What should a field engineer do about HC10100?

The source gives a single cause and no field repair: the MEC PCB is defective. Power off the printer and replace the MEC board.. Isolate the MEC Board — Board Test subsystem and follow the status-code troubleshooting in the service manual. FSELIB documents the full diagnosis and remedy for the DryStar 5500 (Type 5364/100) / DryStar 5503 (Type 5364/300).

AlarmMEC Board — Board Test

HC10100 — MEC PCB test failed

Q: What is Agfa CT error code HC10100?

MEC PCB test failed. It is reported by the MEC Board on DryStar 5500 (Type 5364/100) and DryStar 5503 (Type 5364/300) CT systems. Severity: Alarm; subsystem: MEC Board — Board Test.

Agfa CT error code, reported by the MEC Board.

What HC10100 means

On DryStar 5500 (Type 5364/100) and DryStar 5503 (Type 5364/300) CT systems, status code HC10100 indicates: MEC PCB test failed. The code originates in the MEC Board — Board Test section of the MEC Board. Severity level alarm (Alarm).

Reported action: The source gives a single cause and no field repair: the MEC PCB is defective. Power off the printer and replace the MEC board..

Raised on the Drystar 5500/5503 when the test of the MEC PCB fails. Grouped in the appendix with the Crius and Themis CPU-board test codes (HC10000-HC10052), which follow the same test-then-replace pattern.

Full troubleshooting for HC10100

The complete diagnosis, cause tree, and step-by-step remedy for the MEC Board — Board Test subsystem are documented in the FSELIB Activion16 (TSX-031A) service manual — re-authored, web-first, with real figures.

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Related MEC Board — Board Test codes

HC10053Themis board CPU too hot HC10814Drum passed sensor S24 not connected or malfunctioning HC10815Drum entry sensor S23 not connected or malfunctioning HC11000Firewire cable between Crius and Themis boards not connected or faulty HC1100124V actuator power not available on the MEC board HC1100324V / 12V / 5V voltages not OK on the MEC board HC11006Connector P21 not detected on the MEC board HC11007Connector P27 not detected on the MEC board

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Source: AGFA DryStar service manual — HC error catalogue (FSELIB authored corpus). Reference information re-authored by FSELIB — not a copy of the OEM manual.