DuaneBryant
Well-known member
Please help. I appreciate ANY suggestion to improve our situation.
We have experienced about 6 part failures in the past 3 years, and 8 in the past 5 years, on two different Avantra 44 OLP (online film processors): Some Buttons just stop working. This is a very expensive membrane switch, and we can not afford to keep giving several hundred dollars to AGFA every few months because one or two critical buttons stop working. I've never had the entire panel go dead, but have had additional buttons continue to fail until nearly every button was unresponsive. I have seen several stop working on the same day.
Once a button stops working, it never works again, or even intermittently. Dead forever. When you push it, it feels normal, makes a little "click" feel and sound BUT no response.
1) Is there any way to repair these?
2) IS THERE ANY WAY to plug the cable that goes to this panel INTO A LAPTOP/DESKTOP COMPUTER, and use some type of command line or rudimentary interface to interact with and control this film processor's controller/computer? BYPASS/ELIMINATE THE MEMBRANE CONTROL PANEL?
3)Anything that can be done before installation or during use to prevent failure, and extend service life?
4)Are there any other suppliers/manufacturers than AGFA who make a more reliable panel?
We have experienced about 6 part failures in the past 3 years, and 8 in the past 5 years, on two different Avantra 44 OLP (online film processors): Some Buttons just stop working. This is a very expensive membrane switch, and we can not afford to keep giving several hundred dollars to AGFA every few months because one or two critical buttons stop working. I've never had the entire panel go dead, but have had additional buttons continue to fail until nearly every button was unresponsive. I have seen several stop working on the same day.
Once a button stops working, it never works again, or even intermittently. Dead forever. When you push it, it feels normal, makes a little "click" feel and sound BUT no response.
1) Is there any way to repair these?
2) IS THERE ANY WAY to plug the cable that goes to this panel INTO A LAPTOP/DESKTOP COMPUTER, and use some type of command line or rudimentary interface to interact with and control this film processor's controller/computer? BYPASS/ELIMINATE THE MEMBRANE CONTROL PANEL?
3)Anything that can be done before installation or during use to prevent failure, and extend service life?
4)Are there any other suppliers/manufacturers than AGFA who make a more reliable panel?