>We are having trouble with our FACSCaliber during data collection.
>Specifically, the computer-cytometer connection seems to be disrupted every
>so often while running. We have to restart the cytometer and computer,
>usually more than once, to reestablish the connection. We start the
>cytometer first and wait a minute before starting the computer. We have a
>Syquest drive nearby for data storage, but even with the Syquest off the
>entire time, we can still run into this same problem. Has anyone else
>encountered this particular problem? This is rather annoying and any
>suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Charles, are you using a Power Macintosh or the Quadra 650 ??.
We have a Quadra 650 on our FACSCaliber and have some difficulty with
communication between the instrument and cytometer but only during startup -
once connection is established everything works fine :-)
I am looking forward to the new PowerMac version to solve this problem ...
perhaps I'm a little naive, but that's the way we are "down under"
Cheers,
Peter Chapple
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
Melbourne AUSTRALIA