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ALERT : DRX499 – DATA WILL BE UNAVAILABLE TEMPORARILY

The DRX499 computer is being upgraded.  Due to this operation, the DRX499 data tree won’t be available until late afternoon of today.  I apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.

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UPDATE ON PHOENIX : FULLY FUNCTIONAL

All data trees are available for download now.  If you notice otherwise, please post a message to the log.

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UPDATE – PHOENIX : DATA DOWNLOAD RESTORED – MOSTLY

But for the AV700 and AV800 data trees, files from all the other NMR hosts are accessible now for download.   An update will be posted once those two trees are restored as well.

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ALERT – PHOENIX SERVER : TEMPORARY DISRUPTION

The phoenix server will go down for fixing the intermittent FTP problem. The system should be back up in about 15 minutes.  Please look for further updates here.

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UPDATE – AV301 : SYSTEM IS UP !

Users can reserve time as usual and start using the instrument. Do keep us posted if you see anything abnormal.

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AV500 – SHIM UPDATE

Some users had complained that they are not able to get good line shape for their sample and Topshim software did not help, apparently, either.   My experience today has been different. The spectrum shown below is the result of a successful shimming operation with Topshim, for running this reasonably demanding 1D spectrum that suppresses 95% […]

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DRX499 – UPDATE ON LINESHAPE

Users had noticed that the lineshape on this instrument has been rather poor.  This is primarily due to the fact that the magnet is still taking its own time to settle down after the cryoshimming and B0 field adjustment approximately a month ago. Supercon Magnets are notoriously unpredictable when it comes to their expected duration […]

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GENERAL ALERT ! COMPRESSED AIR INTERRUPTION TOMORROW, Wed, 25th Jun

Facilities and services has announced a 2 hour window of compressed air disruption from 5.00 am to 7.00 am on Wedensday, 25th June ’14.  The walk-on users won’t be affected by this event but those who want to plan overnight runs should take note that the VT system will be non-functional during this event.  Please […]

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UPDATE ! DRX499 – SYSTEM BACK TO NORMAL

Please let us know if you face any issues again.

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ALERT – DRX499 – COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE BEING REINSTALLED

Normal acquisition is not proceeding due to a corruption of low level software on the host computer.  This is being re-installed and the system should be up soon.

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