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Troubleshooting
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• Disconnect the main power cable.
• Move the load frame.
• Connect or install optional components or accessories.
To turn the system off:
1. Complete the test and ensure that the TEST IN PROGRESS indicator light no longer
illuminates.
2. Remove the specimen.
3. Exit the software and turn off the computer and printer using the normal shutdown
procedure.
4. Shut off all the other components or accessories to the test system.
5. Switch the power for the load frame to the Off (
O) position. The POWER indicator light
no longer illuminates.
Troubleshooting
The following sections list some of the things that might happen to interrupt your testing and
what you need to do to resume testing.
A Software Transducer Limit Trips
When the system encounters a pre-set limit or event set from the software, the test stops.
If the system trips a transducer limit, you must remove the condition that caused it to trip
before you can reset the limit. To remove the condition, use the jog controls on the frame to
drive the crosshead in the opposite direction and remove the force being applied to the
transducer. For example, if you set a load of 10 kN and the crosshead moves to or beyond a
point that imposes a load of 10 kN on the specimen, you cannot reset the limit until you
remove the limit condition.
1. Use the jog buttons to drive the crosshead in the direction necessary to remove the limit
condition.
2. Click on the icon for the transducer that you want to work on.
3. Click the Limits tab.
The label for the Enabled check box for the tripped limit changes to Tripped.
4. Click to uncheck the box. The label reverts back to Enabled.
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