Maintenance Alerts - Labcyte Echo 520 User Manual

7.3

Maintenance alerts

During normal use, the Echo liquid handler may prompt that it needs
attention. Refer to the following maintenance alerts:
Maintenance Alert
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Table 7.1. Echo Maintenance Alerts
Warning light is yellow. Possible
causes:
The Echo stages (acoustic
transducer, source plate, and
destination plate) are not
homed.
The fluid level is low in the
coupling fluid bottle.
The coupling fluid temperature
is outside of the normal range:
21.2°C–23.0°C
The waste water bottle is full
(on older systems only).
The process door is neither fully
open nor fully closed.
The upper anti-static bar is
neither fully up nor fully down.
The source plate dryer nozzle is
neither fully up nor fully down.
Fault light is red. Possible
causes:
The user-supplied compressed
air supply is low (< 70 PSI) or
nonexistent.
Procedure
See "Status indicator lights" on
page 3-9.
Perform Home calibration.
"Home calibration" on page
Add more fluid.
coupling fluid bottle" on
page 6-8.
Check the chiller setting, it should
be at 22°C.
temperature and indicator" on
page 5-36.
See "Waste bottle indicator" on
page 5-35.
Check for obstruction.
Check compressed air pressure,
it could be too low.
See "Compressed air pressure
indicator" on page
Check compressed air pressure.
See "Compressed air pressure
indicator" on page
Check compressed air pressure.
See "Compressed air pressure
indicator" on page
See "Status indicator lights" on
page 3-9.
Increase air pressure.
See "Compressed air pressure
indicator" on page 5-35.
Contact Information and Troubleshooting 7-3
See
5-45.
See "Refill the
See "Coupling fluid
5-35.
5-35.
5-35.