Table 4. Intervention and Device Activity Messages (continued)

Message

Message Meaning

 

 

Attention

These messages indicate error conditions that operators can resolve, such as

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Routine Messages

 

 

Mvolser

The M prompts the operator to mount volser in the priority cell.

 

 

*CLEAN

This message prefixed with an asterisk (*) prompts the operator to put a

cleaning cartridge in the priority cell.

 

 

 

Dvolser

The D prompts the operator to remove volser from the priority cell.

 

 

 

FID 2 Messages

 

 

FID 2

These messages report a degraded device condition. The customer can

schedule a service call.

 

 

 

 

FID 3 Messages

 

 

FID 3

These messages report a degraded device condition. The customer can

schedule a service call.

 

 

 

 

FID 4 Messages

 

 

FID 4

These messages report a service circuitry failure. The customer can schedule a

service call.

 

 

 

Intervention messages are 1-part or 2-part messages. Two-part messages consist of two 8-character message parts that alternate. The message types are FID1 messages, attention messages, routine messages, FID2 messages, FID3 messages, and FID4 messages. A brief description of each message follows:

vFID1 Messages

The device generates a FID1 message when a hardware failure occurs within the device. This error condition message has priority over all other types of messages, and persists until corrected. Maintenance personnel uses the FID code to identify the failing units within the device. (Menu selections may overwrite FID messages temporarily.) Messages are in a bold font.

The format of these messages is ‘FID1 xy’. ‘FID1’ indicates to the operator that a failure occurred, and ‘xy’ is the replaceable portion of the device. Figure 7 on page 18 shows an example of FID1 C6, which indicates that the machine reel motor has a fault.

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