Hi Akos: Yes...we have DIVA problems as well. The worst "Bug" is the overflow issue. If we go above 2.5 million events per experiment, DIVA crashes and we lose data. That is a real problem for a CORE facility. So far, BD has not addressed it. As well, DIVA 4.0 was supposed to have bi-exponential compensation. Not there. I usually don't complain on the Cytometry Mailing List, but I hope BD will take notice and become a little more proactive with their software before they release it. Akos - good point about upgrades. Word to the wise; buy a "fully loaded" instrument if you can. Upgrades are REALLY expensive! Best regards to all, -Rich Richard F. Konz, Jr. Research Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Graduate Faculty, Immunology and Virology Department Director, Flow Cytometry Core Facility UMass Medical School 55 Lake Avenue North Room: S5-322 Worcester, MA 01655 Office: 508-856-1598 Lab: 508-856-3276 Fax: 508-856-5004 Email: Richard.Konz@umassmed.edu Web: http://www.umassmed.edu/facslab ________________________________ From: Akos Szilvasi [mailto:Akos.Szilvasi@biogenidec.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:51 AM To: cyto-inbox Subject: Do your have any DIVA problems? We are experiencing serious - and so far not fixable - problems with DIVA 4. Most of the issues are Java related. In addition error and overflow messages combined with couple of other issues. We are planning to buy a second LSR II and an ARIA but this Java based software is rather scary. I would like to see how many of you are experiencing some sort of difficulties with Diva. We especially want to know about the Java errors and stability issues. Thanks, Akos [An other note: before you buy a new cytometer consider future upgrades and ask how much they cost. You may be surprised.] ......................................... Akos Szilvasi Biogen Idec Flow Cytometry 12 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142 tel 617 679 2160 fax 617 679 2304 akos.szilvasi@biogenidec.comReceived on Thu Oct 14 15:38:00 2004
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