Product

Lotem^® 800 running Lotem Controller software version 3.61.02.

Symptoms

• When the Lotem 800 platesetter is imaging, a short movie (.avi file) is activated in Lotem Controller software version 3.61.02.
• If you move your mouse during the playback of the movie, Lotem Controller freezes but the platesetter continues imaging.
• Lotem Controller does not report an error message even though the software has frozen.

Cause

The .avi file is not synchronized with Lotem Controller, which causes the software to freeze.

Solution

Perform the following steps to disable the .avi file from playing back during the imaging process:

1. Download the Patch #2 compressed file and save it to the desktop. The LoadPlateFromCassetteToPunchEntryTask.zip compressed file appears on the desktop.
2. Extract the compressed file to the desktop. The following two files appear on the desktop:
   • LoadPlateFromCassetteToPunchEntryTask.script
   • Read_Me_First.txt
3. Quit Lotem Controller.
4. In Microsoft^® Windows^® Explorer, perform the following actions:
   • Locate the LoadPlateFromCassetteToPunchEntryTask.script file at
     C:\Lotem\Lotem800\Scripts\LoadingSystem\Automatic\AutoPlate
   • Back up the script by changing the file name from
     LoadPlateFromCassetteToPunchEntryTask.script
     to
     LoadPlateFromCassetteToPunchEntryTask_org.script
5. Copy the downloaded LoadPlateFromCassetteToPunchEntryTask.script file from the desktop, and paste it in the AutoPlate folder at
   C:\Lotem\Lotem800\Scripts\LoadingSystem\Automatic\AutoPlate.
6. Start Lotem Controller.
7. On the desktop, delete the following three files:
   • LoadPlateFromCassetteToPunchEntryTask.zip
   • LoadPlateFromCassetteToPunchEntryTask.script
   • Read_Me_First.txt

See also

Patch #2 on the Downloads page.

Technical contact(s)

Nir Peleg

Submitted by

Nir Peleg

Date submitted

10 Apr 2006