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Rev. C Troubleshooting 235
Definitions for a Printed Temperature Report
8. Touch the
Continue
button three times to return to the Analysis screen.
Testing the Measurement Valve in Diagnostics
Use this procedure to test the components that operate the valve located
inside the measurement cartridge with the system Diagnostics.
While performing the test, the system checks and verifies the correct valve
positions.
1. Touch the
Recall
button.
Row Data Description
1 Control Time Time in seconds that the heater control has
been turned on. If no heater problems are seen,
then this is the time since power on.
2 Current State Normally MAIN, or SEQ if the sequence is
running or has run in the last 60 seconds.
3 Steady State Count Time in seconds that the heater has been at the
steady state. Uses this signal for error checking
and block set point changes.
4 Block DAC Indicator of how much power is being provided
to the block heater. (0 is OFF, 2047 is Maximum
ON).
5 Block Temperature Temperature of the block heater in degrees
Celsius (°C).
6 Preheater DAC Indicator of how much power is being provided
to the preheater. (0 is OFF, 2047 is Maximum
ON).
7 Preheater temperature Temperature of the preheater in degrees
Celsius (°C). This value tends to follow the block
temperature.
8 Sample Path
temperature Temperature of the sample path in degrees
Celsius (°C). This temperature should be close
to 37.00
±
0.15 for a stable system reading.
Most error and warning flags set are based on
this value.
9 Cover Temperature Future addition.