Diagnostics and Troubleshooting - User Interface

Table 27 - Controller Module Diagnostics

OI Screen

OI Screen

Number of

Possible Cause

Control File Action

User Action

Item

Item Value

LED

 

 

 

 

 

Strobes

 

 

 

RS-232

HW

8

The DUART failed its

1. Rack 1 monitor block’s

Replace CPU module

 

FAILURE

 

power-up tests.

COMPORT DIAG is set

 

 

 

 

 

to FAILED.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Rack 1 monitor block’s

 

 

 

 

 

RACK OK pin is turned

 

 

 

 

 

off.

 

 

 

 

 

3. ASYS and FSYS

 

 

 

 

 

blocks’ HW OK pins are

 

 

 

 

 

turned off.

 

 

 

 

 

4. If configured as a

 

 

 

 

 

Modbus master:

 

 

 

 

 

1. ASYS and FSYS blocks’

 

 

 

 

 

Modbus Master Fail pins

 

 

 

 

 

are turned on.

 

 

 

 

 

2. All Modbus slave and

 

 

 

 

 

Modbus read blocks have

 

 

 

 

 

their read pins frozen to the

 

 

 

 

 

last value read.

 

 

 

 

 

3. All slave blocks have

 

 

 

 

 

their BAD COMM and NO

 

 

 

 

 

SCAN pins turned on.

 

 

 

 

 

4. IN SCAN STATUS is set

 

 

 

 

 

to NO for all slaves.

 

 

 

 

 

5. COMM STATUS is set

 

 

 

 

 

to BAD for all slaves in the

 

 

 

 

 

function block diagram.

 

 

 

 

 

6. Statistical data for all

 

 

 

 

 

slaves is frozen.

 

 

 

 

 

7. All slaves in the function

 

 

 

 

 

block diagram are scanned

 

 

 

 

 

at the background scan

 

 

 

 

 

rate.

 

RS-485

GOOD

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

See RS-232

9

See RS-232

See RS-232

See RS-232

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET PORT

GOOD

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NETWORK

10

Controller/network

1. Rack 1 monitor block’s

Correct the setup

 

SETUP

 

names determined on

COMPORT DIAG is set

problem.

 

ERROR

 

network are illegal

to FAILED.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Rack 1 monitor block’s

 

 

 

 

 

RACK OK pin is turned

 

 

 

 

 

off.

 

 

 

 

 

3. ASYS block’s HW OK

 

 

 

 

 

pin is turned off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO IP

10

DHCP and IP address

SEE NETWORK SETUP

Enter an IP address.

 

ADDRESS

 

are not configured

ERROR

 

 

HARDWARE

10

Ethernet port tests

 

Replace CPU module.

 

FAILURE

 

failed during power-

 

 

 

 

 

up.

 

 

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