A field service engineering (fse) was at the customer's site to address reported event.Fse confirmed the complaint by reviewing the error logs, but was not able to reproduced error.Fse verified liquid sense settings were in range, and the hybrid arm z-axis home sensor was functioning as expected.Fse proactively lubricated the guide rod and the spindle.Fse found misalignments at the hybrid arm and resolved the complaint by adjusting the hybrid arm alignments for the cup bottom positions of the reagent test cup and sample treatment cup lanes and also adjusted the reagent carousel small bottle bottom alignment for the hybrid arm to accurately calculate bottle volumes.Fse validated instrument by successfully performing quality control run without error and within acceptable range.No further action required by field service.The aia-2000 instrument is functioning as expected.A 13-month complaint history review and service history review through aware date of event for similar complaints was performed for serial number (b)(4).There were four (4) similar complaints identified during the searched period, which includes this event.The aia-2000 operator's manual under appendix 4: error messages states the following: [4253] hybrid arm z-axis home overrun cause : the home sensor activated improperly after movement of the hybrid arm z-axis.If retry fails, the measurement result will be flagged (mf flag).Solution : contact tosoh service center or local representatives.The most probable cause of the reported event is due to misaligned hybrid arm.
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