To run a customer diagnostic, click on the menu item and the diagnostic will automatically start.
Some require intervention after starting and you will be given instructions on the screen. The num-
ber pad on your computer keyboard is mapped to simulate buttons on the front panel of the cutter.
The mapping is displayed on the screen. Make sure window is wide enough so the wrapping of
text is not done by the software or it will be hard to read.
Button Diagnostic 31
Test the operation of each of the buttons on the front panel. Buttons must be pressed in the
following order: Load, Pause, Copy, Speed Up, Speed Down, Force Up, Force Down, Test Cut, F3,
F2, F1, Select, Left, Right, Up, Down. If the wrong code is received the error code E036 is
displayed otherwise the requested button is requested with the button name prompt.
Confidence Test 02
The confidence test is used to verify the operation of the cutting station of the i-TECH. It fully
tests the capability of the cutting CPU and Servo control system.
To run the confidence test the cutter must be unloaded. If the load led is on press pause and load in
sequence of the front panel to unload machine. Install a piece of paper (designed for d size but will
work on any size by scaling the test to size of media). Left and right pinch wheels should be on the
edge of the media. The media should hang out the back of the machine with the front edge near the
cut strip. Install a pen in the cutter. Start diagnostic. The media width will be measured and the
size of the media will be assumed to be proportional to the width measured. A test pattern will
then be plotted.
With 230/315 front panel press copy, copy, test cut to start confidence test.
With membrane panel
: from the front panel
scroll to
0002
press the Select Key. The i-TECH
will start by sensing the media width and then will draw a sample file.
From the remote panel
click on
Confidence Test 02.
The i-TECH will start by sensing the
media width and then will draw a sample file.
Flag Adjust 34
This diagnostic is used to verify the correct flag position on the cutting head. It displays the knife
height on the display. The flag is a small, flat, angled piece of metal which moves up and down
between a pair of circuit board mounted sensors. The flag is held on to the knife holder by 2 Allen
screws, which are loosened slightly if adjustment is necessary. There are 3 locations the knife
holder can be in. They are:
Bottom
(remove the knife from the holder and press the holder down to the bottom) The display
should read between 000 and 006.
Down
(press the knife down with a knife in the holder) The display should read 020 to 030
pressing down with a knife in the holder (no media present). Adjust flag position if necessary.
Top
(hold the knife up) The display should read 0100 or more.
The display should change immediately as you move the knife up or down away from top or
bottom positions.
Slightly move the flag to obtain the above reading at each of the three locations.
Check that the flag screws are tight and recheck Bottom and Down.
To start the diagnostic
From the front panel
scroll to
0034
and press the Select Key.
From the remote panel
click on
Flag Position 34.
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