6 Maintenance
6-1
Periodic Maintenance and Inspection
Periodic inspections are required in order to maintain the NA-series PT in the best operating condition.
6-1-1
Preparations for Problems
Observe the following precautions to enable smooth troubleshooting when problems occur.
Backing Up the Sysmac Studio Project
Always make a backup of the Sysmac Studio project and store it in a safe place. You will need it if
you have to send in the NA Unit for repairs or if replace the NA Unit with another NA Unit.
Spare NA Units
We recommend that you keep spare NA Units on hand to enable faster system recovery when prob-
lems occur with an NA Unit, the backlight reaches the end of its life making the display hard to see,
etc.
6-1-2
Periodic Inspection
Although the major components in NA Unit have an extremely long life time, they can deteriorate under
improper environmental conditions. Periodic inspections are thus required.
Inspection is recommended at least once every six months to a year, but more frequent inspections will
be necessary according to the ambient environment.
Take immediate steps to correct the situation if any of the conditions in the following table are outside of
the criteria.
Periodic Inspection Points
No.
Item
1
Source
power
supply
6 - 2
Inspection
Check for voltage fluctuations
at the power supply terminals.
Criteria
Correction
The voltage must be
Use a voltage tester to check the
within the allowable
power supply at the terminals. Take
voltage fluctuation
necessary steps to bring voltage
range (19.2 to 28.8 V
fluctuations within limits.
(24 V ±20%)).
NA-series Programmable Terminal Hardware User's Manual (V117)