Cimel CE318-T, User Manual

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CE318-T Photometer
User Operation Manual
Revision V4.10 October 2021
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6.2. Robot maintenance
Cimel recommends its customers to make maintenance on the robot every 36 to
48 months.
It consists in:
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Replacement of micro switches
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Replacement of transmission belts
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Full cleaning of transmission gears, greasing of transmission gears and aging.
7 Troubleshooting
7.1. Communication and data transfer is down
Using serial port transfer protocol
The possible causes that may interrupt the communication between the PC and the
photometer are:
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A power cut happened and the PC restart has not been executed properly.
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The serial wire is not correctly plugged or KO.
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The serial port is down.
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PhotoGetData is not well configured.
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DCP parameter is set to ON (conflict created).
Procedure to follow:
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Check that the computer is switched on.
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Check that PhotoGetData is launched.
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Check in the configuration menu that the right port COM is selected.
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Check that the serial cable is well plugged on both computer and photometer
side.
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Test manually the data transfer by clicking on get records in PhotoGetData.
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Make sure that the DCP parameter is set to OFF.
If the manual test is working:
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Check that the automatic data transfer is well configured.
If the communication is still not working: