[optimal] Re: Topcon error codes and misfiring
- From: David <daveclark86@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:47:11 -0400
Peter,
Did your troubleshooting fix your camera? If not let me know and I will ask
around for you.
Warm Regards,
Dave Clark, COA
Regional Sales Manager
US Dealers Partners
Topcon Medical Systems
111 Bauer Drive, Oakland, NJ 07436
Dclark@xxxxxxxxxx
Cell: 551-579-1062
On Sep 19, 2011, at 12:59 PM, "Egnatz, Thomas James" <tegnatz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Peter,
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> Not sure if this might be related, but check all the relay lens and digital
> digital back to computer connections. On ours, I had a problem a couple of
> months age: pressing the joystick button caused the flash to fire, and it
> sounded like a regular good exposure, but a black image would appear on the
> monitor. Turns out the cable from the relay lens was plugged into a computer
> cable, but the connecters were not screwed into each other. The slightest
> tension on one would cause the above problem.
>
> I don't recall if there was an error code.
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> One thing to add to your troubleshooting list.
>
> Tom
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> Quoting "Breit, Peter" <BreitP@xxxxxxxx>:
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>> Hello colleagues,
>> I am having problems with the IVFA filters on
>> the Topcon TRC-50DX .
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>> The camera suddenly stops working and I am getting all kind of error
>> codes (3,6,8,10..). The first 2-3 IVFAs are fine but then the problem
>> acts up. Maybe it is heat related ?
>> I tried different settings, manual filter insertion, etc. but it does
>> not help. Letting the camera rest, turned off for ? hour seems to
>> help.. but obviously I don't have the time for that. Obviously it is
>> only IVFA related.
>> Maybe someone had the same problem and can tell me how it was solved.
>> New solenoid put in ? My local Topcon rep could not fix it.
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>> Incidentally another Topcon in a different office is also misfiring.
>> Meaning sometimes you have to press the joystick button several times
>> before you can hear the mirror move up and a picture appears. I may
>> get several blank (black) pictures on the screen and then a good
>> fundus picture.. I am not sure if the problem is in the joystick or
>> the eye piece head ?
>> Again this doesn't happen right away, usually on the 3rd or 4th
>> IVFA.... This happens not only when doing IVFA but also when just
>> shooting fundus photographs...
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>> Any help is very much appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you
>> Peter
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>> Peter L. Breit, CRA.
>> Director Ophthalmic Services
>> The Lankenau Hospital & Bryn Mawr Hospital
>> Philadelphia, PA 19096
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>> 484-476-3338
>> 484-476-8206 fax
>> 484-437-3262 mobile
>> page 3707
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