DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–61
Connex500/350 User Guide
Test Descriptions
and
Troubleshooting
ThefollowingtableliststhenameofeachtestintheBuilt‐inTestssuite,
togetherwithitsdescriptionandapossiblereasonforitsfailure.Ifyou
needassistance,contactyourObjetserviceprovider.
Test Name Description Possible Reason for Failure
Sub‐System
Communication
Testscommunicationsbetween
Edencomponents.
Disconnectedcommunicationscable.
Faultycable.
FIFONon‐Interrupt/
FIFOInterrupt
TeststhedataqueueintheDATA
PCIcard.
FaultyDATA_PCIcard.
Encoder Teststheencoderʹsreliabilityby
comparingreadingsfrommultiple
runsalongtheX ‐axis.
Faultyencoder.
SystemInfo Comparesthefollowingparameter
valueswiththemi
nimum
requirements.
•Physicalmemory
•Availablememory
• Freespaceondisk
•Monitorresolution
FailureofRAMmemoryallocationin
theEdencomputer.
BlockFilling Analyzesthethermi storreadings
whentheblockisfullandwhenitis
empty.
Faultythermistor.
Interlock Teststheinterlockintheprinter
cover.
Failureofinterlockmechanism.
Faultylatch.
Disconnectedcables.
CabinTemperature Teststhetemperaturelevelinthe
build‐trayarea.
Faultytemperaturesensor(OH
DB).
HeadEEPROM Teststheread/writecapabilitiesof
theprint‐headdrivercards.
Faultyprint‐headdrivercard.
HeadVoltage Checksthecontrolofvoltages
suppliedtotheprintheads.
Faultyprint‐headdrivercard.
TrayHeater Notusedforthisprinter —
Head/BlockHeaters Teststheheatersintheprintheads
andintheprint‐blockbody.
Faultyheatersorthermistors.
Axe
sLimit Teststhehardwareandsoftware
limitsofallaxes.
Faultyhardwaresensors.
WrongMaxPositionparameter.
Vacuum Teststhevacuumlevelintheprint
block.
Faultyvacuumsensor.
Vacuumleakage.
Wrongparameters.