside the new iProbe probehead. Being a mint condition probe, which also belongs to the latest generation, it will need careful handling in assessing the extent of […]
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FEATURE UPDATE : NEO500 – YOU WILL FIND THIS RATHER USEFUL
Dear Users Starting from today, the IconNMR session controlling the NEO500 system will contact you via email about the completion of your experiment and it will also send you a PDF snapshot of the processed spectrum. Let me elaborate. As soon as a sample in holder no. X is processed by the system, it […]
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UPDATE – GG500 : ALL NORMAL
The seemingly different issues noticed by a few users over the weekend were related. The root cause is identified and the system is back to normal. NMR Facility Manager 5/30/23
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APPEAL – NEO500 : LET US KEEP THE HOUSE CLEAN !
Dear NEO Users Appeal 1 : the problem of “Orphaned NMR Tubes” Please take a moment to behold the ‘status quo’ of samples near the instrument that I recorded yesterday. Now, this is over and above all the holder positions of the sample Carousel being completely occupied during the time of the picture snapping. With […]
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UPDATE : NEO500 – SYSTEM BACK TO NORMAL
Dear Users Thanks to those of you who alerted us to the glitch, that led to failed data collection for some of your samples. The hardware issue is resolved and I have tested that the Acquisition proceeds as expected. please note : I have resubmitted to the queue, those of the samples that were still […]
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NEO500 – REMINDER – PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE !
Dear NEO500 users Owing to the true ‘walk-on’ nature of the NEO500 SYSTEM, we may not be compelled to access the NMR Reservation Page for this instrument. I wanted to send you this gentle reminder in connection with the same. Please note that, you have a near live view of the NEO500 automation queue, which […]
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