https://morganbye.com/tags/epr/Recent content in Epr on Morgan ByeHugoen-caCC BY-SA 4.0Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:54:00 +0000https://morganbye.com/posts/20120817_1/Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:54:00 +0000https://morganbye.com/posts/20120817_1/<div class="admonition danger"> <div class="admonition-header"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M256 32c14.2 0 27.3 7.5 34.5 19.8l216 368c7.3 12.4 7.3 27.7 .2 40.1S486.3 480 472 480L40 480c-14.3 0-27.6-7.7-34.7-20.1s-7-27.8 .2-40.1l216-368C228.7 39.5 241.8 32 256 32zm0 128c-13.3 0-24 10.7-24 24l0 112c0 13.3 10.7 24 24 24s24-10.7 24-24l0-112c0-13.3-10.7-24-24-24zm32 224a32 32 0 1 0 -64 0 32 32 0 1 0 64 0z"/></svg> <span>Danger</span> </div> <div class="admonition-content"> <p>Disclaimer: the author does not condone piracy but this may be used as a temporary measure</p> </div> </div> <p>​As readers of my work-sided blog posts will be aware, I&rsquo;ve had some recent problems with spectrometers and their control PCs. As a result I&rsquo;ve been swapping computers and network cards right, left and centre to try and get things working. As a temporary measure and so as to avoid contacting Bruker every 20 minutes for a new Xepr license file for the latest network card I&rsquo;m trying I&rsquo;ve written a little script to get around the Xepr license check.</p>https://morganbye.com/posts/20120812/Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:50:00 +0000https://morganbye.com/posts/20120812/<p>Recently in the lab we&rsquo;ve had some problems thanks to a helpful software update rendering it impossible to connect to a spectrometer. This troubleshooting provides a record of my steps to diagnosing the problem. Hopefully shortening the process in the future. The spectrometer in question is a Bruker ELEXSYS E580/E680 hybrid connected to a HP/Bruker desktop running openSUSE 12.1 x64, with Xepr v2.6b53. You will need super user privileges for almost all of these commands.</p>