Required Skills
1. Patience –
Revolutionary digital communicating technology has replaced older analog components.
2. Patience –
Needle point leads will save you time when backprobing molex connectors.
3. Patience –
Know who to call when you need help.
4. Observation –
There are many LED indicators on the MCS and FMC which all correspond to unit operation.
5. Electrical tracing –
6. DC Communication –
Troubleshooting by Rule Out Methodology
Probability Diagnosis:
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The act of ruling out and understanding certain components operation based on experience and
simply watching and observing the system operate.
Rule Out:
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The act of understanding how components operate to maintain their logical sequence of operation
where failure to produce expected results occurs.
True Certainty Diagnosis:
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The act of proving a condition exists, or existed, by testing and acquiring physical and empirical
evidence which caused, or is the result, of that condition.
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TROUBLESHOOTING
24V AC systems have replaced low (5-10V) DC voltage.
The interpretation of values and commands transmitted by VDC.