Printer Status; Head Odometer Status; Materials Status - Stratasys F170 User Manual

PRINTER STATUS

The various pages of the User Interface display each of the following:
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Head odometer status

• Material status
Temperature status
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Controller Software version
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• Other printer information
HEAD ODOMETER STATUS
The printer tracks and displays the total amount of material extruded through a head since it was last replaced.
Head odometer values can be determined via the head's Head Details page. To locate this information press
the Materials button within the Navigation Menu, the Materials page will be displayed. Two
one corresponding to the model head and the other corresponding to the support head, are displayed within the
upper portion of the Display Area of the page. Touching one of these icons on the screen will open that head's
Head Details page (see
displayed within the right half of the Head Details page (see
The Head Status Icons can become yellow or red based on the head's odometer (see
accompanying warning/error notification will be displayed within the Materials page when a head is in a warning
or error state resulting from odometer related information (see
on page 216). An icon with yellow coloring indicates a warning, reminding you that the head is reaching its
odometer limit. An icon with red coloring indicates an error, reminding you that the head has exceeded its
odometer limit. You can continue using a head which has exceeded its odometer limit, but it is highly
recommended that you change the head as part quality will be unpredictable. Warning and error states will be
will indicated on the User Interface until the head is replaced, and you will be required to acknowledge the
notification associated with these states prior to the start of each build.

MATERIALS STATUS

The current status of each of the material spools installed/inserted into the printer can be viewed via the
Materials page. To locate this information:
1. Press the Materials button within the Navigation Menu; the Materials page will be displayed.
2. The Display Area of this page contains two or four
model.
For F170 printers two icons will be displayed. The left icon pertains to the printer's model material
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while the right icon pertains to the printer's support material. The number displayed within the top of
the icon indicates which material bay the material spool is installed/inserted into (1 or 2). The colored
bars (displayed within the center of the icon) and percentage (displayed at the bottom the icon)
indicate the current volume of material on the spool. The name of the type of material on the spool is
displayed at the bottom of the icon.
• For F270 and F370 printers four icons will be displayed. The two left-most icons pertain to the
printer's model material while the two right-most icons pertain to the printer's support material. The
number displayed within the top of the icon indicates which material bay the material spool is
installed/inserted into (1 through 4, from left to right). The colored bars (displayed within the center of
the icon) and percentage (displayed at the bottom the icon) indicate the current volume of material
on the spool. The name of the type of material on the spool is displayed at the bottom of the icon.
3. Touching one of these icons on the screen will open that material's Material Details page (see
"Viewing Material Details" on page
"Viewing Head Details" on page
69).
63). Odometer information for the selected head is
Figure 4-26 on page
"Head Warnings" on page 216
Material Status Icons
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Head Status
63).
Table 4-6 on page
and "Head Errors"
depending on printer
Icons,
61). An