[labnetwork] Dektak 3030ST - stylus down timeout error

[Fouad Karouta]

Dear Kevin,

We had 2 years ago an issue with our Dektak XT but I don't recall the error message. The problem was the stylus went all the way down touching the sample to measure and going immediately all the way up again. No scans were possible. We had to call a Dektak engineer and they had to replace an electronic control card.

Regards, 
Fouad Karouta

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From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Kevin McPeak
Sent: Sunday, 17 September 2017 1:30 PM
To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu
Subject: [labnetwork] Dektak 3030ST - stylus down timeout error

Dear Colleagues,

The Dektak 3030ST contact profilometer here at LSU is giving a "Stylus Down Timeout" error. As a result, the system will not perform any scans.

Have any of you observed this error before and if so how did you resolve it.

Regards,
Kevin

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