Message "A failure occurred in requesting the instrument status" appears in Empower 3 message center - WKB13985
Article number: 13985
SYMPTOMS
- "A failure occurred in requesting the instrument status" message appears in Empower 3 message center
- Instrument failure in Empower
- Run stops
ENVIRONMENT
- Empower 3
- Alliance 2695 separations module
CAUSE
Bad Ethernet connection between PC and 2695
FIX or WORKAROUND
- Reseat the Ethernet cable.
- Check connections from instrument to Ethernet switch to computer.
- Shutdown the computer, unplug the Ethernet switch, power off the instruments.
- Power on the computer, wait until idle at the Windows desktop.
- Plug in the Ethernet switch.
- Power on the instruments.
- Log in to Empower and restart the run.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION