UW CHEMISTRY NMR
Announcments & Equipment Logs
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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UPDATE ! ! DRX499 IS OPEN FOR USE ! RESERVE TIME NOW !
Welcome back to an exciting New Year 2019 ! I would like to officially (re)announce the availability of the reborn DRX499 NMR console for regular use with an exciting new user interface that should make your routine NMR runs much easier. If you didn’t have a chance, please click on the following link to my […]
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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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ALERT ! AV300 – READY WITH NEW UDRIVE STORAGE BACKEND – PLEASE READ !!
AV300 USES UDRIVE CLOUD STORAGE FROM NOW ON : This is identical to the way AV301 is storing data currently. Here is a link to my earlier blog post on UW Udrive storage. Few updated points to note : On both AV300 and AV301, even after UDRIVE migration the file tree will simply appear as […]
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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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