Re: [AMMRL] B-ACS sample in Shim error

From: Andre Dallmann <andre.dallmann_at_hu-berlin.de>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:12:43 +0100

Hi Pedro,  we do have that error from time to time, but if you take a
cotton swab and clean the sensor in the upper shim stack (the sample up
sensor) with ethanol it should go away.

Cheers, André

Am 21.11.2023 um 15:46 schrieb Pedro Aguiar:
> Hello,
>
> We have recently been suffering from an error on our AVANCE II system equipped
> with a B-ACS 60 and with black “sample down unit” at the top of BST.
>
> ERROR: "15 SHIM SYSTEM NOT EMPTY”
>
> This error pops up occasionally when going to insert the next sample. Completed
> sample is removed from BST and placed in carousel. Carousel moves to next tube
> and the arm obtains the next tube and moves it over and down into BST. However,
> before the pincers open, the error occasionally occurs. No obvious rhyme or
> reason that I can tell.
>
> I have been present when it fails and the “sample down” LED on
> the sample down unit does not come on before the error.
>
> I suspect one of two sensors, the sample down unit itself and/or one of the o
> various cables may be at fault.
>
> Question 1) Have others had similar issues in the past? If so, any hints on which
> part(s) to try test first?
>
>
> Question 2) Have people removed the Sample down unit altogether (living dangerously…)?
> I tried and ICON was unhappy (never registered as having loaded and would not
> move on). Did I perhaps miss an option in ICON? Need to uninstall Firmware (update of
> firmware mentioned in sample down unit install manual)?
>
> Thanks,
> Pedro
>
>
>
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>
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>
> S'il vous plaît répondre pendant vos heures de travail.
>
>
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>
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>
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