SM Laura Smart
SM Laura Smart
SM Laura Smart
Laura Smart 2
(version ARM CPU)
Urine Analyzer
Service Manual
This service manual is intended to give detailed information for service engineers of Erba
Lachema Laura Smart urine analyzer.
All information contained herein is the intellectual property of Erba Lachema and should not
be used or reproduced without prior agreement of Erba Lachema, the manufacturer.
This manual was written with the intention to give the most precise and up-to-date, detailed
description of operation and use of the analyzer for laboratory purposes.
Descriptions contained herein are relevant to Laura Smart, software version 3.0Ma
Despite careful revision and multiple grammar and content control, mistakes can still be
present in this manual. Erba may from time to time issue errata, or a new revision of the
manual. Would you find things unclear, please contact service.czech@erbamannheim.com
for assistance.
Revision history
Revision Section Modification By Date
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
.......................................................................................................................................... 1
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 6
1.1 Name and serial number ......................................................................................... 6
1.2 Intended use ........................................................................................................... 6
1.3 Integrated software ................................................................................................. 6
2 For Your Safety ............................................................................................................. 7
2.1 Who Should Use This Manual ................................................................................. 7
2.2 Special Symbols Used In This Manual .................................................................... 7
2.3 General Precautions................................................................................................ 7
2.4 Environmental Factors ............................................................................................ 7
2.5 Electrical Requirements .......................................................................................... 8
2.6 Space Requirements ............................................................................................... 8
2.7 Waste Disposal ....................................................................................................... 8
2.8 Emergency Situations ............................................................................................. 8
3 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................... 9
3.1 Main electronic and mechanics parts of the analyzers............................................. 9
3.1.1 Measuring Head with LED source and detector................................................ 9
3.1.2 Power and interface board (with external connectors) .....................................12
3.1.3 MAIN CPU Board and display .........................................................................16
3.1.4 Strip detector ...................................................................................................19
3.1.5 Thermal line printer .........................................................................................19
3.1.6 Opto sensor ....................................................................................................20
3.1.7 Strip tray with motor and gearing .....................................................................21
3.1.8 External Power Supply ....................................................................................22
3.2 Assembled Analyzer...............................................................................................23
3.2.1 Overview .........................................................................................................23
3.2.2 Dismounted view .............................................................................................24
4 ADJUSTMENTS ...........................................................................................................26
4.1 Tray movement, setting tray play............................................................................26
4.2 Printer pressure roll settings ...................................................................................27
4.3 Service Calibration Using Grey Strips ....................................................................28
4.4 Touch screen Calibration .......................................................................................29
5 CHECKING THE PROPER OPERATION .....................................................................29
5.1 Self Test .................................................................................................................29
5.2 Verification Using a Grey Control Strip ...................................................................30
5.3 Service Menu .........................................................................................................32
5.3.1 Log in as SERVICE User ................................................................................32
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List of figures
Fig.1 – Measurement principle .............................................................................................. 9
Fig.2 – Lower part of measurement head .............................................................................10
Fig.3 – RBG photodiode detector .........................................................................................10
Fig.4 – Measurement head PCB ..........................................................................................10
Fig.5 – Electrical diagram of measurement head ..................................................................11
Fig.6 – Power and interface board ........................................................................................12
Fig.7 – External connectors ..................................................................................................13
Fig.8 – Electrical diagram of power board.............................................................................15
Fig.9 – Mainboard version 1, front view ................................................................................17
Fig.10 – Mainboard version 1 rear view ................................................................................17
Fig.11 – Mainboard circuit diagram ......................................................................................18
Fig.12 – TFT display with touchscreen .................................................................................18
Fig.13 – Strip detector board (without and with plastic optics link) and its principle ...............19
Fig.14 – Printer – internal view (left) upper view of printer thermoplate (right) – fixating
screws are marked ..............................................................................................................20
Fig.15 – Opto sensor ............................................................................................................20
Fig.16 – Strip tray (holder) – upper view and bottom view ....................21
Fig.17 – Cogwheel for tray transport.....................................................................................21
Fig.18 – Stepping motor for tray transport ............................................................................21
Fig.19 – Power supply 9V/2A (or 9V, 2,7A) ..........................................................................22
Fig.20 – Upper view .............................................................................................................23
Fig.21 – Bottom view (fixing screws are marked)..................................................................23
Fig.22 – Dismounted view (strip tray is not present) .............................................................24
Fig.23 – Details of bottom part..............................................................................................25
Fig.24 – Tray movements setting .........................................................................................26
Fig.25 – Tray movements setting .........................................................................................26
Fig.26 – Printer pressure roll ................................................................................................27
Fig.27 – Calibration strip set (for LAURA all strips, for LAURA SMART only strip No. 4 and 2)
.............................................................................................................................................28
Fig.28 – Bootloader screen and the first circle of touchscreen calibration procedure ............29
Fig.29 – Reader starting screens..........................................................................................30
Fig.30 – Control strip ............................................................................................................30
Fig.31 – Entering service menu ............................................................................................32
Fig.32 – Reader strip tray .....................................................................................................34
Fig.33 – Main fixing screws ..................................................................................................36
Fig.34 – Overview (flat interconnecting cable in red circle) ..................................................37
Fig.35 – List of connectors ...................................................................................................39
Fig.36 – Paper insulated wires (left), plastic insulated wires (right) .......................................40
Fig.37 – Screws of metal plate of measurement head ..........................................................43
Fig.38 – Screws of motor, list with guiding rod ......................................................................44
Fig.39 – Cogwheel screw, list with guiding rod .....................................................................44
Fig.40 – Motor wires on power and interface board ..............................................................44
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1 INTRODUCTION
To be well up in the instruments, please read this manual carefully to have the knowledge
for servicing the instruments perfectly and avoid extra costs and wasting precious time.
In this manual, we are using the following conventions:
LS – stands for Laura Smart
This Laura Smart Service Manual contains the functional descriptions of all analyzers,
operation of the mechanics systems, adjustments and settings, and very important
information for the Service Personnel about the service operations and possible problems.
Every Laura Smart software version is upgradeable (using an special software and USB pen
drive) by the latest program developed by Erba Lachema, and it can be downloaded from:
http://www.ErbaLachema.com
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shipment or storage, the analyzer must be placed for at least one hour in a room whose
temperature is within the operational range before installation or use.
The instrument should not be placed near potentially interfering devices capable of emitting
radio frequencies (e.g. radio or television transmitters/receivers, radars, centrifuges, X-ray
devices, fans, etc.).
This analyzer is designed to be safe for transient voltages to INSTALLATION CATEGORY II
and POLLUTION DEGREE 2.
In case of fire, do not use water to extinguish the fire unless the Laura Smart
is disconnected from the electrical network!
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3.1 Main electronic and mechanics parts of the analyzers
Laura Smart contains the following electronic parts:
strip
Fig.1 – Measurement principle
High efficiency NICHIA warm white LED is used as spot light source. The LED is combining
blue LED source with special phosphors – in this case the light are formed not only by some
discrete wavelengths, but by a part of continuous spectrum.
As a detector is used special RGB color sensor with interference filters – silicone photodiode
with spectral sensitivity to the blue (λ =460nm), green (λ =540nm) and red (λ =620nm).
Active area is a 3-segment circular surface with diameter about 2mm. Spectral response
range is close to human eye sensitivity.
Signal of photodiodes are amplified by operational amplifiers. For measurement is used
green and red signal, blue signal is for reference only.
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detector
Detector (skew look)
LED source
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External connectors
,
USB interface
,
Motor driver
, RS232 interface
,
Tray opto
,
Motor cables
,
Power Supply
,
Mainboard Conn.
,
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MAIN board is responsible to control the instrument: contains the secondary power regulator
circuits, printer motor and data driver circuits and complete display driver.
The central ARM micro-controller with several other digital chips (buffers, decoder,
multiplexer) handles the displaying, measurement and data management.
The STM32F429/439 lines offer the performance of the Cortex-M4 core (with floating point
unit) running at 180 MHz while reaching lower static power consumption (Stop mode).
Power efficiency: ST’s 90 nm process, ART Accelerator and the dynamic power scaling
enables the current consumption in run mode and executing from Flash memory to be as low
as 260 µA/MHz at 180 MHz. In Stop mode, the power consumption is 120 µA typical.
Graphics: The new LCD-TFT controller interface with dual-layer support takes advantage of
Chrom‑ART Accelerator™. This graphics accelerator is performing content creation twice as
fast as the core alone. As well as efficient 2-D raw data copy, additional functionalities are
supported by the Chrom-ART Accelerator such as image format conversion or image
blending (image mixing with some transparency). As a result, the Chrom-ART Accelerator
boosts graphics content creation and saves processing bandwidth of the MCU core for the
rest of the application.
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RTC circuit
CPU
Speaker
Display conn.
Printer data
connector
Strip detector
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Display with touchscreen - 320x240pixel color TFT with TouchPanel. The displayed
buttons can be pushed by hand or using pencil.
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strip on tray
Detector
Infrared LED
LED with
optics link
detector
Plastic optics link
Fig.13 – Strip detector board (without and with plastic optics link) and its principle
Separator line
Strip type name
Sequence Number
Patient ID
Date and time
Parameter results
Example:
***************************
DekaPHAN Laura
Seq. No: 0024
Pat. ID : 01234567890124
12.06.2001 9 : 42 a.m.
SG 1.025
NIT Neg
PH 6
* PRO ++ 100 mg/dl
GLU Norm
KET Neg
URO Neg
BIL Neg
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* LEU + 25 Leu/l
* BLD + 10 Ery/l
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Fig.14 – Printer – internal view (left) upper view of printer thermoplate (right) – fixating screws
are marked
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Rack
Cogwheel
Guide pin
Note: batteries cannot operate as backup power source – if batteries are entered and
reader operates on power source, drop-out of power do not switch batteries on. Also
disconnecting of power supply cable from reader (batteries are entered) causes
restart reader!
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Printer cover
Upper cover
Touch screen
Tray (strip
holder)
Lower cover
Battery
compartment
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Main CPU
board
Touchscreen
Strip
detector
Measuring
head
Interconnect
Printer ing cable
Power and
interface board
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Important notes:
A most of self-drilling screws are mounted directly in plastic covers (mainboard,
display, strip sensor, printer, covers etc.). Do not over tighten screws, because after
several removal of parts screws holes loose rigidity!
Use original screws only on the ground of possibility of cover perforation (longer or
wider screw)
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4 ADJUSTMENTS
The adjustments below are made in the factory. Readjustment of following parts is necessary
if some components are replaced.
If the tray has a bigger interrupts in movement, correct fixation of cogwheel is needed.
Cogwheel is fixing on motor shaft by small Allen screw.
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Setting screws
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Notice:
Contingent contamination by solutions following measurement of normal strips may
damage calibration strips! Calibration using a grey strip may be performed repeatedly –
in case of non-compliant measurements.
Calibration gray strips are not wet and have not the notches, therefore they can shift
over tray during its movement!
Fig.27 – Calibration strip set (for LAURA all strips, for LAURA SMART only strip No. 4 and 2)
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Fig.28 – Bootloader screen and the first circle of touchscreen calibration procedure
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Use: This intervention is necessary following all interventions in the optical part,
alteration of the strap travel or adjustments of the cover, or suspected incorrect
measurements.
Materials and tools: Check strip (accessories)
Procedure:
1. Clean and disinfect the strap travel and waste container; close all covers; the
mechanical and power properties of the device are to be in good order;
2. Switch on the device and after the Standby mode is displayed, press the “Menu” and
“QC TEST” buttons an next “Checking strip”;
3. check the number on button on the right lower corner – must be the same as number
under barcode field on tube with control strips
4. The device asks for insertion of a check strip; wait for completion of the
measurement and printing of the measured value; compare the measured values
(using reflectance) with the table to be found on the strip package (the device
evaluates success by the means of displaying a message – “Test OK” or “Test
failed”).
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Remark:
Contingent contamination by solutions following measurement of normal strips may
damage the calibration strip! Control using a check strip may be performed repeatedly –
in case of non-compliant measurements.
Important notice:
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RESET – system reset, all settings are set to initial factory values
CONT – continuous measurement – only for research purposes (strip evaluation)
CAL – calibration by calibration strips (see chapter 4.3)
%REM – reflectance units are printed with normal selected units by user – for calibration or
research purposes
ESC – exit from service menu and restart instrument
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6 MAINTENANCE
6.1 Daily User Maintenance - Cleaning strip tray
Switch off instrument and pull to remove strip tray itself. Clean it by warm tap water,
especially clean grooves, strip detector hole and white reference field. You can also use
some disinfection reagent - isopropanole, ethanole, surfactants. Do not use colour
reagents, e.g. iodine – reflectance field can be coloured!
Reference field
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7 SERVICE PROCEDURES
7.1 List of Required Tools and Equipment
Set of cross screwdrivers, sizes PZ and PH 1-5;
Set of flat tip screwdrivers, sizes 1-5;
Set of watchmaker’s screwdrivers;
Flat nose pliers, combined pliers, side-cutting pliers;
Tweezers;
Breaking knife;
Needle files;
Workbench with a surface preventing scratching of the device (linoleum, carpet mat);
Multimeter: voltage range: 0 – 20 V DC, 0 – 10 A DC;
Ruler – drawing triangle;
Glue suitable for polyethylene (saturated solution of polystyrene in toluene);
Isopropyl alcohol (ethanol);
Detergent
Washing and cleaning tools (cloth, brush).
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Processor
board
Touchscreen
Strip
detector
Measuring
detector
Connecting
Printer cable
Power and
interface board
7.4 Cleaning
Use: Necessary to be performed prior to all measurements using grey strips as well as
following any and all measurements using wet strips
Materials and tools: Water with detergent, cloth (non-woven fabric) that does not
release fibres, isopropyl alcohol (max. 85%), brush
Procedure:
1. The cover of the device is to be cleaned using a soft cloth and water, resp. water
with detergent;
2. The strip feeder is to be removed and thoroughly washed under running water and
subsequently dipped or wiped out using isopropyl alcohol;
3. The same procedure is to be applied to the calibration zone on the feeder;
4. Dust from the feeder travel, its position sensor and adjacent components may be
removed in a dry manner, using a soft brush;
5. The optical part – strip position sensor and detector – may be, following removal of
the upper cover, cleaned in a dry manner, using a soft brush, or isopropyl alcohol (in
case of a strong contamination);
6. No other organic solvent may be used for cleaning purposes – except for
ethanol or isopropyl alcohol (max. 85%). Corrosion of the material of the
device cover or fixation of the optical part might occur!
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Be careful, files all SW versions have the same names! User must
maintenance files in properly labelled folders! Or we recommend to archive
file with full version name (e.g. LauraSmart2_v3.0.bin) and rename it before
downloading into instrument.
Remarks:
A power failure must not be encountered in the course of loading of the software!
If it occurs, it is generally necessary to perform new programming
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5
4 6
7
1 3
2 8
Procedure:
1. Disassemble the device – see chapter 7.4;
2. Perform a visual and manual check of connectors being put on their counterparts
and soldered connections;
3. Pull the conductors lightly (do not perform in case of flat strip conductors of the
printer!) in order to reveal contingent disconnection or breaking of a conductor;
4. Data connector of the printer: Check the correct position of the lock (sliding frame) on
the connector body soldered in PCB; the flat conductor is to be inserted end-to-end;
5. Data connector of the touch display: Check the correct position of the lock (tilting
frame) on the connector body soldered in PCB; the flat conductor is to be inserted
end-to-end;
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Important notice
Only mainboard with power board, printer and display are connected by wires with
connectors. Other parts (strip detector, measurement head, tray motor, mains
switch) use soldered wire or flat cable connections! Especially unsoldering and
follow-up soldering of flat cables is very difficult and need a special tools for
soldering SMD components.
There are two types of flat cables –with paper insulation (see fig. 40, left side) and
with plastics insulation (see fig. 40, right side). Resoldering of “paper” wires is
almost impossible (a conductive carbon is originated during soldering which is
induced short circuit), for “plastics” wires it is possible with extra care.
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Display can be replaced after dismounting of mainboard – loose four screws of fixing
back plate.
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8 APPENDICES
8.1 Error codes
Analyzer SW displays error messages to notify user about status of results. The following
table summarizes error messages and gives explanation of their possible cause and a few
hints to overcome the problem.
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If USB host is connected, the reader sends the data trough the USB port as well.
The format of the data stream is identical to the serial (RS232) case.
The communication is unidirectional Laura Smart -> HOST, and is in ASCII text form.
The reader sends 1 result in 1 package. Every package has the same format, which is:
A record transmission consists of three parts: a small header, a big text body, and a small
footer. A single record is never longer than 475 bytes.
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