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Index Everest  Servicemanual  v 3.0

BOX 155 • S-954 23 GAMMELSTAD • SWEDEN • PHONE +46-(0)920 203080 • T46-(0)920 203085 • E-MAIL [email protected] • http://www.indexbraille.com

INDEX software and hardware versions. Effects and dates.

NUMBER

DATE

CHANGE

EFFECT

SVARIOUS

11304-12059

W 7-95

Introduction

SW up to 5.xx,

New Everest

Version 1 Boot, PAL
and 13 * 10 Kohm

11915-

W 47-95

Fan on backplate

Reduces the heat in
the printer, important
for continuous print

12035-12154

W 8-96

Grounding of

No risk for electro-

Require extra ground

Printing head

static chock from

cable

printinghead

12041-11059

W 10-96

Version 2-A

Communication

SW 6.xx

mainboard

problem on some lap

**CHANGE**

Boot Ver. 2.00

top computers solved

Delay to 450

PAL 660-0014-2

Impact level 250
(power on + repeat)

12060

W 13-96

Version 2-B

Increase dot quality

SW 6.xx

mainboard

reduced heat on

Version 6 new Boot,

2.2 Kohm * 13

driving transistors

PAL and 2.2 Kohm

power transistors,
Ver. 2 Boot/PAL

12154

W 22-96

Grounding of

No extra cable to

printinghead 50V

printinghead

1 MOhm

12296

W 39-96

Flexible connection

Reduces the noise

of the printinghead

level, especially

motor

chassie vibration

12338

W 48-96

Optimised form on

Increased dot quality

hammers and anvils

especially on page 2

12535

W 9-97

Screw hole for

Easy to clean paper-

moving the paper-

jam

feed rollers

12620

W15-97

Chassie AL profile

Easy to clean paper-

can be opened

jam

Note!

Software 6.xx and higher can only be used on printers with Version 2 Mainboard.
Version 1 Mainboards can be updated by Index to Version 2.

Software & hardware versions

Summary of Contents for EVEREST

Page 1: ...INDEX EVEREST Version 3 0 SERVICE MANUAL BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com ...

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Page 3: ... 12 Removing the sheetfeeder 14 Removing the papersensor 16 Printinghead 17 Printinghead anvils 18 Printinghead hammers 19 Hammer test 21 Hammer problem 23 Transistors 24 Paper jam 25 Front panel 28 Main cable 29 Fuses 30 Mainboard 31 LED indicator 32 Boot up 33 Voltage 34 Upgrade to fan backplate 35 Software hardware versions 36 Shipping Sparepartlist 37 Sparepartlist 38 Fault detection 49 Serial...

Page 4: ...4 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com RXK 3 5x13 Removing the glass ...

Page 5: ...5 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Removing the glass ...

Page 6: ...6 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Removing the printinghead ...

Page 7: ...7 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Removing the printinghead ...

Page 8: ...8 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Removing the printinghead ...

Page 9: ...9 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Removing the printinghead ...

Page 10: ...10 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com x 4 Removing the backplate ...

Page 11: ...11 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Removing the mainboard ...

Page 12: ...2 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com x 14 x 1 Opening the sidecovers ...

Page 13: ... Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Yellow up Opening the sidecovers ...

Page 14: ...14 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com x 2 Removing the sheetfeeder ...

Page 15: ...15 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Removing the sheetfeeder ...

Page 16: ...16 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com x 2 Removing the papersensor ...

Page 17: ...17 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Printinghead ...

Page 18: ...18 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com x 6 x 7 Printinghead anvils ...

Page 19: ...v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 On line Power on x 7 x 6 Paper direction Printinghead hammers ...

Page 20: ...20 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Printinghead hammers x 7 x 6 ...

Page 21: ...used to drive hammers are created in the FIFO memory passing a buffer step 74AC834 and controls the seven driving circuits U35 41 for constant current regulation to the hammers via the power transistors T3 T15 Test hammers and driving electronic Make a test printout POWER ON ON LINE Picture A Evaluate the test printout and check which hammer that cause the problem Make sure that the printer is set...

Page 22: ...icemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Picture A Picture B Picture C Hammer test 13 1 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ...

Page 23: ... the plunge of the hammer with a soft clutch and check the surface with pealing with your nails If there still is additional friction it will be necessary to exchange the hammer When the printing head is separated check that the tip of the anvil have a correct sphere form In case of an electronic problem a Check that the printhead cable is without damages b Check the resistance over the 13 power d...

Page 24: ...iring a printinghead run the self test again POWER ON ON LINE Check the printout and if necessary adjust the impact level and the vertical alignment on the printer via the support software Hammer Transistor Driving circut Buffert step FIFO MTP 3055E x13 UDN2916 x7 74AC843 x2 No 1 Negative T12 U39 in 1 44 out 3 6 U32 out pin 22 No 2 Positive T13 U40 in 24 25 out 18 23 U32 out pin 21 No 3 Negative T...

Page 25: ...3085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com If paper jam 1 Remove the paper stack 2 Check for paper at the top and under the printer 3 Open the bottom profile by sliding the lockers towards center fig 1 2 4 Remove cap on side cover and turn the rollers with a screwdriver fig 3 fig 1 fig 2 Paper jam ...

Page 26: ...26 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com fig 3 Paper jam ...

Page 27: ...MELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com If the sheetfeeder doesn t pull down the paper Clean the pickup rollers with a finegrained sandpaper Press Formfeed and then on line Paper jam ...

Page 28: ...lle com PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 4 PIN 5 PIN 6 PIN 7 PIN 8 PIN 9 Front panel ON LINE SW1 SPLIT PAGE SW9 REFORM SW8 C SW16 HELP SW4 REPEAT SW10 A SW14 SET UP SW17 FORM FEED SW3 MULTIPLE SW11 B SW15 ITEM SW19 NORMAL SW5 SINGLE SW7 DOUBLE SW6 GROUP SW18 OFF LINE SW2 10 SW13 1 SW12 VALUE SW20 X1 PIN 6 X2 PIN 7 X3 PIN 8 X4 PIN 9 Y1 PIN 1 Y2 PIN 2 Y3 PIN 3 Y4 PIN 4 Y5 PIN 5 ...

Page 29: ...29 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Main cable SHEETFEEDER ...

Page 30: ...30 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com T 4 0 T 6 3 Fuses ...

Page 31: ...hammers powermodule E Output connector for hammers F Fifo and buffer circuite for controlmodule G CPU MC68230 FC 16 H Controlcircuite for stepmotor fan feeder fifo clock and LED I Power for FLASH programming J FLASH memory K Boot prom L D ram circuite M Mach circuite N Controlcircuite for keyboard speachcircuite and timerclock O Parallellport decoder P Serialport decoder Q Speach circuite R Keyboa...

Page 32: ...vicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Paper On line Communication Reference puls 0 puls Flash LED indicator ...

Page 33: ...nfo indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Flash 1 3 4 5 2 90 Power On Power Off 90 Power On Ready for Programming Pip Piip Piiip Run installation software INSTALL NEW 5 min Power off Power on Group READY 6 7 Light after 1 min Load internal operation system and printer software Open Normal position Locked Not used Boot up ...

Page 34: ... 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com 36 5V 50 60Hz 4 5A 42V GROUND 5V REFERENCE SENSOR Ref on 4 95 5V Ref off 0V PAPER ENABLE Paper 4 2V No paper 1 9V Voltage ...

Page 35: ...m http www indexbraille com Modification of the Everest Mainboard when connecting fan backplate If your Mainboard looks like this Connect A B with a wire Connect C D with a wire Mount a 2pol pin connector at E If your Mainboard looks like this and you want automatic fan control Mount BD 681 A B C D E BD 681 4 x Green LED Upgrade to fan backplate ...

Page 36: ...r 2 00 top computers solved Delay to 450 PAL 660 0014 2 Impact level 250 power on repeat 12060 W 13 96 Version 2 B Increase dot quality SW 6 xx mainboard reduced heat on Version 6 new Boot 2 2 Kohm 13 driving transistors PAL and 2 2 Kohm power transistors Ver 2 Boot PAL 12154 W 22 96 Grounding of No extra cable to printinghead 50V printinghead 1 MOhm 12296 W 39 96 Flexible connection Reduces the n...

Page 37: ... 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com 51012 50002 51022 Note Always lock printinghead when shipping 18060 Shipping Sparepartlist 50010 ...

Page 38: ...8 Index Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com 60073 60074 43022 Sparepartlist ...

Page 39: ... GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com 60041 60021 60003 60044 61681 61691 61370 61356 60720 61394 61015 61355 61694 6 3 AT 61488 Sparepartlist 13 1 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ...

Page 40: ...TAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Sparepartlist x 7 x 6 _ x 6 x 7 22040 22031 22021 22011 60044 10116 21042 42024 11075 21050 35060 23051 35050 11020 16100 23081 23070 23200 21051 23200 ...

Page 41: ...FAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com 42042 x2 42032 x2 31041 32100 x2 31052 31012 31022 23026 32100 31034 31035 23025 32053 11050 x10 16011 x5 43010 10111 16022 11054 32053 32012 40020 18010 10111 43015 13040 11050 x10 43020 433x15mm 433x12mm 14060 Sparepartlist ...

Page 42: ...203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Sparepartlist 41001 40030 40000 35010 16022 35080 43010 43005 43003 x2 43001 30008 44001 x 4 43006 16024 16023 35030 22011 22021 16021 32012 32013 16020 16011 40020 40010 43002 61443 13040 x 4 43015 x 4 ...

Page 43: ...anual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com 35021 44001 16023 11011 16024 30020 30021 20001 23062 32012 30019 Sparepartlist ...

Page 44: ...v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Sparepartlist 44041 44022 43022 44042 44021 44031 44030 44020 44042 44041 44022 43021 44011 ...

Page 45: ...l v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com 30012 60060 61692 62110 61990 35010 43020 43003 x 2 40030 x 4 32043 10092 Sparepartlist ...

Page 46: ... 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com Sparepartlist 43020 40010 30011 30008 35030 11053 43001 41001 43002 11012 40000 32013 32012 11076 32033 35010 ...

Page 47: ...Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com 32026 11050 x4 11012 x1 12040 x14 Sparepartlist ...

Page 48: ...ndex Everest Servicemanual v 3 0 BOX 155 S 954 23 GAMMELSTAD SWEDEN PHONE 46 0 920 203080 TELEFAX 46 0 920 203085 E MAIL info indexbraille com http www indexbraille com 11053 20001 23062 34010 Sparepartlist ...

Page 49: ...ed to Clean the motor axle and gear wheel than glue it alignment the stepper motor with Locktite 638 Worn out or smashed Exchange the gearbar on the printing head gear bar on printhead Printer calculation Reduce the speed on option print quality resolution limitation maximum 0 3 mm Software bad adjusted Can be after a new software is implemented especially from version up to 5 48 to versions 6 xx ...

Page 50: ...name and position is OK http www braille se b name EVXXXYYY EXE where XXX is the language YYY is the version no c Move the file example eveng801 exe to a temporary directory c temp d Extract the file example eveng801 exe with the command eveng801 exe d This will extract the files and directories on TEMP directory e Delete source file example eveng801 exe on the temp directory f Run install exe Thi...

Page 51: ...l Default setup A B C can be changed when setup is not open Jumbo Braille implemented Line spacing in mm values 12620 30 3 97 ME Lower front profile can be Easy to clean paper jam opened 12630 28 5 97 SW 8 02 Bug fix Japanese 2 2 mm resolution Faulty feedback on handshake Binding margin 0 Interrupted Letter graphic gave also next printout in Letter graphic mode Increased torque on printhead motor ...

Page 52: ...tup and install driver as default 4 Vertical alignment old Everest and new Volt Hammer software Loose gear wheel Basic Everest 5 Windows DOS Braille tables Use BRLED to create user defined tables 6 Problem to download new software to embosser Shut down Win 95 Port setting to SPP try RESTORE option 7 Dots are not good on brand new Everest with Springs are to weak Problem selfadjusting after new pri...

Page 53: ...to send your support requests to Index Braille This form is also available at www indexbraille com suppreq htm Name Title Organisation Department Mailing address Shipping address City Zip Code State Country Phone Fax E mail Type of embosser Serial number Software version Communication type Connected as Port Type of Computer Operating system Braille Editor Fault Description Support form ...

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