UW CHEMISTRY NMR
Announcments & Equipment Logs
Spectrometer
ALERT ! AV500 – DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE
The probehead issue I had mentioned last Friday might take more than a quick fix, upon inspection outside the magnet. I have blocked the instrument until 11 am hoping that this will be done by then. Barring one, I have retained the existing reservations on the calendar. If the situation changes, I will let you […]
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ALERT ! AV500 UPDATE ON PROBEHEAD – PLEASE READ
Tuning and Matching glitch on 1H channel : The matching knob on 1H channel has lost its traction since it is mostly disengaged from the rod that rotates the matching Capacitor inside the probe. We need to apply a minimally invasive remedy to fix this and we will do this on Monday, the 28th. But […]
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PLEASE READ !! – DRX499 IS BACK ! – REFURBISHED AND REINCARNATED
It’s Here ! The refurbished DRX499 with an excellent magnet on TMC anti-vibration legs is ready and at your service ! Thank you for patiently watching and enduring my milling around with the guts of the DRX499 spectrometer exposed bare for months on end. At long last, the refurbished unit is ready for you to […]
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UPDATE : NMR LOGIN BACK TO NORMAL – RESERVATION SYSTEM STILL HAS ISSUES
Users should be able to proceed as usual. The reservation server is still not functioning correctly, at least as far as I could test it from my office desktop. I will post an update on this as and when available. NMR Facility Manager 12/7/18
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ALERT : GENERAL NETWORK ISSUES PREVENTING NORMAL NMR OPERATIONS
Please note that department wide network related issues prevent any login to any of the NMR instruments. We are feverishly working to resolve this ASAP. As part of this, you might notice that you are not able to reserve any NMR time on the web calendar also. Update will be coming your way. Stay Tuned. […]
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ALERT ! AV300 : SYSTEM DOWN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
There is a computer hardware failure that makes the system unusable. While we are energetically working on this, the system may not be operational before the day is through. Thank you for your patience and understanding. NMR Facility Manager 12/7/18
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UPDATE ! : NMR RESERVATION SYSTEM BACK TO NORMAL
Please let us know if you have issues reserving time for any of the instruments. The tests so far produced desired results. NMR Facility Manager 12/3/18 10.32 am
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ALERT ! : NMR RESERVATION SYSTEM MALFUNCTION
We are aware that you are not able to reserve NMR time via the usual webpage front end. We are looking into the reservation server as we speak. I will post an update as soon as the problem is resolved. If it turns out that the problem will take longer than 30 minutes resolve, we […]
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ALERT ! AV500 – PROBE SWAP – CHANGE IN SCHEDULE
The original schedule of Probe swap in this instrument has been advanced to today/tomorrow. Part of the motivation for this is the (good) news that the REVIVED DRX499 is almost ready for full scale deployment within a few days. We are placing a new probehead called TBI-1H,13C {X} – Z gradient in AV500. This probe […]
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