Instructions for scheduling and using instruments with iLab
Booking instrument time in iLab
- Navigate to nmr.nd.edu on your mobile device or a computer
- Click Time Booking
- Click Book Instrument Time through iLab. Enter your credentials if prompted.
- You should see Schedule Resources page. If you do not see it - click [Schedule Equipment] button.
- Click an instrument name.
- Click a schedule name for the time period you need.
- Click and drag from starting time a minimum of 10 min.
- Select and confirm name/fund
- Reservation window opens: scroll to Times section
- Click pencil icon to adjust times (if needed). If you made changes - click [Save] button.
- Scroll to Payment Information section
- Select FOP (Activity Code), which is your account number for billing.
- Click [Save Reservation]
NOTE: Reservation may be edited or deleted up to the start time. Please, delete ASAP if your plans change to let other users use the instrument time! To delete: click your reservation in a schedule, click black rectangle popup button, click [Delete Reservation] button.
Using instruments with Kiosk
NOTE: Users of Stepan 400 must use a mobile device because workstation browser does not work with Kiosk.
- Come to NMR/EPR room on time. You are allowed to start up to 9 min earlier if schedule is free before your reservation.
- Sanitize workstation
- Log into Kiosk on your mobile device or a computer workstation:
- Navigate to nmr.nd.edu
- Click Time Booking
- Click Start Using the Instrument: Kiosk
- Click [Go to Kiosk]
- Click [Start] on your reservation
IMPORTANT NOTE: You must start your session within 8 min from beginning of your time. If you did not—your reservation is automatically canceled and labeled "no-show". Before you can a start Kiosk session again, you will need to make a new time reservation (provided that instrument time is still available)!
- Continue to using the instrument.
- While doing your work, check Kiosk page once in a while: refresh page or click [View] to see how much time is left
- If you need more time:
- Kiosk shows green [Extend] button if time on the schedule after your reservation was not booked. Click [Extend] and choose additional amount of time.
- If you don't see this green button, it means that there is another user starting immediately after you. You must finish your experiments before your time ends!
- When done with the spectrometer:
- for NMR: insert standard sample, lock on CDCl3
for EPR: shut down entire system is next user has not arrived. - quit control software (Topspin or Xenon)
- click [Finish] in Kiosk, then [Finish Session]
- for NMR: insert standard sample, lock on CDCl3
- Sanitize workstation