Troubleshooting/Service

7.6 Controller Failure Symptoms

Introduction

In addition to the error message prompts, there are failure symptoms that can be identified by noting how the controller displays and indicators are reacting.

Symptoms

Compare your symptoms with those shown in Table 7-4.

Table 7-4 Controller Failure Symptoms

Upper

 

Lower

 

Indicators

 

Controller

Probable

Trouble-

Display

 

Display

 

 

 

Output

Cause

shooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Procedure

Upper

 

Lower

 

Indicators

 

Controller

Probable

Trouble-

Display

 

Display

 

 

 

Output

Cause

shooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Procedure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

 

Blank

 

Off

 

None

Power Failure

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK

 

 

 

OK

 

 

Current

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proportional Output

 

 

 

Displayed

 

 

 

Controller

 

 

OK

 

 

OK

 

Three Position

3

 

 

Output

 

 

 

Output

Step Control

 

 

 

disagrees

 

 

 

disagrees

Output

 

 

 

with Controller

 

 

 

with Displayed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK

 

Output

 

OK

 

Output

Time Proportional

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Output

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK

 

 

 

OK

 

 

Current/Time

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proportional Output

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK

 

OK

 

OK

 

External Alarm

Malfunction in

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

function does

alarm output

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not operate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

properly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Display does not change when a key is pressed

 

 

Keyboard

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malfunction

 

 

 

 

Controller fails to go into “Slave” operation during communications

Communications

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Failure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK

 

Displayed

 

OK

 

Controller

Auxiliary Output

9

 

 

Output

 

 

 

Auxiliary Output

 

 

 

 

disagrees with

 

 

 

disagrees

 

 

 

 

Auxiliary Output

 

 

 

with Displayed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auxiliary Output

 

 

Other symptoms

If a set of symptoms or prompts other than the one you started with appears while troubleshooting, re-evaluate the symptoms. This may lead to a different troubleshooting procedure.

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