Air carrier captain reported rejecting takeoff due it EICAS rudder system 1 inop message.

Attributes
ACN	1718499
Time
Date	202001
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Component
Aircraft Component	Rudder Control System
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

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 message rud system 1 inoperative' I closed the thrust levers; exited the runway and called maintenance. We reset the system; operations check [was] good. Then took off for ZZZ.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier Captain reported rejecting takeoff due it EICAS rudder system 1 inop message.

Narrative: 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.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.