Chromatography Forum

I would like to run a blank each morning at 8:00am.
We have waters Empower system.
Can I set it up to automatically start running my blank at 8:00 am each day only using the software? (do not have to set up a sequech and calculate time period between the end of the day and 8 am next morning)

thanks a lot

What is the purpose for running a blank each day? You would have to set up a sample set to run every morning, even if you used the same one repeatedly.

to clean the system before i come to work everyday. this can save me time.
Does Empower have that function to turn on to run a sample set at a certain time?

I don't think that this can be done through Empower alone.
You can setup a pause time, or you can equilibrate at flow 0 for a certain time, but in this setup you have to calculate manually (or through a spreadsheet) the required amount of time.

Another possibility is to use visual basic or another program language that either controls your mouse pointer and buttons, or can push buttons.
If you then use the task scheduler, you can use the program to load your sample set and push run.

Yet another way: use the Empower toolkit in combination with the Windows task Scheduler, but I'm not sure if this is really possible without buying add-ons.

Ace

Or setup your next day's entire run with a lengthy initial equilibration step and start it on your way out the door the night before.

create a method with 0.01 flow and give it sufficient time command so that it will run whole night and create a another method with which u want to run your blank and run it after that..
this is the only way ....
empower don't have any feature to run samples automatically in morning..