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5 Routine Maintenance and Care
5.1 Pickup
1) After measuring, put the pickup into the box in time;
2) Protect the stylus of the pickup;
3) The pickup is a key component to acquire the measurement signal, precise, sensitive and fragile. Handle
carefully.
5.2 Host
1) Keep the surface clean. Clean with a soft dry cloth to remove the dust;
2) The instrument is of precision testers. Handle it carefully to avoid serious vibrations, or damage thus occurred.
5.3 Battery
1) Check the battery frequently. Charge in time if the battery is low;
2) The charging time is about 3 to 4 hours;
5.4 Calibration specimen
1) Keep the surface clean;
2) Avoid scratching the calibration specimen work area surface and leading to wrong calibration.
6 Common Faults
7 Accessories
7.1 Height support and pickup holder
When the measured surface of the workpiece is smaller than the bottom surface of the instrument, you can use
the pickup holder and height support in the following optional accessories to support to complete the
measurement (as shown below).
Height support and pickup holder
Tips: 1. The dimension L in Figure 1 cannot be less than the driving stroke of the measurements to avoid that the
pickup falls outside the workpiece during measuring, causing malfunctioning of the workpiece as the pickup
returns against the workpiece.
Faults
Reasons
Measures
Over range
The pickup and the body not parallel
with the surface to be measured
Switch to large range
Adjust stylus position
No test data
No measuring after booting
Measure again
Motor problem
Driver blocked
Measure again
Error during running
Abnormal interruption
Re-start
