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Cannot communicate with ACQUITY system in Empower - WKB48612

Article number: 48612

SYMPTOMS

  • Cannot communicate with ACQUITY system in Empower
  • Console does not populate information regarding system modules
  • Instruments scan OK? NO on the node properties instrument tab
  • Cannot ping the instrument LAN card successfully at 192.168.0.1

ENVIRONMENT

  • Empower 
  • ACQUITY UPLC
  • Ethernet instruments

CAUSE

The instrument LAN card is set to disabled.

FIX or WORKAROUND

  1. Enable the instrument LAN card and confirm communication by pinging it.
  2. Re-scan the instruments on the node properties instrument tab and they will appear as OK? YES.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

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