Voyager-DE™ STR Biospectrometry™ Workstation Version 5 Series Software
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Voyager-DE™ STR Biospectrometry™ Workstation Version 5 Series Software Service Reference and Troubleshooting Guide This Document Contains CONFIDENTIAL Material of Applied Biosystems. For Internal Use Only - No Unauthorized Copying Permitted This is the back side of the front cover. Voyager-DE™ STR Biospectrometry™ Workstation Version 5 Series Software Service Reference and Troubleshooting Guide This Document Contains CONFIDENTIAL Material of Applied Biosystems For Internal Use Only - No Unauthorized Copying Permitted © Copyright 2001, Applied Biosystems All rights reserved For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Applied Biosystems assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document. This document is believed to be complete and accurate at the time of publication. 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Printed in the USA, 04/2001 Part Number Hardcopy 4319245 Rev. A Part Number CD 4327166 Rev. B Table of Contents Table of Contents Safety and Compliance Information................................................vii How to Use This Guide ................................................................. xvii Chapter 1 System Overview 1.1 Voyager-DE™ STR Biospectrometry™ Workstation Overview ........................................ 1-2 1.2 Voyager-DE™ STR Laser Safety................................................................................... 1-4 1.3 Voyager-DE STR Workstation Components ................................................................. 1-6 1.3.1 Sample Loading Chamber .............................................................................1-7 1.3.2 Main Source Chamber ..................................................................................1-8 1.3.3 Laser System .............................................................................................. 1-11 1.3.4 Flight Tube (Drift Tube) ............................................................................... 1-15 1.3.5 Mirror Chamber ........................................................................................... 1-16 1.3.6 Digitizer .......................................................................................................1-19 1.3.7 Computer and Video Systems ..................................................................... 1-19 1.4 Voyager-DE STR Workstation Supporting Systems.................................................... 1-20 Chapter 2 Voyager-DE STR Workstation Electronics Theory 2.1 Electronics Theory Overview ....................................................................................... 2-2 2.2 Electronics Common in Most Voyager-DE STR Instruments ........................................ 2-4 2.2.1 AC Distribution Board (V750053) ..................................................................2-5 2.2.2 DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) Board (V750025) .....................................2-9 2.2.3 DC Distribution Board (V750034) ................................................................ 2-11 2.2.4 Low-Mass Gate Delay Timer Board (V750069, V750073) ............................ 2-15 2.2.5 Low-Mass Gate Driver Boxes (V700635, V700643) and Detector Filter Bias (V750032) .................................................................................. 2-20 2.2.6 Timed Ion Selector (TIS) Assembly (V700471) ............................................ 2-26 2.2.7 TTL Output Opto-Trigger Board (V750065) ................................................. 2-31 2.3 Electronics Only in Newer Model Instruments ............................................................ 2-33 2.3.1 Beam-Steering Board (V750091) ................................................................. 2-33 2.3.2 DE Switch Box V725115/V725125 ............................................................... 2-37 2.3.3 Einzel Lens Electronics (Voltage Divider Box, 4317251) .............................. 2-44 2.3.4 48-Bit I/O Board with Game Port (V750033) ................................................ 2-45 2.3.5 MALDI Control Board (V750082 and V750102-001, V750102-002, V7502-003) ................................................................................................. 2-47 iii This Document Contains CONFIDENTIAL Material of Applied Biosystems For Internal Use Only - No Unauthorized Copying Permitted Table of Contents 2.4 Electronics Only in Earlier Instruments...................................................................... 2-59 2.4.1 Flight-Tube (Drift-Tube) Power Supply (V750061) ....................................... 2-60 2.4.2 Pulse Generator Board (V750063) .............................................................. 2-63 Chapter 3 Before Servicing the Workstation 3.1 Voyager Laser Safety .................................................................................................. 3-2 3.1.1 Overview of Laser Safety .............................................................................. 3-2 3.1.2 Required Customer-Provided YAG Laser Safety Measures ........................... 3-3 3.2 Venting the Voyager DE-STR Workstation................................................................... 3-4 3.2.1 Preparing to Vent .......................................................................................... 3-4 3.2.2 Venting to Air ................................................................................................ 3-5 3.2.3 Purging the System to N2 ............................................................................. 3-5 3.3 Powering Up After Venting .......................................................................................... 3-6 Chapter 4 Diagnostics Software 4.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................... 4-2 4.2 Voyager Software Compatibility .................................................................................... 4-2 4.3 Accessing the Diagnostics Software ............................................................................. 4-3 4.4 Diagnostics Software Features ..................................................................................... 4-5 4.1.1 Control Pages ............................................................................................... 4-5 4.1.2 Status Bar ....................................................................................................4-11 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting by Components 5.1 Troubleshooting Overview........................................................................................... 5-2 5.2 Sample Loading Chamber........................................................................................... 5-7 5.2.1 Vacuum System Interaction .......................................................................... 5-7 5.2.2 Internal Interlocks Operation ......................................................................... 5-9 5.2.3 Camera .......................................................................................................5-11 5.2.4 Grabber, Linear Actuators, and Valves .........................................................5-11 5.2.5 Load/Eject Cycles ....................................................................................... 5-13 5.2.6 Vacuum Faults ............................................................................................ 5-15 5.2.7 Mechanical Control Page Errors and Warnings ..........................................