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Error "Bad loop option general failure" when running ACQUITY with Empower 3 - WKB239031

Article number: 239031

SYMPTOMS

  • Error "Bad loop option general failure" when starting an injection
  • No other error messages in the console logs
  • No changes to loop size
  • No changes to method

ENVIRONMENT

  • Empower 3 
  • ACQUITY UPLC Sample Manager with ICS 1.73.4159, firmware 1.65.375

CAUSE

Corrupt instrument method

FIX or WORKAROUND

  1. Create and save a new instrument method.
  2. Reinject.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WKB19649  Error: General Failure Bad Loop Option on ACQUITY I-Class SM-FL

id239031, UPBSMIVD, UPIBSM, UPIBSM+, UPIBSMIVD, UPISMFL, UPISMFL+, UPISMFTIVD, UPISMFTN, UPISMFTN+, UPLCCOLHTR, UPNBINARY, UPQSM, UPQSM+, UPQSMBIO, UPQSMBIO+, UPSMFTN, UPSMFTN+, UPSMFTNB+, UPSMFTNBIO, UPSMIVD, UPSMPMGR

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