M201

Microplate Reader

Service manual

Chengdu Empsun Medical Technology Co.,Ltd.

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 Contents
Chapter 1 Brief Description .......................................................................................................6
1.1 Appearance and frame .................................................................................................6
1.1.1 Front view ...........................................................................................................6
1.1.2 Back view ...........................................................................................................7
1.1.3 Actual object .......................................................................................................7
Chapter 2 Disassemble .............................................................................................................8
2.1 Disassemble request ....................................................................................................8
2.2 The steps to disassemble the main board ...................................................................8
2.2.1 FACE SHELL ................................................................................................9
2.2.2 Optical Path ......................................................................................................14
2.2.3 BOTTOM SHELL .............................................................................................18
2.2.4 Replace fuse ....................................................................................................20
Chapter 3 TROUBLE-SHOOTING .........................................................................................21

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 Preface
Dear customers:

Thanks for your purchase of Empsun microplate reader. We are honored that
you trust in EMPSUN products. We provide this Service Manual with the
purpose of bringing you a total knowledge of this unit. This manual covers the
principles of this unit, also includes the features, maintenance, and
troubleshooting of M201. Meanwhile, in order to make customers easily remove
the troubles that they may always meet in operation, this manual simply
describes the method of disassembly as a guide for maintenance. Please read
the User Manual before you repairing it. We are sure that the User Manual will
help you a lot in operating this unit effectively, meanwhile please read this
Service Manual carefully. If you need more information, which this manual
doesn’t cover, please feel free to contact the local agents or distributors, also can
contact with our headquarters.

We think the information and data in the manual is corrective and reliable, and
we try to avoid any errors. However, it is hard to avoid some printing mistakes
and some mistakes, which are caused by some factors we can’t control. Thanks
for your understanding! In order to improve the performance and reliability of the
parts and the unit, we probably modify the hardware and software without notice.
So hope you can understand in case the service manual may be not complying
with the unit somewhere.

You are appreciated for informing us if you find problems and errors in this
manual. Please find our contacting telephone and address in the last page.

Thanks for your support to our product!

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Before maintenance：
1. Make sure the actual fittings of the instrument consistent to the packing list.
Any question, please contact the sales personnel or distributors.

2. In order to obtain our service, please fill in the service guaranty earnestly and
mail the guarantee card to manufacturer as soon as possible.
3. Please read all the packed documents and keep them properly.

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 Chapter 1 Brief Description

1.1 Appearance and frame

1.1.1 Front view

Figure 1.1

①Thermal printer ②Removable cover ③Bottom shell ④Face

shell ⑤Keyboard ⑥Screen viewer

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1.1.2 Back view

① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥
Figure 1.2

①Power switch ②Fan ③USB socket ④SD card socket

⑤RS232
⑥Ethernet

1.1.3 Actual object

Figure1.3

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 Chapter 2 Disassemble

2.1 Disassemble request

Before disassembling，we must enture:

1. My company’s certified engineering technical personnel at the scene
2. The equipment has been disconnected with the external power.
3. all other external parts have been removed。

2.2 The steps to disassemble the main board

Turn off the power; put the instrument to a soft plat with great care in order to
avoid scratching the shell. As shown in Figure 2，unload the 4 screws in the
bottom shell，then you can open the face plate.

Figure 2.1

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 Keyboard

Thermal print
board
Back-end board

Power

Motor drive board Front nd board

Light-shielding hood Micro-plate

carrying
aircraft

Figure 2..2

2.2.1FACE SHELL

1.The disassembly method of thermal printer：

a) Unplug all the plugs before disassembling thermal printer, disassemble 4

thermal printer screws fixation as in Figure 2.3.

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 4 x screw M3x PWA

Figure 2.3

b) After disassembling 4 fixations, you can see two soft cables connected to
the printer (as in Figure 2.4).Disassembly of flexible cable: loose two flexible
cable bayonets of print head unplug the LCD flexible cable... (Caution: Do not
use too much strength) and remove the thermal printer driver board.

Soft cables

图2.4

图 2.4

c) The disassembly method of print head: disassemble the fixation as in

Figure 2.5.Then the print head can be removed.(Caution: control the strength og

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 disassembling flexible cable. If overusing the strength, flexible cable interface
card board may be broken).
The usage of print head is as follow:

ScrewM2.2×6.5PA Manual carriage

control

strut

图 2.5

2.The disassembly method of back-end board：

a) Unplug all the plugs on the back-end board，and disassembling the 4

screws, as in Figure 2.6.
4×screw M3×8PMSWsp

Speaker

图2.6
Power cable

speaker socket
Touch screen
socket

Printer socket

Figure2.6

b) After this there still is a FFC wire connected to the LCD screen behind. Lift
the back-end plate gently, break off up the back FFC mount, you can remove
the line FFC. Then you can take off the back-end board. As in the following

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Figures.

Cable FFC

Cable FFC
interface

Figure2.7

Pry up the bar

Figure2.8

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 c) The interface on the back –end board :
Output interface of Core board
USB signal
SD card serial signal
output

图2.8

X13back-end
power supply
input

X5speaker
output interface

X3printerconmmu
nications interface

Figure2.9

3.The disassembly method of LCD：

a) After disassembling the back-end board，remove the other side of the

FFC line with the same method, and disassemble the 4 screw as in Figure 2.10.
4×screw M3×6PA

Display shield

Figure2.10

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 b) After disassembling the fixation, remove the shield， then we can remove
the LED.

Figure 2.11

2.2.2 Optical Path

1.The disassembly method of frond-end board：

a) Disassemble four light-shielding hood screw fixation as in Figure 2.21,

remove the light-shield hood.

图2.12

4 × screw M3
×6PM

Light-shielding
hood 14
FIgure2.12
 b) Disconnect all the cables connected to the front-end board, keep the
cable of keyboard, disconnect one side of keyboard and disassemble four fixed
screw as in Figure 4.Then removed the frond-end board and fixation together.
For the safety of photodiode, do not removed the front-end board alone.
4×screwM3×6PM

Figure 2.13

The interface on the front-end board:

Motor driver X9 Serial signal to

Board back end board

X15 Power cable

Gray ＋3.3V,
Green -12V,
White +12V

From
keyboard

Figure2.1
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2.The disassembly method of LED panel：

a) Disassembly four thermal as in Figure 2.15，the optical parts, then you

can separate the optical from the bottom shell.
4×screw M3×6PM

Figure2.1
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b) Lift the entire optical path gently and rotate 180 degrees, then you can the
LED panel as following Figure.

4×screw M3×6PWA
Driving
motor
LED panel

Figure 2.16

c) Adjust drive motor manually, so that the entire LED board expose to the

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 outside of motor shaft. Disassemble four LED board screw fixation as in Figure
2.16.LED Shake the LED board gently then the it can be removed.

3. Adjustment the belt on the micropirforated panel：

a) Release the two fixed screw in the left Figure2.16.

b) Adjust the screw clockwise or counterclockwise to a right position, then
tightening the two fixed screw on the left.

4 × screw M3 ×
6PWM

M3×14P for the strap tightness

Figure 2.16

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2.2.3 BOTTOM SHELL

1.The disassembly of LED driver board

a) Unplug all the plug that connect with optical path and remove the optical
components, you can see the bottom shell as Figure 2.18.
b) Disassemble four fixed screw as in Figure 2.28, then the motor drive
board can be removed.

LED drive board fan Power switch power component

4×screw M3×6PMSWsp

Figure 2.18

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 C) Distribution of the interface as follows
X14Power cable Input Interface of X8 filter
Input interface X11wavelength
Yellow +12V, LED signal controler
of front-end switch motor
blue +15V,
contiol signal
gray +3.3V）
X7 LED position
detector
X10 to front X6 plate position
end board detector
J2 motor driver of
micro plate
USB input
interface input interface of
SD card serial
signal

Figure 2.19
2The disassembly method of power supply module ：
Disassembling four screw as in Figure 19, unplug the power plug and
remove the power supply 4×scres M3×6PMSWsp

The plug of the power

Grounding
input line
wire

Figure 2.20

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2.2.4 Replace fuse

The method of replacing fuse：Turn off electricity, pull out power cable. Fuse
is fixed in the fuse box nearby power switch on the back of instrument. Pull the
box cover, and then replace the fuse with a new one. Fuse specification:
250V/2A.

Groove

2 fuses

Figure.21

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 Chapter 3 TROUBLE-SHOOTING

BREAKDOWN DESCRIPTION SOLUTION

Device can not start 1. check the power plug
2. check the fuse
3. check the power supply
Cannot pass Self-check 1. make sure the plate carrier is empty。
2. restart the machine
3. check the optical path
Results abnormal 1. check if the plate lay correctly
2. check the test parameters
3. detect the standard material
Plate cannot move 1. check if the plate is in position
2. check if there is something on the
block
3. check if the plate carrier can move
manually
The results of individual channel 1. check weather the result is normal
when not put micro perforated panel
abnormal 2. check if there are some lens loose
3. check if any LED damaged
Mouse cannot move 1. reconnect the mouse
2. test the mouse on PC
3. restart the machine
Thermal printer cannot work 1． Make sure the internal printer be
selected in system setting
2． Check if the printer paper is installed
External printer cannot work 1. make sure the internal printer be
selected in system setting
2. check if the USB cable connected
well
3. check if the printer type can be
supported by machine
Screen is blank with back light 1. check if the power equipment started
property
on 2. check the power supply
3. check the FFC cable
Keyboard cannot work 1. check it he keyboard cable
connection
2. check if the voltage in frond-end
normal

Motor make noise 1. check the plate carrier

2. check weather the detection
opocouple board loose
3. check if there is some foreign matter

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