AnalystTM ADC Bug Fix Service Pack Release Notes
Version 1.1
General
The Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX Analyst™ ADC Bug Fix service pack fixes the
following bugs in Analyst 1.1:
• Analyst crashing/locking up on batch submission with the ADC in the method.
• Inability to save the method without first checking and unchecking the Channel 1
checkbox in the method editor.
• Implements software smoothing algorithm to reduce noise seen by the ADC.
• The ADC data displayed on all channels is similar. (This is a bug from ADC Bug
Fix 1.0 )
• The ADC method editor does not pick up the values that are configured for the
device in the hardware profile. i.e. output voltage
The ADC Bug Fix requires 3 MB of disk space to install. This version of the service pack
supercedes all previous versions and can be installed on top of any previous version of
the ADC Bug Fix.
Known Problems and Limitations
Please report any problems, limitations and feature requests via the website at:
http://www.appliedbiosystems.com/
or via e-mail at:
[email protected]
Known problems and limitations with this service pack:
• If loading a previously saved batch and the ADC method(s) used in the batch do
not match with the current hardware profile, no warning is given and the batch
can be submitted. However, starting acquisition with the submitted batch may
result in errors. The work around is to make sure the methods specified in the
batch do match with the current hardware configuration by opening the method
editor for each method in the batch and seeing if any error is encountered.
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The software smoothing algorithm utilizes oversampling of the input data with averaging
of the oversampled data to reduce noise. Two parameters are involved with this
algorithm:
Averaging Interval - The user-specified sampling rate will be multiplied by this value
and data will be acquired with this rate. The data will then be averaged back to the user-
specified sampling rate.
To remove smoothing of the data displayed this value can be set to 1.
Maximum Sampling Rate - If the specified value is below maximum sampling rate
allowed by the ADC card (50,000), then the sampling will occur with this rate. The input
data will then be averaged to produce data with user-specified sampling rate. In this case,
Averaging Interval will be ignored.
By default, the Averaging Interval is set to 10 and the Maximum Sampling Rate is set to
50,000. These two parameters can be modified by the editing the following registry keys
(you must have administrator privileges on the computer to do this):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PE
Sciex\Analyst\Engines\DeviceDrivers\DDADConverter\Averaging Interval
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PE
Sciex\Analyst\Engines\DeviceDrivers\DDADConverter\Maximum Sampling Rate
Installation Instructions
Before installing the service pack it is important to note that you must have
administrator privileges for the computer you wish to install on. Contact your IT
group if you are unsure what access rights you have.
The installation of the ADC Bug Fix is accomplished through the ADC Bug Fix
Installer. This program automatically places the required files in required folders. The
ADC Bug Fix cannot be uninstalled separately. It can only be uninstalled by uninstalling
the Analyst™ Software. The ADC Bug Fix can be obtained from the Applied
Biosystems website at: http://www.appliedbiosystems.com/
Step 1. Log on to the local system with administrator privileges.
You must have administrator privileges on your local workstation in order to perform the
installation.
Step 2. Installing the service pack software.
Run the ADC Bug Fix Installer, ADCFix.exe.
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