I have a problem with a spectrofluorometer LS55 PerkinElmer.
The SCAN FL WINLAB application program does not run. And an error message is displayed: DDE Setup: Client failed to connect to server Lamp September. FL = On.
Your problem is likely related to the broken xenon lamp. Check, the lamp is shining? To check, run the FL WINLAB -aplication-status-source then turn on/off lamp (press 1/0 button near lamp picture, and you must hear sound of working lamp). If source work correctly, try to reinstall FL Winlabг
I just had the same problem. The well plate reader of the ls55 did not respond and I couldn't load any methods (same error message as above). I checked the xenon lamp as suggested here and it worked - and I am very happy about that! Indeed, simply reinstalling FLWinlab solved the problem then. Thanks!
FLWinLab was developed about 20 years ago (actually by me) to work on Windows 3.1. I thibnk it is remarkable that it survived so many OS versions. From my experience it became unstable starting from Windows XP (e,g, the old fashioned DDE communication between components was no longer reliable).
BLStudio is the successor of FLWinLab (also available via PE) that runs on all Windows versions following XP. Please feel free to download a free of charge demo version (fully functional except that methods and data can not be saved) from our homepage.
By the way, if anybody needs add ons for FLWinLab (PhosDecay, WellPlateReader Scan, Peltier PTP1 Support, AS Support) just let me know and I can provide free of charge.