Troubleshooting Guide For The Sample Transport Assembly - Agilent Technologies 1260 Infinity User Manual

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Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

Troubleshooting Guide for the Sample Transport Assembly

Troubleshooting Guide for the Sample Transport Assembly

This troubleshooting guide is meant to help you diagnose and repair
autosampler problems.
In general, autosampler problems can be divided into three categories.
1 Intermittent lock-ups with or without vial in the gripper fingers with error
2 Jittery (shaky) movement in X and/or theta axes and/or when the needle
3 Poor alignment, seen during vial pickup and vial replacement and/or when
Motor 0=X; 1=Z; 2=Theta; 3=Gripper.
N O T E
70
messages
Many times the sampler is being used very heavily.
motor overtemp (0 or 1 or 2 or 3)
•
movement failed (0 or 1 or 2 or 3)
•
• missing vial
goes through the gripper arm into the vial with error messages
motor overtemp (0 or 2)
•
movement failed (0 or 2)
•
the needle hits the gripper arm with error messages
motor overtemp (0 or 2 or 3)
•
movement failed (0 or 2 or 3)
•
• missing vial
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