I have a Dinamap Pro 1000. In a recent urgent
I have a Dinamap Pro 1000. In a recent urgent situation, the power cord was yanked out, breaking the power connector on the unit. At the time of the incident, the unit operated normally till the battery ran down. My company has opted not to pay to have the unit repaired, so I decided to mount a new power connector myself, which I did. However, the unit does not come up. The back lights behind all the front panel controls come on, but the display never does. I opened the unit again to double check that all connectors were in their proper place, and don't see anything obvious. Do you know of anything simple I could check? Hidden fuses or something? The unit was a write-off even at the point I started working on it, but it would be nice to have it for backup.
Thank you, Marty Akerman, [email protected]
Thank you, Marty Akerman, [email protected]
Health & Beauty - General Electric - Dinamap ProCare Series Vital Signs Monitors - Pro 400
Answers & Comments
Vaguely remember that unit(or something similar--Dinamap Pro 1000)back when before I retired from my clinical nursing position in 2013. Seem to recall it had a SMPS(switching-mode power supply) that had a coaxial power plug which plugged into the unit itself to provide power to the monitor and also seem to recall that the monitor had various functions/inputs for things like BP, HR, Thermometer, and pulse-oximetry. Anyway that SMPS, like several others I've dealt with over the past 15-20 years, was in some sort of generic "black-box" type of enclosure which had a standard 120 Volt AC cord feeding in one side and the DC power cord going to the monitor coming out the other end. Anyway I'll probably need to see if I can pull up a parts list and/or schematic or product specs for that particular model. I've been an amateur electronics enthusiast/hobbyist for something like 30 years--in addition to 40+ years as a health-care professional. But would suspect that the coaxial power plug; if that's what you replaced; might not have been the proper type, wasn't correctly soldered, or the polarity might've been switched when you replaced it. Alternatively the SMPS might've suffered sufficiently severe of a "short" so as to overload the normal over-current protections that such devices have as inherent protection. Anyway will see if I can pull up any relevant data. And please don't try to use the device on any human until it's fully functional.