GE GFK-0825F Channel Fault Reporting

5-30 Field Control™ Genius® Bus Interface Unit User’s Manual – October 1999 GFK-0825F
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Channel Fault Reporting
The Bus Interface Unit can report faults for each channel to the network controller. If fault
reporting is enabled for a channel, the Bus Interface Unit sends a message to the network controller
(such as a Series 90 PLC Bus Controller) if any fault occurs on that channel. If fault reporting is
disabled, the Bus Interface Unit does not send fault reports for the channel to the network
controller.
Regardless of whether fault reporting is enabled, the Bus Interface Unit detects faults on the circuit,
and takes appropriate action. If a fault occurs, the fault condition must be corrected for proper
operation of the I/O module.
S1 Faults Ch 01
< > tgl entr
YYYYYYYY
Number of the channel
at the cursor location
1. For each channel, select Y if the Bus Interface Unit should report module faults to the network
controller for that channel. Select N if it should not.
2. Use the F1 ( < ) and F2 ( > ) keys to select channels.
3. Use the F3 (toggle) to change the selection at the present cursor location.
4. Use the F4 (entr) key to save the selections on this screen.
5. Press F2 to go to the next screen.
Channel Active
When a channel is configured as Active, it is scanned for data and checked for errors. If a channel
should not be scanned, th at channel can be configured as in a ctive. An inactive input chan n el returns
no faults and no data.
S1 Active Ch 01
< > tgl entr
YYYYYYYY
Number of the channel
at the cursor location
1. For each channel, select Y if the channel should be active. Select N if it should not.
2. Use the F1 ( < ) and F2 ( > ) keys to select channels.
3. Use the F4 (entr) key to save the selections on this screen.
4. Press F2 to go to the next screen.