Planmeca Proline XC Pan Use and care manual

PLANMECA
Proline XC Pan
Calibration Manual

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The manufacturer, assembler, and importer are responsible for the safety,
reliability and performance of the unit only if:
-Installation, calibration, modification and repairs are carried out by
qualified authorized personnel.
-Electrical installations are carried out according to the appropriate
requirements such as IEC364.
-Equipment is used according to the operating instructions
Planmeca pursues a policy of continual product development. Although every
effort is made to produce up-to-date product documentation this publication
should not be regarded as an infallible guide to current specifications. We
reserve the right to make changes without prior notice.
COPYRIGHT PLANMECA USA 2008-05
PUBLICATION Revision 5 JO

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Table of Contents
Chapter A: General Information
1. Disclaimer 5
2. Required Tools 7
2.1. Calibration Tools 7
2.2. Hand Tools 8
Chapter B: Beam Alignment
1. Test Exposure 10
1.1. High / Low 12
1.2. Left / Right 13
1.3. Angled 13
Chapter C: Beam Check
1. Connecting to the computer 14
1.1 Network Interface Box connections 16
1.2 Didapi Configuration 16
2. Setting up Beam Check 17
2.1 Beam Check on the computer 18
Chapter D: Calibrating
1. Setting up the computer 21
1.1 Dimax3 Tool 21
1.2 Turning radiation Off/On 22
1.2.a OFF 22
1.2.b ON 23
1.3 kV/mA settings for Panoramic 24
1.4 Changing Binnings 24
Chapter E: Ball Phantom
1. Setting up the Touch Screen 25
2. Computer 29
2.1. Dimaxis Pro 4.1.4. 29
2.1.a Calibrating and measuring image 29
3. Checking Image 30
3.1 Center Ball 31
3.1.a Too Thin 32
3.1.b Too Fat 32
3.2 10
th
Ball 32
3.2.a Too Left 33
3.2.b Too Right 33
3.2.c Moving the table 34
3.3 Shadow Ball 34
3.3.a Too Left / Too Right 35
Chapter F: Patient Positioning Lights Alignment
1. Midsagittal Light Beam 40
2. Frankfort Light Beam 40
3. Focal Layer Light Beam 41

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Chapter
A General Information
1DISCLAIMER
This manual contains the information required to setup and calibrate the
Planmeca Proline XC Panoramic X-ray unit for Digital.
WARNING
Protect yourself from radiation when you are checking the beam
alignment and calibrating. Since radiation safety requirements vary from
state to state, country to country, it is the responsibility of the installer to
ensure that the correct precautions are observed.
1.1 The display values shown in this guide are only examples
and should be interpreted as recommended values unless
otherwise specified.

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2REQUIRED TOOLS
2.1. Calibration Tools
Ball phantom (part number 50971) used for checking the position of the
Patient Positioning Mechanism and the Positioning lights. (Figure 1)
Figure 1
Frankfort plane alignment tool (part number 50977) used with the ball
phantom for checking the position of the Frankfort plane light. (Figure 2)
Figure 2
Beam alignment tool, fluorescent screen, (part number 50972) used for
checking the position of the x-ray beam. (Figure 3)
Figure 3

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Sensor alignment tool (part number 10002699) used for checking the beam
alignment. (Figure 4)
Figure 4
Panoramic mode calibration block, red calibration block, (part number
665413) used for calibrating the panoramic sensor head. (Figure 5)
Figure 5
2.2 Hand Tools
2 mm allen wrench
2.5 mm allen wrench
3 mm allen wrench
4 mm allen wrench
•Short
•Long
Pliers
wrench

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Chapter
B Beam Alignment
Removing the covers
Unscrew the Tube head cover with a 3mm allen (Figure 6) and remove the
front cover.
Figure 6
Unhook the two corners of the C-Arm cover and remove the cover. (Figure 7a
& 7b)
Figure 7a Figure 7b

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NOTE: Make sure beam alignment tool is attached to the sensor alignment tool. (Figure 8)
Figure 8
1 Test Exposure
Press the iicon on the lower left-hand corner. (Figure 9)
Figure 9

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Press the down arrow twice and press Service Settings (Figure 10)
Figure 10
The password is 1701. (Figure 11) After typing in the password, press Test
Exposure.
Figure 11
Now press the exposure button to see where the radiation beam is hitting the screen.

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The beam image should appear within the borders of the rectangle markings on the
fluorescent screen. (Figure 12)
U P
D O
W
N
Figure 12
If not too left, right, up, down, or angled see below.
1.1 High / Low
If the beam is too high or too low, loosen up the two screws at the top and
bottom positions on the collimator with a 3mm allen. (Figure 13)
Figure 13
Take another exposure until the beam is aligned.

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1.2 Left / Right
If the beam is too left or too right, loosen up the two screws at the right and
left positions on the collimator with a 2.5 mm allen (Figure 14)
Figure 14
Take another exposure until the beam is aligned.
1.3 Angled
If the beam is angled or not vertical, loosen up the four screws on the
collimator pointing up, down, left or right with a 3 mm allen. (Figure 15a &
15b)
Figure 15a Figure 15b
Tighten up the left and right screws then take another exposure to check
alignment. If aligned then re-tighten the other two screws. If not, loosen the
two screws and move again.
Move onto Beam Check.

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Chapter
C Beam Check
NOTE: Make sure that the x-ray machine is connected to the computer.
1 Connecting to a computer
Plug a CAT-5 into the isolated port on the keyboard processor. (Figure 16 &16a)
Figure 16a Figure 16
Plug a planet cable into the base of the XC. (Figure 17)
Figure 17
Plug that planet cable into a y-connector, dongle. (Figure 18)
Figure 18

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1.1 Network Interface Box (NIB) Connections (Figure 19)
1. Crossover Cable (has red capped ends)
2. Y-connector, dongle
3. CAT-5 cable (port 1)
4. Power cable
1 2 3 4
NOTE: The above NIB connections are connecting to a computer in the same room as the x-ray and not over
a network.
1.2 Didapi Configuration
Click Start, All Programs, Planmeca, Didapi Configuration.
Click on Ethernet Interface.
The default ip address is 192.168.0.135
Click on Proline which will open Windows Notepad. Type in:
localhost=(ip address):5120/1
Save the file and click refresh. Close Didapi Configuration.

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2 Setting up Beam Check
Press the iicon on the lower hand corner of the touch screen. (Figure 20)
Figure 20
Press Beam Check (Figure 21)
Figure 21
NOTE: If the sensor was calibrated first, remember to remove the red calibration block from the collimator.

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Press Panoramic which will bring you to the Beam Check Panoramic screen.
(Figure 22)
Figure 22
2.1 Beam Check on the computer
NOTE: Make sure the sensor is in the sensor holder.
Click on Start, All Programs, Planmeca, Beam Check then click Proline Pan
Press Ready on the touch screen (Figure 23) then press the exposure button.
Figure 23

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Image should be the same top and bottom, left and right. (Figure 23a)
Figure 23a
Follow Section 1.1-3 on pgs. 12-13 if the beam is not aligned properly.

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