Alarm and Power LEDs, Watchdog Status | Honeywell XL 800 SERIES

Mounting/Dismounting Modules

Excel 800

Alarm and Power LEDs

The XCL8010AU Controller Module is equipped with an alarm LED and a power LED.

Fig. 32. Alarm LED (1) and power LED (2)

Alarm LED (1, red)

Table 17. Controller alarm LED

	Off	Normal operation
	On	Watchdog alarm output is powered
		• The controller has encountered a hardware
			problem
		• The application has a fault
		• The controller has been powered up without
			an application or the operator has manually
			stopped the application.
			In this case, the LED will light up 13 minutes
			after power-up without application
	Flashing	The watchdog alarm output has not yet been
		powered, although the controller has
		encountered a problem.
		The controller performs a warm start.
		If problem persists, the LED will become lit
		constantly, see above.
		See section "Troubleshooting" on page 31.
Power LED (2, green)
		Table 18. Controller power LED

	On		Normal operation
	Flashing		One or more of the internal voltage supplies
			are outside of the permissible ranges.
			The controller stops operation.
			► Check wiring or see section
			"Troubleshooting" on page 31.
	Goes out		• The operator has activated the reset
	briefly		button
			• The controller is performing a warm start

Watchdog Status

Table 19. Watchdog status (terminal 4)

status		signal on terminal 4

Failure (= alarm)		24 V


Normal operation		0 V

Modem Interface

NO CONNECTION.

I/O Bus Switch S2

The XCL8010AU Controller Module features a 2-position I/O Bus switch S2.

I/O Bus switch S2 must be set in accordance with the kind of I/O modules connected to communication terminals 71, 72 and 75, 76 of the XCL8010AU Controller Module.

Terminals 71, 72 and 75, 76 must be all connected either to Panel Bus I/O modules or to LONWORKS Bus I/O modules.

The default setting is Panel.

Fig. 33. I/O Bus switch S2

Table 20. I/O Bus switch settings

communication	S2 setting
LONWORKS Bus only	LON

Panel Bus and LONWORKS Bus	Panel
LONWORKS BUS modules connected to
terminals 11 ─ 14 of the XCL8010AU
Controller Module

Panel Bus connected to terminals 71, 72 or	Panel
75, 76 of the XCL8010AU Controller
Module

EN1B-0410GE51 R0908A

XL 800 SERIES specifications

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Honeywell XL 800 SERIES Alarm and Power LEDs, Watchdog Status, Modem Interface, Bus Switch S2

Models: XL 800 SERIES