Colortrac SmartLF Cx Series User manual

Cx+40IM
Colortrac Ltd
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Version 3
Cx(+)40 Main Board Instructions
Date:02/08/12
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SmartLF Cx(+)40 Scanner
Cx(+)40m, Cx(+)40c & Cx(+)40e
Main Board Instruction Manual
Issue 3
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Content
1Main Board ................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.1 Tools Required................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Opening Access Panel....................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Removing / Replacing The Main Board............................................................................................. 6
2Utilities Program ......................................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 Normalisation..................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2 Firmware / Driver Installation........................................................................................................... 10
2.3 Save .dat File................................................................................................................................... 11
2.4 Cx(+)40 Restore Program................................................................................................................ 12

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1 Main Board
1.1 Tools Required.
To work on the SmartLF scanners, certain tools will be required. See list below. The acquisition of
these tools is strongly recommended.
1. Medium Pozi-drive screwdriver
2. Flat Screwdriver
3. 7mm Nut Spinner.
4. 5.5mm Nut-spinner.
5. 1.5mm Allen Key
6. 2mm Allen Key
7. 2.5mm Allen Key
8. Cleaning fluid
9. Lint free wipes
1.2 Opening Access Panel.
1.2.1 Safety Precautions
Ensure that the power is completely disconnected from the scanner unit.
Ensure the scanner is positioned on its Colortrac stand, or a stable maintenance platform.
1.2.2 IMPORTANT NOTE
Before removing the Main Board, open the utilities program (while the scanner is powered
up) and save a dat file as described in chapter “2.3 Save .dat File” page 11. Or record the
Stitch Values, Motor Speed and X Resolution values by using the Utilities Program page
9. If the scanner is not functioning do save the dat file, please contact Colortrac Support
for the original dat file.
1.2.3 Tools
Medium pozi-drive screwdriver.
1.2.4 Procedure
1. Unplug mains lead and USB
Connector.

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2. Remove the 8 x M3 Pan Head
screws holding the rear panel
in place. Make sure you are
holding the panel up as you
remove the last screw.
3. Gently lower the panel down.
The panel is hinged so will not
need to be totally removed.
4. Make sure that none of the
cables are being pulled tight or
have caught on anything while
in the lowered position.

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1.3 Removing / Replacing The Main Board.
1. Open rear access panel as
described in chapter “1.2
Opening Access Panel.” page
4.
2. Disconnect CIS ribbon cables
by first, carefully, releasing the
locking slide and then sliding
the cable out from the
connector and out through the
ferrite held on the panel.
Repeat this to all 5 ribbon
cables.
3. Disconnect the power Cable
PSU DC O/P from PSU and the
motor cable.
4. Disconnect the display board
ribbon cable from the Main
board.

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5. Remove the ten M3 x 10mm
screws and the two M4 x 6mm
screws that hold the Main
board on to the panel and
gently remove from scanner.
6. Hold the replacement board up
to the panel and insert the first
M3 x 10 screw in the central
hole at the top of the board to
hold it in place, do not tighten
at this point.
7. Insert the two M4 x 6mm
screws into the holes either
side of the USB2 connector.
Then insert the remaining nine
M3 x 5mm screws around the
board, when all are in place,
tighten all the screws up,
making sure not to apply too
much pressure.

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8. Make sure the locking sliders
on the CIS connectors are lifted
up to allow the cable to be
inserted.
9. Making sure the cables are
inserted the correct way
around, insert all 5 of the CIS
ribbon cables into their
adjacent connectors. The
exposed ribbon cores must
face towards the access panel,
so therefore you will see the
blue backing. This is true for
ALL 5 ribbon cables.
10. Re-insert the power Cable PSU
DC O/P from PSU, motor drive
cable and display board ribbon
cable making sure they are
located and positioned
correctly.
11. Close the rear access panel as
described in chapter “1.2
Opening Access Panel.” page
4.
After fitting the main board, load the dat file that had been saved earlier as described in chapter “0
in chapter “0
1.4 Cx(+)40 Restore Program
12. ” page 12. Or load the dat file send by Colortrac Support. Update the firmware to the
latest as described on page 10, and then run the Normalisation program (page 9) after
all processes are complete.

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2 Utilities Program
2.1 Normalisation.
1. Insert the white calibration
target supplied with the
scanner matt side faced down.
2. Click the ‘Full Normalisation’
button and allow it to run. This
takes about 5 minutes, and the
target will move through the
scanner during this time.
Remove the target when
completed.
NOTE: This calibration target is supplied with the scanner and should have a width of 103cm, if
the target is missing/damaged, any good quality large format paper can be used making sure it is
cut to 103 x 50cm

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2.2 Firmware / Driver Installation.
To install the firmware manually, firstly save the latest firmware .cab file (making sure that
it is for the Cx+ 40 scanner) which contains the latest firmware on to the PC attached to
the scanner, this can be downloaded from:
http://www.colortrac.com/support/support_downloads.htm
1. Click ‘Install New Firmware’
NOTE: ‘Install New Windows
Driver’ no longer works from the
utilities program, due to changes in
the Microsoft operating systems,
install new drivers in the normal
way through the Device Manager.
2. Click the ‘Install New Firmware’
button and locate the file you
just saved, this will then install
to the scanner.
3. Power down the scanner and
software, and reboot scanner.

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2.3 Save .dat File
1. Click the ‘Save Dat File’ button.
2. Select a location to save the file
to (recommend the desktop for
ease), enter the serial number
of the scanner that you are
taking the data from, e.g.
‘C2######.dat’.
3. Click ‘Save’
NOTE: It is important that after
typing the serial number as the file
name, that you also put ‘.dat’ at the
end of the file or it will not be
created.

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2.4 Cx(+)40 Restore Program
To load a saved dat file unique to the scanner being worked on, use the Cx(+)40 Restore
Program, otherwise known as Cx40datwriter. The dat writer will only allow a file created from a
scanner be loaded back into the same scanner, files from a different scanner will fail to load.
1. Download and run the Cx(+)40
Restore Program from:
www.colortracsupport.com/Cx40datwriter.zip
2. Click ‘Open’ to locate the saved
dat file unique to this scanner.
3. Locate and ‘open’ the file to
attach it to the Cx(+)40 Restore
Program.
4. If the file is correct, and
completes the loading, both the
Scanner ID and the File ID will
display the same code. If it fails
please check the correct file
was saved.
5. The scanner now has the
saved values in place, reboot
the scanner and use run the
Calibration process.