[SML] Mac700 wackiness

[Stephen Litterst]

On 10/30/15 10:51 AM, Rob Graham via Stagecraft wrote:
> We have a Mac700 that is behaving strangely.
>
> It starts up and goes through self test as normal, but when given a
> lamp strike order, it fires the lamp strike, which we begin to see
> warming, then suddenly it goes out, and the fixture then goes into
> restart - kills the lamp, and goes back through the self test.
>
> Electrician tells me there's no error message on the machine when we
> look, and its controllable after the reset, just no lamp.
>
> Is likely just due to a bad lamp, or does the conciousness think its
> something larger - this is a rental unit, so we'd have to get them
> involved if its beyond a lamp.

I can't imagine how a bad lamp would cause a reset.

But the good news is it's a rental unit.  This is why we rent, so 
someone else can do the diagnostics and repair.  Call the shop.

Steve L.


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