ShakeandBake wrote:
No autosampler. I manually inject. I click start run on desk top then press run after injection.
The remote cable is attached although quite loose. There is a signal 1 cable that is going to nothing. 3pin side is discounted.
If the remote cable is working, it should cause the timer on the data acquisition to start once you press "Run" on the GC. The remote cable sends the start signal to the MS when the GC run begins. If you timer on the screen does not start, then the MS is not getting the start run signal through the remote cable.
Also check the method and see what the "solvent delay" is set to in the MS parameters window. If it is set longer than the GC run time, you will also get a similar error because the run ends before the MS begins to acquire data.