User manual

8-28 VITEK
®
2 Instrument User Manual
510731-10EN1
Power Failures Troubleshooting the VITEK
®
2 Instrument
the animated dotted lined rectangle and arrow on the Transport Halted
screen.
4 – Vacuum Station.
5 – Cut/Seal Station.
6 – Card Load/Unload Station.
Power Failures
What happens in the VITEK
®
2 instrument if there is a power failure? The
instrument is supported by a device called an Uninterruptible Power Supply
(UPS). If power is lost, the UPS uses a battery to continue to supply power to
the instrument.
The UPS notifies the VITEK
®
2 instrument of a power failure. The following
events then take place in the VITEK
®
2 instrument:
• Initiates a Power Failure error message.
• Begins a 20-minute timer.
• Continues processing test cards in the carousel.
• Continues to support the card transport system, but does NOT allow new
cassettes to be loaded.
If power is restored within the 20-minute period, normal operation is resumed.
If the power failure continues after the 20-minute period has expired, VITEK
®
2 shuts down the card transport system but continues to process cards in the
carousel. Carousel processing continues as long as the battery in the UPS
supplies power. If the backup battery in the UPS begins to fail before the 20-
minute period expires, VITEK
®
2 terminates the timer and shuts down the
card transport system. Test cards, however, continue to process as long as
any battery power is available.
Displaying Version Information
Allows you to view the current instrument firmware for the VITEK
®
2. You
may be requested to supply this information to bioMérieux if you need
assistance with any of the recovery procedures in Table 8-2.
1) Access version information using the path:
Main Menu > Utilities > Diagnostics > Version Info