Operator's Manual
Issue 14 / Mar 2016
MercuryiPS
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13.1 Description of the pressure board ............................................................................137
13.1.1 Description of the pressure board circuit ............................................................................ 137
13.2 Installing a pressure board ......................................................................................140
13.2.1 Fitting the board .................................................................................................................. 140
13.2.2 Basic check of board operation........................................................................................... 140
13.2.3 Connecting to the pressure board ...................................................................................... 140
13.2.4 Configuring the pressure board .......................................................................................... 142
13.2.5 Configuring the pressure sensor details ............................................................................. 142
14 GPIB DAUGHTER BOARD ........................................................................................145
14.1 Description of the GPIB daughter board ..................................................................145
14.2 Installing a GPIB board ............................................................................................145
14.2.1 Fitting the board .................................................................................................................. 145
14.2.2 Basic check of board operation........................................................................................... 145
14.3 Connecting to the GPIB board .................................................................................146
15 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ..................................................................................147
15.1 Cleaning the touch-screen .......................................................................................147
15.2 Calibrating the temperature sensor circuits ..............................................................147
15.3 Lubricating the fan ...................................................................................................147
15.4 Lithium-ion coin cell replacement .............................................................................148
16 ALARMS, INTERLOCKS AND TROUBLESHOOTING ..............................................149
16.1 Alarms and interlocks ..............................................................................................149
16.1.1 Alarm Logs and Alarms History pages ............................................................................... 149
16.2 Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................152
16.2.1 Internal faults....................................................................................................................... 152
16.2.2 External faults ..................................................................................................................... 152
16.3 Directory of alarms ..................................................................................................153
17 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................156
17.1 Physical specification ..............................................................................................156