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From: "zaugg@cc.usu.edu"@cc.usu.edu
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 14:31:51 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Acquisition software for use with GC/MS and GC
Organization: *


Hi!

We are running an HP-6890 GC/MS using HP Chemstation MS software and are
wondering if we are using the best available software. Our quandry
comes
because we are also running several Shimadzu GC-14A's with the Shimadzu
Class-VP software (which we would like to replace with more capable
software) and would like to run all of the instruments with one data
acquisition system. Ideally, we would be able to read the old
Shimadzu/EZChrom file format as well as the Chemstation MS format. I
saw
that ChemSW has software to read all of these formats so that may not be
of
the utmost importance, but what is important is that we can acquire
GC/MS
data from the HP, as well as data from three additional Shimadzu GC-
14A's
with two detectors each.

Does anybody have any recommendations here as to the best software
solution?

Thanks

Nathan Zaugg




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From: "Philippe Lévi" <nospam.levi.philippe@free.fr>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 11:43:09 GMT
Subject: Re: Acquisition software for use with GC/MS and GC
Organization: Guest of ProXad - France

Look at the Target software from Thruput Systems (part of ThermoFinnigan
Co.)
at http://www.tp.com

It has no instrument control, but reads datafiles from almost all
manufacturers and
uses a database system (Target DB) to consolidate all lab-oriented work.

Don't know if you may ever find a unique data acquisition system, but at
least this would help a lot.

Rgds

Philippe
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From: "David Sparkman" <ods@compuserve.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 15:34:27 GMT
Subject: Re: Acquisition software for use with GC/MS and GC
Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband
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Nathan,

JEMS, http://www.gcmsdoctor.com/ (The GCMS Doctor) has the Galaxy
software
which works with the MSD. I don't know if it will work with the
Shimadzu.
You can save data files in the ChemStation or native Galaxy file format.
The data analysis software is very nice. You will need the CSW product
to
convert your Shimadzu files to a format that can be read by the Galaxy
software (ChemSatation format).

Regards;
David
--
O. David Sparkman
Consultant-At-Large
ods@compuserve.com

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From: "Clair Bragg" <gentech@wycol.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 15:55:59 -0400
Subject: Re: Acquisition software for use with GC/MS and GC
Organization: *

Nathan,

The solution to your wanting to run HP Chemstation to acquire the
Shimadzu
data using your GC/MS software can easily be done ny using a HP 35900
A/D
interface box. You can acquire the data and interface it to the
Chemstation
using diferent HPIB addresses for each Shimadzu GC. This will allow you
to
use Chemstation to manipulate the data. You still must operate the
Shimadzu
systems from there respective front panels as the HP Chemstation will
not
control the GC's only the data signal.

GenTech Scientific can give you more information. Call us at 716-492-
1068
ask for Clair and we can fill you in with more information.

Sincerely,

Clair Bragg
President/Owner
GenTech Scientific. Inc.
716-492-1068
716-492-0383fax
www.GCMSservice.com
gentech@wycol.com