LED Indicators

Two LED’s are located on the Device net expansion board.

MS - Module Status LED

Displays the operational status of the Device Net Interface expansion board (EXB). Status is summarized in Table 4-2.

 

Table 4-2

LED State

Status Description

OFF

No power is applied to the EXB.

 

 

Green

The EXB is operating in a normal condition.

 

 

Flashing

The EXB is in standby mode. The EXB may be attempting to

Green

communicate with the Series H control. Be sure the Series H

 

control is in RS485BBP mode.

 

 

Red

The EXB has an unrecoverable fault and may need to be

 

replaced.

 

 

Flashing

The EXB has had a recoverable fault. This may be an invalid

Red

DIP switch setting or the lost Bus Power (Device Net cable

 

disconnected).

 

 

Flashing

The EXB is in a self test mode.

Red-Green

 

NS - Network Status LED

Displays the status of the connection to the Device Net network. Status is summarized in Table 4-3.

 

Table 4-3

LED State

Status Description

OFF

The EXB is not Online or has lost power.

Green

The EXB is Online and operating. Link OK, Online, Connected.

Flashing

EXB is Online but no connection is established. EXB passed

Green

the DUP_MAC_ID test, Online, but has no connections to other

 

nodes.

 

 

Red

Failed communications tests. EXB detected errors that prevent

 

it from communicating on the network. Duplicate MAC ID,

 

Bus-Off.

 

 

Flashing

One or more I/O connections have timed out. Connection timed

Red

out.

 

 

Flashing

The EXB is in a self test mode.

Red-Green

 

4-4 Hardware Setup

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Device Net Expansion Board, EXB013A01 specifications

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