ERBA ELite 5, User Manual

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15.1.3 User Maintainable Parts of the Analyzer ..................................................................................... 121
15.2 Maintenance Programs of the Analyzer ....................................................................... 122
15.2.1 Cleaning the Shear Valve ............................................................................................................. 123
15.2.2 Cleaning the Washing Head ......................................................................................................... 127
15.2.3 Cleaning the Measuring Chambers (Hard Cleaning) .................................................................... 128
15.2.4 Daily Cleaning .............................................................................................................................. 128
15.2.5 Special Cleaning Procedure .......................................................................................................... 128
15.2.6 Replacing Reagents ...................................................................................................................... 129
15.2.7 Disposal of Reagent Containers ................................................................................................... 130
16 Reagent Locking .................................................................................................. 131
17 The Daily-Routine ................................................................................................ 132
18 Troubleshooting .................................................................................................. 134
18.1 Software error messages ............................................................................................ 134
18.2 Pneumatic error messages .......................................................................................... 134
18.3 Mechanical Problems .................................................................................................. 135
18.4 Sample Rotor (SR) Failures .......................................................................................... 135
18.4.1 SR Gives Grinding Noise And / Or SW Displays SR Error Messages ............................................. 135
18.4.2 SR Error Appears During Initialization Process: ........................................................................... 136
18.4.3 The SR Does Not Turn Into the Analyzer Even With Open Front Panel ....................................... 136
18.5 Needle Mechanics, Vertical Motor (Mvert) Problems ................................................... 136
18.5.1 The Needle Carriage Keeps Dropping Back (Down) At Initialization ............................................ 136
18.6 Shear Valve (SV) Related Errors ................................................................................... 136
18.6.1 SV Error at the First Startup ......................................................................................................... 136
18.6.2 Grinding Noise after SV Cleaning, (after SV Reinstallation) ......................................................... 136
18.6.3 SV Leakage ................................................................................................................................... 136
18.7 Dilutor Errors .............................................................................................................. 137
18.8 Priming Problems ....................................................................................................... 137
18.8.1 The Analyzer Would Not Prime Liquids ....................................................................................... 137
18.9 Electronics Related Problems ...................................................................................... 137
18.9.1 No Image on Display, No Backlight .............................................................................................. 137
18.9.2 Touch Sensitive Surface Not Working .......................................................................................... 137
18.9.3 Touch (Click) Is Inaccurate ........................................................................................................... 137
18.9.4 The Cursor Seems To Be Moving With Good Ratios, But In a Smaller Area ................................ 137
18.10 The Analyzer Does Not Power On ............................................................................ 137
18.11 I2c Errors Displayed At Startup ................................................................................ 137
18.12 Measurement results related problems ................................................................... 138
18.12.1 Fluctuating PLT background values .............................................................................................. 138
18.12.2 Long, smeared population ........................................................................................................... 138
19 Accessories .......................................................................................................... 139
20 Appendices .......................................................................................................... 140
20.1 Reagent Consumption ................................................................................................ 140