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DOC-06810 Rev. A 6–73
Objet1000 Plus User Guide
Test Descriptions
and
Troubleshooting
ThefollowingtableliststhenameofeachtestintheBuilt‐inTestssuite,
togetherwithitsdescriptionandapossiblereasonforitsfailure.Ifyou
needassistance,contactyourStratasysserviceprovider.
Test Name Description Possible Reason for Failure
Sub‐System
Communication
TestscommunicationsbetweenEden
components.
•Disconnectedcommunicationscable.
•Faultycable.
FIFONon‐Interrupt/
FIFOInterrupt
•TeststhedataqueueintheDATAPCI
card.
•TeststheWindowsinterrupt.
•IfbothFIFOtestsfail:
FaultyDATA_PCIcard.
•IfonlytheFIFOInterrupttestfails:
FaultyWindowsinterrupt.
Encoder Teststheencoderʹsreliabilityby
comparingreadingsfrommultipleruns
alongtheX‐axis.
Faultyencoder.
SystemInfo Comparesthefollowingparameter
valueswiththeminimum
requirements.
•physicalmemory
•availablememory
•freespaceondisk
•monitorresolution
FailureofRAMmemoryallocationinthe
printercomputer.
RFID VerifiesthepresenceofRFIDtagsonall
loadedmaterialcontainers,andtests
thembywritingtoandreadingfrom
eachone.
•FaultyRFIDreader.
•FaultyRFIDreaderpowersupply.
•FaultyormisalignedRFIDtag.
•Highlevelofelectromagneticnoise
aroundtheRFIDtag.
SystemVoltages Checksifthefollowingvoltagesare
within5%oftherequiredvoltage:
•40VtotheprintheadsbytheVPP
powersupply
•12Vtotheheightthermistorsbythe
VDDpowersupply
•VPPpowersupply:
Faultyheaddrive(s).
•VDDpowersupply:
Faultyheightthermistor(s).
BlockFilling Analyzesthethermistorreadingswhen
theblockisfullandwhenitisempty.
Faultythermistor.
Interlock Teststheinterlockintheprintercover. •Failureofinterlockmechanism.
•Faultylatch.
•Disconnectedcable.
CabinTemperature Teststhetemperaturelevelinthe
build‐trayarea.
Faultytemperaturesensor(OHDB).
HeadEEPROM Teststheread/writecapabilitiesofthe
print‐headdrivercards.
Faultyprint‐headdrivercard(s).
HeadVoltage Checksthecontrolofvoltagessupplied
totheprintheads.
Faultyprint‐headdrivercard(s).
TrayHeater (Futureimplementation.) —
Head/BlockHeaters Teststheheaters
intheprintheadsand
intheprint‐blockbody.
Faultyheatersorthermistors.
UVLamps TestseachUVlampattheHighQuality
powerlevel.
FaultyUVlamp.
FaultyUVpowersupply.
DisconnectedUVcable.
AxesLimit Teststhehardwareandsoftwarelimits
ofallaxes.
Faultyhardwaresensors.
WrongMaxPositionparameter.
ParameterSanity
Check Comparesthevaluesofallprinter
parameters(incfgfiles)totherequired
values.
Oneormoreoftheprinterparametersis
notwithintherequiredrange.
DetailsappearintheBITreport.