NMR Facility & Cryogenic Services

University of Central Florida

Reserving Instrument Time

Instrument reservations are made through Faces. After training is complete, all users will be issued a username and password; to reserve instrument time please go to:

Faces

Reservation Rules:

  • The 400 is operated in walk-up mode with Icon; no reservation is needed, simply submit your sample to the queue.
  • Reservations are needed for the 500 and 600 and are in 15-minute increments.
  • M-F 9:00-18:00 (primetime) you may reserve up to two hours per reservation.
  • M-F 18:00-9:00 and any time on weekends (evening/weekend) there is no limit.  Be reasonable, and only reserve what you will actually use.  Continual abuse of this (wasting instrument time) will result in suspension of your nmr access.
  • You may reserve two days in advance.
  • If you need to exceed any of these limitations, please let me know.

Please note most of these rules are built into the scheduling software and cannot be broken. However, you are expected to follow all the rules even if the software allows otherwise.

Reservation Tutorial

  1. Direct your web browser to this page.Screenshot of a login page for the Faces Scheduling System, showing input fields for user name and password, links for info and color blind mode, and usage statistics at the bottom.
  2. Log in with your username and password (the Group is UCFNMR).
  3. You will start on the welcome page showing any important messages (generally, news messages are only posted when an instrument is or will be down).  If this is your first time logging in, feel free to change your password by clicking Password.Screenshot of the Faces Scheduling System showing a user logged in as "drichard" on the account "UCFNMR", with navigation options for schedule, news, password, help, and logout.
  4. Click Choose a Schedule and pick the instrument you would like to reserve.  The weekly calendar for that instrument will be displayed.A weekly schedule for Avance III 500MHz from April 27 to May 3, 2025, shows time slots from 08:00 to 18:00, with various slots marked in gray and a few in blue.
    • Note, you will only see available the instrument(s) you have access to.
  5. To make a reservation, click a starting time and then click an ending time.  A summary will be displayed and you can confirm (OK) or go back and edit (Cancel).
    A scheduling page for "Avance III 500MHz" displays a pop-up for a new appointment and a visible calendar with time slots, including some highlighted in yellow and blue.
  6. Clicking on an existing reservation will present you with the ability to delete a reservation if it belongs to you, or to send a message to another user if they have a reservation.  The email another user option can be useful to avoid conflicts or communicate about needing extra time.A web page showing an appointment confirmation for drichard, reserved from May 2, 2025, 17:00 to 18:00, with a calendar grid in the background.