Troubleshooting Guide - Olympus BX3-SSU Instructions Manual

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Under certain conditions, performance of the scanning stage with ultrasonic may be adversely affected by factors other than
defects. If problems occur, please review the following list and take remedial action as needed.
If you cannot solve the problem after checking the entire list, please contact your local Olympus representative for assistance.
1. Stage
a) The stage cannot be moved by
rotating the X-/Y-axis knobs.
b) The coarse/fine adjustment cannot
be switched by pressing the coarse/
fine selector button.
c) The stage cannot be moved smoothly
when a high-power objective is
used.
d) The stage movement has become
unsmooth after a long period of
use.
e) The auto compensation of the stage
fails.
f ) The stage movement range became
narrow.
2. Stage control box
a) The pilot lamp does not light.
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Problem
Connection cable is disconnected.
The stage is moved until the stopper at
the end of stroke.
The error mode is entered because the
stage was moved quickly by hand.
Connection cable is disconnected.
The operating environmental tempera-
ture has changed drastically.
Fine particles produced due to wear
of the stage's sliding surfaces are
deposited.
The cable of the stage is stretched.
The auto compensation is not comple-
ted within the specified time.
The stage origin position is misreco-
gnized.
The main switch of the control box is
not ON.
Power cord is connected improperly.
Fuse in control box is blown.
Cables are connected improperly.
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Cause
Connect the cable.
Use the area near the center of the
stage.
Turn power off then on again.
Connect the cable.
Perform the auto compensation in
"System Setting" of the touch-panel
controller.
Set the control box to "
move the stage manually into all of the
front, rear, left and right directions (full
strokes). And then, perform the Auto
Compensation of the stage
Loosen the cable and perform the auto
compensation again.
Turn ON the power of each unit again
and perform the auto compensation
again. If you may fail in the auto com-
pensation for several times, contact the
Olympus sales office where you have
purchased the device.
Compensate the stage.
Set the main switch to " I " (ON).
Connect the power cord properly.
Replace the fuse with a new one.
Connect the cables properly.
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