Hach 900 MAX manual Appendix C Troubleshooting and Error Messages

Appendix C Troubleshooting and Error Messages

Error Messages

Error Message	Reason
*****Warning!*****	Making a program change when a program is halted.
Logged data will be lost if you choose to continue? Yes/No.
• A minimum of 4 points are required.	When entering level-flow or area-level tables, or when
• The entered level value must be greater than the	attempting to use the tables, a minimum of four points must
previous value.	be entered to create a valid table, and level values must
• No values have been entered in the selectable table.	increase value as they are entered.
Bottle number must be: 1–xx	When selecting a bottle to move to after selecting distributor
(where xx = #bottles in the tray).	movement from the manual menu screen.
Bottle quantity must be: 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24.	An invalid bottle quantity was entered.
Calibration requires a minimum submersion of six inches.	Level sensor calibration of the bubbler or submerged sensor.
Day must be: 01—xx (where xx is the last day in month).	Invalid number when setting a date.
Distributor movement halted due to key press.	A key was pressed during the distributor test (diagnostics) or
	distributor movement from the manual menu screen.
Error: Distributor arm is not functioning properly!	The distributor test failed due to an arm obstruction, cable
	not installed properly, or defect in the distributor assembly.
Function disabled while a program is running.	Attempted to use manual menu functions or the distributor
Use RUN/STOP key.	test while the program is running.
Hours must be: 00—23.	Invalid number entered when setting a time, 24-hour format.
Hours must be: 01—12.	Invalid number entered when setting a time, 12-hour format.
Incorrect password! Access denied.	Incorrect password was entered (password is 9000).
Interval must be: 000:01–xxx:xx	An invalid duration (hrs:min) was entered.
(where xxx:xx is max. interval).
Invalid floating point format, only one decimal point allowed.	A number was entered with two or more decimal points.
Logging intervals must be: 1,2,3,5,6,10,12,15,20,30,60.	An invalid logging interval was entered.
Minutes must be: 00—59.	Invalid number entered when setting a time.
No changes allowed while a pgm is running. Use run/stop key.	An inaccessible selection was made on a menu screen. Stop
	the program before proceeding.
	Occurs if Sample Retries is selected from the Modify
No retries are possible when the liquid sensor is disabled.	Selected Items scrolling list, and liquid sensor are disabled.
	Enable liquid sensor to use retries.
No year entered.	Invalid number entered when setting a date.
pH calibration failed—gain and/or offset out of range.	The pH calibration calculations yielded an invalid number.
Try again.	Try fresh buffers or a new probe.
	Occurs when the maximum time for timed calibration of a
Pumping took too long, please try again.	sample volume (or rinse) is exceeded (the maximum is
	65000 tens-of-milliseconds, which is roughly equal to
	10.5 minutes).
• Sampling halted because of key press.
• Sampling halted because the bottle is full.	May occur at the end of a sample attempt. Messages are
• Sampling halted due to fluid presence after pre-purge.	self explanatory. Investigate the tubing setup from strainer to
• Sampling halted during rinse—no liquid detected.	liquid sensor. Strainer may be plugged or out of water.
• Sampling halted due to fluid presence after rinse purge.	Tubing may not be installed properly in liquid sensor.
• Sampling halted—no liquid detected during sample phase.
Sensor output voltage too low—cannot calibrate.	The D.O. calibration yielded an invalid result.
	Try another probe.
Setpoint Sampling and Storm Water cannot both be enabled.	Enabled Setpoint Sampling with Storm Water enabled, or
	enabled Storm Water with Setpoint Sampling enabled.
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