Binghamton University NMR Spectrometer Reservation System
Help Notes

The BUNMR Spectrometer Schedules and Calendars may be accessed ONLY by authorized users from authorized computers.

Special Signup Permissions for the AV 600 and the NEO 400 NMR Groups with heavy NMR use may reserve extended blocks of time.
Full-day reservation requests should be submitted to the NMR specialist at least one week in advance. Any unreserved time slots may be used by anyone in accordance with the general rules below.

General NMR Signup Rules for all spectrometers: (Exceptions require prior approval by the NMR specialist.)
--	The NMR specialist will reserve time as needed for maintenance or service experiments.				--
--	The maximum length of reservation blocks depends on the time of day and on the day of the week:				--
--	Weekdays:	120 minutes between 8 am and 2 pm 30 minutes between 2 pm and 6 pm 60 minutes between 6 pm and 10 pm		Advance reservation: 1 day	--
--	Week-Nights:		10 hours between 10 pm and 8 am	Advance reservation: 1 week	--
--	Weekends:	4 hours between 8 am and 10 pm	. 10 hours between 10 pm and 8 am .	Advance reservation: 1 week	--
--	Reservations that do not comply with these rules may be deleted at any time.				--
--	Users may only sign up with their own username.				--
--	No-shows will forfeit their reservation after 5 minutes.				--
--	Time on our spectrometers is very valuable and the purpose of the spectrometer PC is to run experiments, not to process them. Help your fellow researchers get time on the spectrometers by - reserving only time you know you will need for running your experiments, - cancelling your reservation time, if you don't need it any more, - processing and printing your spectra in your own lab or office or using one of our processing workstations.				--

Reserving and Unreserving time:

If the time when the schedule was last updated on your browser (the time shown in red at the top of the schedule) is not very recent, then click on the browser's Refresh button to reload the most recent schedule.
To reserve/unreserve time, you MUST type in your Login and PassWord (PW).
To sign up for time, click on the square next to the time period that you want to reserve. Time periods start at the time specified in the left column and last for 10 minutes.
To cancel your reservation, click on the square next to your name for the time period that you want to unreserve. You may NOT cancel reservations made by other users. Time periods start at the time specified in the left column and last for 10 minutes.
You may also type in the START and END time of your request at the beginning of the schedule. Accepted times are "1:00" to "12:50" in 10-minute increments. Also specify "add" or "delete", and "am" or "pm".
For example, the following request will reserve the entire evening (until 7:29 the next morning):
add delete
START: 10:00 pm
END: 7:30 am
To submit your schedule request, click on Submit Request.
The schedule program will ACCEPT your request and show you the new schedule, or it will REJECT your request and explain why this occured.

Reasons why your schedule request can be REJECTED:

You didn't accurately type your Login or PassWord.
You tried to delete a reservation made by another user.
The schedule that you were using was out of date, and another user has already reserved the same time that you wanted to reserve. If you encounter this problem, the program will automatically reload the most recent schedule. To avoid this problem, Click on Refresh Schedule BEFORE you start to reserve/unreserve time.
The Schedule is processing a request by another user. Each schedule request requires a few moments of computer processing, during which time no other user may also submit a request. If you encounter this problem, just try again; the request that was being processed will probably be finished before your second try. If you consistiently have difficulty submitting a reservation, contact the NMR Facility Staff---the web server may have crashed, causing access problems.
You tried to type in the START and END times, but:
- you specified only a START or END time, but not both.
- you typed in characters other than digits and the ":" character for the START or END times.
- you typed in a time that has hours > 12 or minutes > 59.
- you didn't specify "am" or "pm" for the START and END times.
- you didn't specify "add" or "delete".
- your end time preceeds your start time. Note that the schedule's day starts at 8:00 am and ends at 7:50 am the next morning. Therefore, requests such as "starting at 7:00 am and ending at 8:00 am" are not accepted, since 7:00 am is 23 hours after 8:00 am. You can reserve "7:00 am to 7:59am" by starting at 7:00 am and ending at 7:50 am.

Other Features:

You can change your MAG RES Password to any combination of letters and numbers that is less than 9 characters.
To change the day of the schedule, click on the Schedule Date (the date shown to the right of the "Go To"" text) and select the previous day or the next day. IMMEDIATELY click on Submit Request to load the schedule for the new day. DO NOT request time for this NEW day on the displayed schedule without clicking on Submit Request. You MUST reload the schedule for this new day.
To change the selected spectrometer, click on the spectrometer name (at the absolute top of the schedule) and select a different spectrometer. IMMEDIATELY click on Submit Request to load the schedule for this new spectrometer. DO NOT request time for this NEW spectroemter on the displayed schedule without clicking on Submit Request. You MUST reload the schedule for this new spectrometer.
To view the calendar, click on View Calendar.
To view the current activity on the spectrometer, click on Current Activity. A reservation is forfeited if the spectrometer is idle for >5 minutes from the start of the reservation. The schedule will not show this forfeiture, and this forfeited time cannot be scheduled by another user. The spectrometer is then available on a first-come first-served basis.
The probe that will be in the spectrometer magnet is also listed on the schedule. If you require a different probe for your experiment, contact the NMR Facility Staff before making your reservation to arrange for this probe change.

Spectrometer Calendars

The Calendar shows if each entire day is RESERVED or OPEN. If only part of a day has been reserved, then no comment will appear. The calendar may also show notes regarding the type of probe or other conditions for the spectrometer scheduled for each day.
You can load the Schedule for a particular day by clicking on Schedule.
You can change the month of the Calendar at the bottom of the Calendar page.
Only the previous month, the current month, and the next 10 months can be accessed. For example, if the current month is November 1997, and you click on View September on the October 1997 Calendar, you will view the September 1998 Calendar, not the September 1997 Calendar. Similarly, if the current month is November 1997, and you click on View October on the September 1998 Calendar, you will view the October 1997 Calendar, not the October1998 Calendar.
While this is a "bug" in the program, it can be faster to cycle through months in the "wrong" direction due to this "bug".
Only the NMR Facility Staff and other authorized users may edit the Calendar. If you would like to reserve an entire day, please contact the NMR Facility Staff.

Binghamton University NMR Spectrometer Reservation System Help Notes

Special Signup Permissions for the AV 600 and the NEO 400 NMR

General NMR Signup Rules for all spectrometers:(Exceptions require prior approval by the NMR specialist.)

Reserving and Unreserving time:

Reasons why your schedule request can be REJECTED:

Other Features:

Spectrometer Calendars

Binghamton University NMR Spectrometer Reservation System
Help Notes

General NMR Signup Rules for all spectrometers:
(Exceptions require prior approval by the NMR specialist.)