Carl, Assuming the fiberline cable and connections for the DeltaVPlus and the MAT253 are the same (they look to be) the following is what I've ordered through Thermo for one of our 253s where I wanted greater reach on the cable. I should be receiving these items this week, so I don't have a success story to tell as of yet. 2052590 LIGHT-PIPE, fibre line PC-->MS, 6 Meter $174.07 2045730 Opto coupler gray $5.15 2045740 Opto coupler blue $5.15 At 09:47 AM 9/8/2008, you wrote: >All, > >I operate two ThermoFinnigan DeltaVPlus systems, and would like to move >the Isodat PC's farther from the MS's than the supplied fiber optic cable >will permit. I've searched all over the web for cables with these >terminations, checked with our computer support group, contacted tech >support at Thermo, and am still coming up with nothing. [Interestingly, >the single ends (as opposed to duplexed end) exactly match (to the extent >that memory allows) the connector used on the VG Autospec (vintage >1992) that we sold last year... perhaps this is an obsolete item that >Thermo has and is using up? ] > >Has anyone found a supplier for these cables, or even been able to >determine a name or type for the terminations? > >Thanks in advance, >Carl Johnson > > >*********************************************************** >*********************************************************** >Mr. Carl G. Johnson >Research Specialist >Dept. of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry >123 Fye Laboratory, MS#4 >Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution >Woods Hole, MA 02543-1543 >USA > >Tel: 508-289-2304 >Fax: 508-457-2164 ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] >http://www.whoi.edu/sites/MCG_OrganicMassSpectrometry > >*********************************************************** > >Organic Geochemistry & Paleobiology Lab Manager >Dept. of Geological Sciences >Brown University >324 Brook Street, Box 1846 >Providence, RI 02912 >USA > >Tel: 401-863-3091 ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] > >*********************************************************** >*********************************************************** Lora L. Wingate University of Michigan Department of Geological Sciences Stable Isotope Laboratory 1100 North University 1013 C.C. Little Building Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005