Rom Revision; Media Sensor; Sensor Setup; Sensor Setup - Summa SUMMACUT User Manual

SummaCut cutter User's Manual

4.3.21 ROM Revision

Press the button to view information about the cutter's ROM revision. This information is
often helpful to technicians when diagnosing problems over the telephone.

4.3.22 Media Sensor

The media sensor detects whether media is loaded and also detect the end of the media.
The sensor prevents damage to the cutting strip and knife tip. The sensor can be activated
or deactivated with this menu.
The cutter will stop, during the loading procedure or while it is cutting, if the rear sensor
detects the end of the media.
Press , then use or to activate (ON) or deactivate (OFF). Press to confirm
or to cancel.
The default setting for the media sensor is ON.

4.3.23 Sensor Setup

The media sensor setup option is a useful routine for checking whether the media sensor is
functioning properly and whether the switching levels of the sensor is correctly set.
1. Press .
2. Put a piece of media half on the sensor and under the two outer pinch rollers and press.
.
3. There are five levels of sensitivity to choose from, use or to change the
sensitivity level
After choosing a sensitivity level, the S value will change on the LCD. When the sensor is covered
then the length of the arrow will reach (completely) at the right side of the LCD. When the senor is
uncovered, then the length of the arrow will be (almost) 0.
Sensor uncovered Sensor covered
FIG 4-4
4-4

SENSOR SETUP

The black arrow pointing upwards on the LCD is the trigger level at which the cutter decides
whether there is media in the machine or not.
4. Use or to change the trigger level if necessary.
Ideally there would be 1 or 2 spaces between arrow pointing sideways and arrow pointing
upwards when the sensor is uncovered, the arrow reaching completely to the right when it
is covered.
Detailed Operation 4-12