What are eMethods?

eMethods is short for electronic methods – a quick and easy way to obtain packaged application solutions from Agilent or to share your own personal applications. It’s a process that can greatly improve your laboratory’s productivity! eMethod enables you to:

  • Electronically export existing methodologies to new instrumentation

Agilent’s eMethod process allows you to package any 5973 series MSD method and export it to a new Agilent 5975 series MSD, thus enabling you to bring a new GC/MS instrument online in the shortest possible time!

  • Maximize instrument productivity

Whether you have multiple GC/MS systems in the same laboratory or across the world, Agilent eMethod process makes sharing and standardizing methodologies across your organization as easy as emailing an attachment, and analytical separation can be easily duplicated on multiple systems thus maximizing the productivity of each GC/MS!

  • Electronically import new Agilent application solutions

No more manual entering of method parameters! Agilent’s integrated eMethod process allows you to download any new Agilent eMethod application solution from the Agilent web site and import that method to your Agilent 5975 series MSD or 5973 series MSD and receive the entire method without any manual editing errors.

Only Agilent can enable the direct transfer of instrument parameters from an existing 5973 series MSD to the new 5975 series MSD. To export an existing 5973 series MSD method you must have MSD ChemStation software version [D.02.00] or higher, which is capable of controlling all versions of the 5973 and 5975 series MSDs.

In the near future, Agilent will provide free downloadable eMethods for a variety of applications for the environmental, food safety, pharmaceutical, and forensic/drug testing markets. For up-to-date information on eMethods, please visit Agilent's web site at http://www.chem.agilent.com