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Agilent Mass Spectrometry Integration
Agilent Mass Spectrometry Integration
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Written by Satya Singh
Updated over 5 months ago

Overview

This article guides a user through the process of connecting their Agilent Mass Spectrometry instrument with the Scispot platform. The integration leverages our Scispot agent, a Java application that runs locally on your machine and manages the flow of information from a specified directory to your Scispot account.

Part 1: Setting up the Integration on Scispot

Step 1: Create a Scispot Agent

  1. Navigate to the GLUE application on the left-hand menu of Scispot

  2. Select Agents in the top bar of GLUE

  3. Select Add Agent from on the left side of the screen

  4. Choose a name for the agent you are creating and select your device's operating system to download the appropriate Java application

  5. Select Add Agent to begin the download of the agent application

Step 2: Add Source

The source is the location that will be providing data to be synchronized with Scispot. In this case, it will be your Agilent Mass Spectrometer.

  1. Navigate to GLUE within Scispot

  2. Select Sources in the top bar of GLUE

  3. Select Add Source and under Instruments, select Mass Spectrometer

  4. From the instrument drop down, select your specific Agilent Spectrometer model

  5. Add a name for this instrument in the corresponding field

  6. Select the agent created in Step 1 from the dropdown menu

  7. Select Create Source once this information has been added

Step 3: Add Destination

The destination is the location where the data from the source will be sent.

  1. Navigate to Destinations within Scispot Glue

  2. Select Add Destination and from Data Sources, choose Scispot Labsheets (by default, this means data will save to a file called Agent Files)

  3. Select Scispot Labsheets and select Create Destination

Step 4: Create the Connection

To connect the configured source and destination to each other:

  1. Select Connections in the top bar of GLUE

  2. Select Add Connection in the top right corner of GLUE

  3. Define the source as the created Agilent Spectrometer Instrument source, from Step 2

  4. Define the destination as the created Labsheets destination, from Step 3

  5. Select Create Connection

Part 2: Connecting Scispot and the Agilent Instrument

Step 1: Locate Agilent Mass Spectrometry Data

  1. Locate the directory on your device or on your network where MassHunter is saving your Agilent instrument data (this is typically in a folder with the structure MassHunter/data/..)

  2. This file directory is the place the Scispot Agent will monitor for live synchronization of instrument data with Scispot (configured in the following step)

Step 2: Configure the Connection

  1. Back on Scispot, within GLUE, under the Sources tab, click on your created Spectrometer under Instruments, created in Part 1, Step 2

  2. Under Configuration, scroll all the way to the bottom to see the field File Watcher Path

  3. Insert a file path into the field; This will be where the agent will watch for file additions and changes. Insert the file path to the directory where desired data from the Spectrometer is saved, determined in the previous step

  4. Confirm your selection once you have input the appropriate path by selecting Update in the upper right hand corner of the configuration tab

Step 3: Running the Agent

  1. The downloaded Scispot agent file from Part 1, Step 1, is a .zip file containing a Java file that is the Agent application, as well as a batch file containing the command needed to run the agent

  2. Extract these two files from the downloaded .zip file into a directory on the device that will be used for file synchronization - this should be a device that has access to the directory configured as the file path in Part 2, Step 1

  3. Execute the command contained in the batch file in a terminal to begin running the agent

  4. Your agent is now running! You can make sure it is connected by returning to the GLUE application within Scispot and navigating to the Agents tab. There, your named agent will appear with a green connected logo next to its name

Step 4: Data Sync Begins

  1. The File Watcher will monitor the paths specified in the configuration and sync the files dropped into the folders to Scispot.

  2. The synced files will now appear by default in a Labsheet called Agent Files

  3. Once you have setup your data input format and desired data output with the Scispot team, the platform will automatically run calculations and transformations on the data so that it appears in custom Labsheets and Manifests, ready to be used by your team

Step 5: View the Connection and Data

  1. Now, your folder paths are monitored by the Scispot agent, and whenever any file lands there, it will be sent to Scispot.

  2. To view the status of the connection as well as monitor what files have been synced, from GLUE select Connections and select your specific Agilent Mass Spectrometry instrument to Labsheets connection - here you can see the transaction logs of file synchronization

  3. Navigate to the Labsheet called Agent Files within Scispot to view the uploaded raw files

  4. After setting up your data input format and desired data output, data will now also populate in custom Labsheets for your Agilent Mass Spectrometry instrument!

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