ConfigEditor Device1 missing????

[bmoritz]

Hi All,

I am trying to get our HPLC up and running and I'm having a big problem with the configuration editor. Whenever I click on the ConfigEdit to set up our Agilent 1200 an erroe message pops up stating "Device1 is missing its device type in Chemstation.ini" What do I need to do to correct this? If I try to open chemstation (online) I get another error message stating "Missing device1 in [PCS] in win.ini" I have no idea how to correct these errors and was hoping someone could lend some advice. Thanks in advance.

Ben

[woodada]

Hello Ben,

I believe you may have got a corrupted chemstation.ini. This is the configuration file that tells Chemstation how to behave. It lives in your windows folder. There should be a section in there that tells it the Instrument 1 is an HPLC Chemstation.

I think your best bet is to reload Chemstaion if you have the disk at hand.
Don't forget to write down your license numbers before you remove Chemstation. Otherwise I can try and find some text you can edit into the Chemstation.ini file (just with notepad) to correct it but I don’t have this on my laptop.

[bmoritz]

Woodada,

Thanks for the reply. I was able to edit the .ini file and get the Config editor to launch properly. Unfortunately I am still unable to get my modules to show up as green/online systems? I use a LAN line to connect to the HPLC using Windows XP, and have bootp. For some reason I just can't get the bootp to establish an ip address/connection to the HPLC. So that's where I am now.

[woodada]

Progress then Ben

First thing to check is that the IP address of the PC is suitable for the HPLC to use. It should be in the same range as the HPLC will be set.

What I would do is give the PC a static IP address of 10.1.1.101 with subnet mask of 255.255.0.0. Then setup the HPLC IP address from bootp. You need to know the MAC address of the detector, this is printed on the back of the detector in the world smallest font!!!!

In bootp enter that MAC address and assign an 10.1.1.102 and 255.255.0.0 subnet mask and an number of "HPLC" (there is a an issue with numbers in the name but I can't remember what is was of the top of my head).

You then need to power cycle the detector to get it to receive the new IP.

Open up MS command prompt (Start/Run and type CMD) and then type "ping 10.1.1.102", if you're talking then you should receive a positive response.

Let me know how you get on.

[Consumer Products Guy]

I was able to edit the .ini file and get the Config editor to launch properly. Unfortunately I am still unable to get my modules to show up as green/online systems? I use a LAN line to connect to the HPLC using Windows XP, and have bootp. For some reason I just can't get the bootp to establish an ip address/connection to the HPLC. So that's where I am now.

Disclaimer: I don't have any idea why the following has worked for me when the modules did not show up in green.

Un-disclaimer: It really has worked for me on our 1100 systems.

In ChemStation (NOT Configuration Editor), under Instrument, click at bottom Cofig 1200 Access, and REMOVE ALL those modules (listed as off-line modules). Then shut down ChemStation. Start up Chemstation again (reboot first if you like), a dialog box should soon appear, with green on-line modules showing up in the choices on the left; move each of those over to the right and proceed.