Hi Satoshi,

Does the "reset" perform the same function as the "park bellows" script in 
the Inlet Scripts tab of the Inlet Editor?  Maybe this is the missing step 
that is causing Eric's bellows super expansion.

Take care,
Georges


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Irei,Satoshi [Ontario]" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ISOGEOCHEM] bellows settings on isoprime


> Hello Eric and Georges,
>
> I've thought that this is not a problem. It's just supposed to be so.
>
> No matter how far the bellow is shrunk, it will be stretched out until
> the display goes zero when you pressed "reset". For example, let's say
> the bellow was set at 1000. If you re-start the software with this
> bellow position, the display will show the bellow at 0 although it
> hasn't changed. However, by re-setting the bellow the software will
> recognize the full expansion which is the reference position as zero.
> The number of bellow setting is just a matter of precision of bellow
> adjustment, I guess. It seems to me a bit of burden on the motor
> though...
>
> Let me know if you think this is wrong.
>
> Cheers, Satoshi
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stable Isotope Geochemistry [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Georges L. Paradis
> Sent: February 27, 2006 7:58 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ISOGEOCHEM] bellows settings on isoprime
>
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> I know that queasy feeling when the bellows stepper motor just keeps on
> pushing after the bellows is fully squeezed! I'm not aware of the
> stepper
> motors pulling too far in the expand direction.  To fix the 'squeeze too
>
> hard' problem, try double clicking the reference bellows and click
> setup.
> At the bottom of the list there is a parameter called 'maximum travel'.
> 4000 is a good setting for our machine.  I think 4600 is the default,
> which
> is terribly high.  We also have the 'electrical stop' button selected.
> The
> sample bellows default of 3500 seems to be ok and hasn't needed
> adjustment.
>
> This setting does affect the bellows cycling at the beginning of each
> analysis when looking for min/max ref beam.
>
> Good luck,
> Georges
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "QRC Isotope Lab" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:15 PM
> Subject: [ISOGEOCHEM] bellows settings on isoprime
>
>
>> Does anyone know how to set the bellows max/min on MassLynx4, for
>> Isoprime?
>>
>> There is a setting in the "inlet editor" but this is ignored by the
>> scripts.  The bellows are getting pulled and stretched much farther
> than
>> they should be, and we have not been able to figure out how to stop
> this.
>>
>> Does anyone know how to set this up correctly?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Eric Steig
>>
>