Hologic QDR 4500 - Section 9 Software Tools; SUSQ Diagnostic Utility

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SECTION 9
SOFTWARE TOOLS
The Hologic system software includes software tools to troubleshoot the system. They are:
•
SUSQ
•
SQKEYPAD
SUSQ
For a more detailed description of the SUSQ utility, refer to the SUSQ Diagnostic Program
reference guide.
Starting SUSQ
At the Hologic Main Menu:
1. Press <Alt><F1> together
2. At the DOS prompt, type SUSQ<Enter>
The SUSQ Service Screens
Screen Descrition Notes
Main
Screen
Appears when
entering the SUSQ
program
Note:
If the filter drum stops rotating
after 30 minutes (sleep mode), press
<F5> to restart it and <Home> to
reset sampling.
<Ctrl><PageUp>,
Channel
Data
Contains Detector
Array channel
data only
<PageUp> <PageDown> to view all
data channels
<Ctrl><PageDown>
to toggle from screen
to screen
Bar
Graph
Visual indication
of Xray/detector
activity
The Main Screen Control Keys
Key(s) Description Key(s) Description
<F1> X-Rays on <Home> Resets sampling data (under N
column on upper left of main screen.
<F2> X-Rays off <Alt>T Sends test signal to Detector Array
assembly (visible on Bar Graph).
(Set to 0 for normal operation, 1 for
test)
<F5> Filter drum on <Alt>P Pulse (normally reads 1)
<F6> Filter drum off <Alt>D Dark current setting
<F10> Toggles between VOLTS,
RAW DATA, LOG DATA
<Alt>H Drum half (normally reads 0)