Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Aircraft Equipment Problem Dissipated; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; Flight Crew Rejected Takeoff; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Aircraft
Took the runway for departure; set lights for takeoff; brought hands down to the thrust levers and just as I started to move them; 'Ding EICAS MSG RUD SYS 1 INOP' I closed the thrust levers; exited the runway and called Maintenance. We reset the system; operations check [was] good. Then took off for ZZZ.
Air Carrier Captain reported rejecting takeoff due it EICAS rudder system 1 inop message.