Ioline FlexJet E Instruction sheet

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Install Ribbon Cable 3C FJE
Kit for # 109519, Procedure P/N 110623 Rev 0
Step 1: Wire cutters, Phillips screw driver, 9/64” hex
driver, 6 nylon zip ties and a grounding wrist strap. Step 2: The ribbon cable. Should come with the 6
nylon cable zip ties to attach to the carriage.
Step 5: Remove the rear cover (18) screws. Place to
the side.
Step 4: After removing the left cover, using the hex
driver, loosen the belt by turning the screw (arrow) 2
turns counter clockwise.
Step 6: Remove the carriage cover (4) screws.
Step 7: Unclip the Y belt from the carriage. Remove
the carriage from the traverse by pressing down on
the threaded screw (arrow), then pull forward.
Step 8: You need to start to remove the old ribbon
cable. With the wire cutters, snip all the white cable
ties. There should 5. Cut and remove them.
Step 3: Turn off, unplug the power cord and the com-
munication cable. Remove the right cover.
Tools Required:

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Step 9: All the zip ties have been removed. Step 10: Turn the carriage over. You need to pull the
connectors off the carriage board pins. NOTE: Be
careful not to bend those small pins.
Step 11: Remove the cable from the side gray clip. Step 12: Once it has cleared the clip, you can pull the
cable from the channel (arrow).
Step 13: The cable has been removed from the chan-
nel. You need to unplug the other end from the main
board, Step 14.
Step 14: Gently remove each head from the main
board. NOTE: Try to pull straight out. Avoid bend-
ing the copper pins. They will need to be straight
when placing the new cable.
Step 15: Once the cable ends are removed from the
main board, pull the cables out as shown. Place the old
cable aside.
Step 16:
Step 17 starts with installing the
new cable.

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Step 17: With the new cable, start by laying the cable
over the top of the carriage as shown. NOTE: No
cable ties at this point.
Step 18: Turn the carriage over.
Step 19: A close up of the carriage board. Power,
head 1 head 2 etc...NOTE: VERY IMPORTANT TO
ATTACH THE POWER CABLE CONNECTOR TO THE
POWER RECEPTOR (ARROW).
Step 20: There is a blue stripe on each cable. NOTE:
That blue stripe MUST connect to the Number 1
pin (see step 19 yellow arrows).
Step 21: Shown 3 cables as it should look. Step 22: A side view. All 3 are placed correctly. All pins
covered (rows and columns).
Step 23:Place the 6 cable ties in the holes on the car-
raige top plate and wrap them around the white ribbon
cable as shown.
Step 24: Once cinched down tight, snip off the excess
as shown.

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Step 25: Place the carriage back onto the traverse with
the cable placed into the channel as shown.
Step 26: Re-attach the Y belt to the carriage and
tighten the Y belt using the tensioner (2 turns clock-
wise).
Step 27: With the other end that will be attached to
the main board, thread those ends through the rect-
angle hole (arrow). See step 28.
Step 28: Pull the ribbon cable until you see the black
sleeving. See step 29.
Step 29: Thread the ribbon cable through the lower
rectangle hole as shown. NOTE: The ferrite shields
(black) should remain outside the end plate as
shown.
Step 30: The main board that all cables need to be
connected to. NOTE: Each one is marked: Power,
head 1, head 2 etc... See step 31.
Step 31: As in step 19, it is very important to connect
the correct cable to the correct pins. Power to power,
head 1 to head 1, head 2 to head 2 etc...NOTE: The
blue stripe wire, (needs on each cable), to be on
pin 1 (arrow).
Step 32: Plug in and turn on the FJE. If all is working
correctly, place the back cover on and screw down.
...FINISHED