Re: How to properly transfer user settings of Topspin 1.3 onto a new computer? (fwd)

From: Raghav G. Mavinkurve <rgm@bruker.in>
Date: Mon Jan 25 2010 - 16:00:49 EST

Dear Dr. Markus,
       The file permission problem is arising because the exp and conf 
folders of the old PC are copied into the new PC after topspin is installed. 
Inside the Bruker Utilities shortcut found on desktop, there is command 
prompt shortcut. open it and type perl\bin\perl prog\bin\installnmr 
C:\<TOPSPINHOME> <nmrsu>
this would update the permissions.

Note:
     1.  If topspin is updated, running of firmware update for some of the 
boards (SGU/HPPR/DRU/BSMS) may be required.

     2. In case the old PC was with Linux and the new PC is Windows, then 
topspin needs to be reinstalled after the conf and exp folders are copied. 
Else au programs will not compile.

     3. Topspin comes with au program nmr_save. We can use this to save and 
restore the nmr configuration across topspin installations. And personally, 
I find it as the best way to migrate the settings. This can be done as 
follows.
open topspin of old PC and run nmr_save - give the nmrsuper user password. 
In the opened dialog box,
location of backup file - C:\<TOPSPINHOME>\nmr_backup
installation to be saved or restore destination - C:\<TOPSPINHOME>
Spectrometer name - spect (Or the conf that needs to be copied say 
av400,...)
Click on save

This will create a backup of the topspin configuration in 
C:\<TOPSPINHOME>\nmr_backup folder.
Copy this folder into the new workstation C:\<TOPSPINHOME> directory.

Open topspin in new PC, execute nmr_save - give the nmrsuper user password. 
In the opened dialog box,
location of backup file - C:\<TOPSPINHOME>\nmr_backup
installation to be saved or restore destination - C:\<TOPSPINHOME>
Spectrometer name - spect (Or the conf that needs to be copied say 
av400,...)
click on restore.

    4. Additionally, copy the files in the old C:\Documents and 
Settings\<user>\.topspin-computername PC into the new PC C:\Documents and 
Settings\<user>\.topspin-computername

With Best Regards,
   Raghav

More info can is found chapter 8 of  in the Topspin 1.3 installation guide 
for windows XP.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruker Users Mail" <bruker-users-mail@chemistry.mcmaster.ca>
To: "undisclosed-recipients:"
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:44:50 -0500 (EST)
> From: Markus Hoffmann <mhoffman@brockport.edu>
> To: Bruker Users Mail <bruker-users-mail@chemistry.mcmaster.ca>
> Subject: How to properly transfer user settings of Topspin 1.3 onto a new
>     computer?
>
> Hi,
>
> Maybe some of you have gone through the process of changing to a new 
> instrument computer and can help us out.
>
> We have Topspin 1.3 patchlevel 8 and desire to retire our original 
> instrument computer. So far we have been able to set up the NFS Maestro 
> server and the Usergroups and settings properly on the new computer. 
> Topspin 1.3 is loaded fine and runs with the new license file. We are able 
> to establish communication with the console.
>
> The trouble comes in when attempting to migrate our specific spectrometer 
> settings to the new computer. We were told to simply replace the conf and 
> exp folder with the ones from our old computer. While this gets us to the 
> point where we can use the instrument again with same settings for probe, 
> lock, shim etc. we keep running into permission problems, most notably at 
> two places.
> a) In the ICON NMR configuration window a permission related error message 
> comes up when trying to save
> b) In the Edprosol window a permission related error message comes up when 
> exiting
>
> Simply copying folders and files just does not seem to be the proper way. 
> In this respect, I should add that our new computer has a different name. 
> In the installation guide it points us to one file where we have to make a 
> change to reflect the different computer name and we have done that.
>
> Anyway, I hope somebody has run into that predicament before and can give 
> us pointers where to be careful and how to proceed properly.
>
> Thanks,
> Markus 

Received on Mon Jan 25 16:00:57 2010