Faculty Tests - Canon SmartBase MPC400 Service Manual

SmartBase MPC600F/MPC400 Chapter 4: Maintenance & Service

6.2.7 Faculty tests

The faculty tests are selected by pressing the 6 button from the test mode menu. These tests test the
following faculties of this fax.
Test type
Sensor tests
Operation panel test
Line signal reception test
a) Sensor tests
The sensor test is selected by pressing the 3 button from the faculty test menu. In this test, you can
check the status of each sensor of this fax in item 1 on the display.
You can also check if sensors that use actuators and microswitches are operating correctly by moving
the actuator or microswitch. (See page 4-26 Faulty scanner unit's sensors.)
NOTE
Overview
Test whether the sensors are operating correctly.
Tests whether the button switches on the control panel are
operating correctly.
Tests whether the NCU board signal sensor and frequency
counter are operating correctly.
The sensor tests cannot be used to test all of the sensors. The following sensors cannot be
tested with the sensor tests:
Pickup sensor, and ink sensor.
If any of these sensor are faulty, an error message or service error code will appear to
indicate the faulty sensor.
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