User's Manual
DOC-07000 Rev. A 6–45
Objet500 - Connex 3 User Guide
Test Descriptions
and
Troubleshooting
ThefollowingtableliststhenameofeachtestintheBuilt‐inTestssuite,
togetherwithitsdescriptionandapossiblereasonforitsfailure.Ifyou
needassistance,contactyourObjetserviceprovider.
Test Name Description Possible Reason for Failure
Sub‐System
Communication
Testscommunicationsbetween
Edencomponents.
Disconnectedcommunicationscable.
Faultycable.
FIFONon‐Interrupt/
FIFOInterrupt
TeststhedataqueueintheDATA
PCIcard.
FaultyDATA_PCIcard.
Encoder Teststheencoderʹsreliabilityby
comparingreadingsfrommultiple
runsalongtheX‐axis.
Faultyencoder.
SystemInfo Comparesthefollowingparameter
valueswiththe
minimum
requirements.
• Physicalmemory
• Availablememory
• Freespaceondisk
• Monitorresolution
FailureofRAMmemoryallocationin
theEdencomputer.
BlockFilling Analyzesthethermi storreadings
whentheblockisfullandwhenitis
empty.
Faultythermistor.
Interlock Teststheinterlockinthe printer
cover.
Failureofinterlockmechanism.
Faultylatch.
Disconnectedcables.
CabinTemperature Teststhetemperaturelevelinthe
build‐trayarea.
Faulty
temperaturesensor(OHDB).
HeadEEPROM Teststheread/writecapabilitiesof
theprint‐headdrivercards.
Faultyprint‐headdrivercard.
HeadVoltage Checksthecontrolofvoltages
suppliedtotheprintheads.
Faultyprint‐headdrivercard.
TrayHeater Notusedforthisprinter —
Head/BlockHeaters Teststheheatersintheprintheads
andintheprint‐block
body.
Faultyheatersorthermistors.
AxesLimit Teststhehardwareandsoftware
limitsofallaxes.
Faultyhardwaresensors.
WrongMaxPositionparameter.
ParameterSanity
Check
Comparesthevaluesofallprinter
parameters(incfgfiles)tothe
requiredvalues.
Oneormoreoftheprinterparameters
isnotwithintherequiredrange.You
canviewdetailsintheBITreport.
Vacuum Teststhevacuumlevelintheprint
block.
Faultyvacuumsensor.
Vacuumleakage.
Wrongparameters.