Troubleshooting

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• See also
• Troubleshooting guides

Error number or message

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Trendsetter VLF Troubleshooting - For base machine error messages and error numbers

• 10064: External debris blower not connected or filters full
• 22205: ALE2: Plate not detected on picker plate-vacuum
• 22233: Failed to raise ss picker
• 22235: ALE2: Slipsheet not detected on picker slipsheet vacuum
• 22236: ALE2: Failed to deactivate picker slipsheet vacuum
• 22245: ALE2: Slipsheet picker vacuum above threshold beore picking slipsheet
• 22329: MCU not in safe state for motor movement
• 23323: Stepper Motor 2 cable not detected

Base Trendsetter VLF

• Air escaping from regulator assembly
• Base TS VLF troubleshooting table
• Trendsetter VLF site - Troubleshooting

Boards

• Troubleshooting Boards Information Page

Conveyor (L-type)

• Carriage drive board troubleshooting
• Plate stops on conveyor (x-axis)
• Rotator doesn't grab plate
• Conveyor x-axis cannot find "home"
• Rotator doesn't turn plate
• Plate stops on conveyor (y-axis)
• Conveyor y-axis speed doesn't match speed of processor
• Y-axis transfer doesn't stop once plate has exited to processor
• Conveyor does not shut off
• L-converyor fault tree
• L-conveyor troubleshooting table

Conveyor (Straight)

• Picker or S-Conveyor Motor Runs in Reverse
• Conveyor doesn't start up
• Plate doesn't enter conveyor
• Plate stops on conveyor
• Conveyor does not match speed of processor
• Conveyor does not shut off
• conveyor fault tree

Electrical System

• Replacing safety loop cables
• Interlock System Page
• Electrical System Troubleshooting Table

Engine

• Engine balance weights 'run away'
• Minor banding caused by loose drum strap
• Encoder troubleshooting before an upgrade
• Abnormal Engine Vibration
• Pdoor touches leading edge clamps
• Pdoor opens and table comes down while drum is spinning

Guard Rail

• Guard rail gate does not lock
• Guard Rail Manual Bypass
• Guard Rail fault tree

Imaging and Media

• Missing a partial swath
• Unimaged strip seen on positive plates after an MPE firmware upgrade
• Image skewing
• Thermal Head Troubleshooting - troubleshooting information about imaging and media
• Media Troubleshooting - troubleshooting information about imaging and media

Motors

Multiple Cassette Unit (MCU)

• Cassette unlocks from chariot when fully extended
• Door open error and suspend when a cassette is loaded
• 22329: MCU not in safe state for motor movement
• Cassette door failure
• MCU troubleshooting table

Picker/Track

• Carriage drive board troubleshooting
• Picker or S-Conveyor motor runs in reverse
• Picker does not pick slipsheets
• Picker actuators don't reset
• Picker or track LEDs don't light
• Picker moves unevenly
• Picker doesn't stop at correct position
• Load assembly doesn't drop
• Cups don't hold onto plate
• Air knives don't come on
• Unload pusher assembly doesn't move
• Picker/Track fault tree
• Picker/Track Troubleshooting table

Sensors

• Failure of reed switch 15-3063

Single Cassette Unit (SCU)

Garage

• Garage not ready for pick
• Docking station cylinder won't travel
• Garage door or picker door fails to open/close
• Air knives don't come on
• garage fault tree

Cassette/Cart

• Cart cover won't open/close
• Cart guide rails won't clamp
• Cart won't align with docking station
• cassette/cart fault tree

Slip Sheet Removal (SSR)

• Slip sheet bin counter fails to reset properly (non-GT units) - see FCO CA01744
• No power to slip sheet roller motor
• Failed to raise ss picker (error number 22233)
• Wedgemaster belt skipping
• Problems with GT SSR roller operation
• GT SSR compactor - timeout of failure to actuate
• Problems with GT SSR slip sheet bag
• Setting the slip sheet picker (Wedgemaster) vacuum threshold
• Picker troubleshooting
• SSR troubleshooting table

Table

• Table doesn't move
• Table moves up with y-axis still extended
• Table bumps loudly when lowered

Y-axis

• Y-axis does not extend/retract to correct position
• Y-axis plate clamp doesn't open, or position (open/closed) is not read
• Plate not gripped, or only partially gripped
• Y-axis fault tree

See also

• Trendsetter VLF Autoloader Operator Manual 03-4132A

Troubleshooting guides

• Pick Sequence
• Fetching a Plate
• Ejecting a Plate
• Fetching and Ejecting a Plate Simultaneously
• Wiring Diagrams