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Recently, my windows 98 SE computer died, which I used to control this instrument. I was able to build a new computer running windows 98 SE with Chemstation G1701AA A.03.01 with D.02.00 NIST Libraries (yes this the correct one for windows 95/98); however, chemstation is unable to recognize the GC.
I have a new 82350b PCI GPIB card on the new windows 98 SE computer that is successfully installed using Agilent IO Libraries. I configured the card as the following:
SICL: hp82341
VISA: GPIB0
Logical Unit: 7
Bus: 30
All versions of IO Libraries I have tried installing (L.02.00 and M.01.01) recognize the GPIB address of the GC and MSD as 15 and 20, respectively. The control panel hardware shows that the card is successfully installed as well. I know it isn't an IO Libraries issue or communication issue with the GC/MSD.
I have properly assigned both instruments in the Chemstation configuration panel for the 5890 GC and 5971 MSD with GPIB addresses of 15 and 20, respectively. The GPIB addresses were verified on the cards and through the IO Libraries connection software.
When I startup chemstation, it tells me that both the GC and MSD cannot be detected.
I have restarted windows multiple times. I have tried using different GPIB boards in computer, GC, and MSD (all are working fine), and I cannot get it to work.
The kicker is that I borrowed a computer that successfully runs a 5890/5971 combo in an adjacent lab from mine, plugged it into my system, and found that it works just fine. The borrowed computer also runs windows 98 SE with IO Libraries L.02.00 and Chemstation A.03.01.
I am completely at a loss. I have no idea if I am missing sometime simple, or if something more complicated is needed. I am hoping the community can help me.
Thank you.