On this page you can request access to the system, find out how to access data generated by this instrument and install TopSpin on your computer, view the status of the instrument remotely and where to go for further help.
Before requesting access to this instrument please ensure that you have successfully gained access to the BDI building and completed your training to use this instrument. More information can be found here.
To request accesss please enter your University of Nottingham username (e.g. paxabc) below;
If you do not have a University of Nottingham IT Account click here for more information on how to obtain one.
The School’s of Chemistry and Pharmacy have purchased a site-license for the Mnvoa NMR software, which can now be used by staff and students in both Schools, and by collaborators in other Schools/Faculties.
The software can be installed and used on any PC which you have Admin rights for, but the software license can only be activated (and then reactivated every 90 days) when connected to the University network (either by being on-campus or using the VPN).
Instructions to download and install the software, along with license files, can be found here
Bruker provides free access to TopSpin for students and researchers at the University. To find out how to download and install TopSpin on your Windows, Mac or Linux PC please click here
All data generated by the instrument should automatically be transfered onto the University's Research filestore (more commonly known as the R: drive) once the experiment has finished running. If you cannot find your data after your experiment has completed, or you do not have access to the CBS400MHzNMR folder please contact the System Administrator (contact details are available via the "Support" link above).
Access to the storage space on the R: drive should be created automatically when access to the instrument is granted. You will only have read-only access to this area. To process your data you will need to copy your data to another location. Please ensure you copy your data to a secure, backed-up location that satisfies the Research Data Management plan and policies imposed on the projects you are working on to minimise the risk of future data loss.
There are different methods available to access your data depending upon your location and type of computer you are using;
Login as usual and use the file explorer to navigate to the CBS400MHzNMR folder in the R: drive.
You can map a network drive to the remote folder \\ad.nottingham.ac.uk\data\research and enter your usual Univesity username and password ensuring the domain is set to AD.
Connect to smb://ad.nottingham.ac.uk/data/research and enter your usual Univesity username and password ensuring the domain is set to AD.
Via the web at files.nottingham.ac.uk.
To view the current status of the instrument;
If you have any problems using this service you should contact the system administrators;
Please supply as much detail of problem you are encountering as possible, for example details of what you are trying to do, full error messages, etc, to make diagnosis as easy as possible.