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Author Topic: Christie CP2210 Ballast Com Failure Andrew Freeman Film Handler Posts: 9 From: Springfield, Vermont, USA Registered: Apr 2017 posted 02-04-2019 08:44 PM                     Hey gang, Had a bit of a funky issue tonight, where one of our CP2210's which is famous for getting Ballast Communication Errors and needing a power cycle just got another error, but this time image stayed on screen and was able to play regardless of the error. Gonna test through the whole film now and see if it runs all the way through. Any thoughts on why this happened? Thanks everyone!  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-04-2019 09:15 PM                     Mostly caused when the serial connector corrodes. Reseating it resolves it for quite a while. But... it is not super easy to get at. With the lamp door open you can see the DB connector back under the fans. The holddown screws need to be loosened and the connector unplugged/plugged a few times. You can undo the two captive screws holding the fans in place and shift them up a bit.  |  IP: Logged

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