th  - 1987 - 51st ENC Conference

MK35
NETVORKING AND AUTOMATION IN THE HIGH-VOLUME LABORATORY
by
Stephen G. Spanton, Richard L. Stephens* and David ~Jhittern
Department of Analytical Research, Abbott Laboratories
North Chicago, Illinois 60064
The linking of an NMR spectrometer equipped with an automatic sample
changer to an external computer network has resulted in an extremely
efficient system for the acquisition, processing and archiving of NMR
spectra. Spectra of a large number of samples are acquired and saved on
the ~ spectrometer using the sample changer. The external computer then
fetches the raw data and (1) assigns each spectrum a reference number, (2)
decodes and enters various information into an archival data base, and (3)
saves the ray data on magnetic tape. Routine one-dimensional 1H spectra
are then Fourier transformed, phased, referenced, scaled, integrated and
plotted by the external computer operating in batch mode. In addition,
software has been developed at Abbott to alloy the interactive processing
and plotting of one-dimensional spectra by chemists (and spectroscopists)
using the computer network and graphics terminals located in their ovn
laboratories.