by John Bowen » Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:26 pm
Hmmm, it could be a contact problem inside the ribbon, but I think first be careful on doing the calibration routine.
If you press the keypad 1-8-3 simultaneously, you get the self-test menu. You will see the list of choices, and you want to pick #3 Ribbon.
It will say to touch the rightmost position on the ribbon. What many do is incorrectly think they should touch the absolute end, but you want to be holding down the ribbon where the values you see in the display are around 10,000 - not the 16,256 at the end, which is not the real end point.
After holding and pressing Enter, it asks for the low point. Here you want to get a value of zero or as close to zero as possible, pressing enter again. You can then exit it all with the Exit button to get back to normal play mode.
Let us know if you are still having problems after this calibration.
John
Hmmm, it could be a contact problem inside the ribbon, but I think first be careful on doing the calibration routine.
If you press the keypad 1-8-3 simultaneously, you get the self-test menu. You will see the list of choices, and you want to pick #3 Ribbon.
It will say to touch the rightmost position on the ribbon. What many do is incorrectly think they should touch the absolute end, but you want to be holding down the ribbon where the values you see in the display are around 10,000 - not the 16,256 at the end, which is not the real end point.
After holding and pressing Enter, it asks for the low point. Here you want to get a value of zero or as close to zero as possible, pressing enter again. You can then exit it all with the Exit button to get back to normal play mode.
Let us know if you are still having problems after this calibration.
John