How to enable post-run shutdown in OpenLAB CDS 2.2?

In Open LAB CDS 2.2 you have to create a Shutdown method and add in sequence no other option. In the CDS 2.3 you can load shutdown method seperately

Thank you!

If your doing batch injections then chauhan suggestion of adding it to the sequence is the simplest way to achieve a shutdown method. 

In our lab (20+ GCs) we do single injections and rarely do sequences.  I could have added a post run macro to the method to change it to a standby/shutdown method but then I would have to add that to every method runtime list.  Instead I added a macro to run when the instrument is loaded and will change the GC to a standby method after a certain amount of time.  I'm not sure if this is a good solution but it seams to work well in our lab. Below is the attached macro.

Hope this helps someone.

NAME STANDBYCHECK
COUNTER = TIME()

IF _OFFLINE = 0 THEN
  WHILE 1=1        !---STAY IN LOOP FOREVER
   IF _methfile$ <> "STANDBY.M" THEN
    IF _RUNIDLEMANAGER = 1 THEN    !---_RUNSTARTED IS A CHEMSTATION VARIABLE ONLY
           !---_RUNIDLEMANAGER IS OPENLAB 
     If (TIME() - COUNTER) > 6300   !---IDLE FOR 105 MINUTES
      _METHODCHANGED = 0   !---so it wont ask to save changes
      LoadMethod _methpath$,"STANDBY.M"
      COUNTER = TIME()   !----Reset counter when standby method gets loaded
     ENDIF     
    ELSE       !----if someone is trying to use the software but not running a sample in online mode.
     COUNTER = TIME()    !----RESET TIMER
    ENDIF
   ELSE
    COUNTER = TIME()
   ENDIF

   SLEEP 120 !---WAIT 120 SECONDS
  ENDWHILE
ENDIF

ENDMACRO

CpStart STANDBYCHECKCP    !----INITIATE SEPERATE PROCESS
CpRequest STANDBYCHECKCP, "STANDBYCHECK" !----RUN MACRO IN SEPERATE PROCESS

...You can also set a parameter in the OpenLab control panel to switch of detector lamps after the run queue has completed all samples, since this cannot be achieved directly in a method.

Cheers

Andy

Yes You can do that but this will not shutdown the Pump and the thermostat

You're right, it only shuts down the detector.  In your answer above, you mention creating a shutdown method, which is what you would need to do, in addition to changing the Instrument Options, otherwise the detector lamp will remain on.

What I have done in OpenLab 2.2 is to create a method called shutdown, which has no flow from the pump and no temperature control on the column thermostat.  I then either add this to the end of the sample queue as a single sample (Instrument Blank as the Injection Source) or create a separate sequence with one injection using the same method to do the same thing.  I normally end up doing this as a sequence, and include a column wash or column storage method as well.  Keeping the wash/store/off methods in a separate sequence means that, when it comes to data processing, I don't have odd results with no peaks and different run times to exclude from reports!