Error conditionContrast injector

5221 — Injector communication error. : Serial connection failure. It may happened when injector power off.

Canon Medical (Toshiba) CT error code, reported by the console error system (EMS).

What 5221 means

On Aquilion 16 and Aquilion RX and Aquilion ONE and Aquilion S16 and Asteion Super4 and Activion16 CT systems, status code 5221 indicates: Injector communication error. : Serial connection failure. It may happened when injector power off.. The code originates in the Contrast injector section of the console error system (EMS). Severity level error (Error condition).

Reported action: Injector error detected. Check the injector and the connection. If the problem persists call Service..

Reported by the Toshiba/Canon CT console error system (errmsg.eng / EMS error message table), shared across the Aquilion, Asteion and Activion CT platforms.

Full troubleshooting for 5221

The complete diagnosis, cause tree, and step-by-step remedy for the Contrast injector subsystem are documented in the FSELIB Canon Medical (Toshiba) service manual — re-authored, web-first, with real figures.

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Related Contrast injector codes

5104Error from CAN Injector when plan is selected.5105Communication error between CAN Injector and S-CON after plan is selected.5218CAN Injector controller error. : It happened after selecting exam plan.5219CAN Injector controller error. : It happened after selecting exam plan.5220CAN Injector controller error. : It happened after selecting exam plan.5222Injector communication error. : Communication is established but data is wrong.5223Injector communication error. : Communication is established but data is wrong.5224Injector communication error. : No response from Injector.

Related service procedures

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Source: errmsg.eng — Toshiba/Canon CT console (EMS) error message table. Reference information re-authored by FSELIB — not a copy of the OEM manual.