Troubleshooting

Model GFC7000TA Carbon Dioxide Analyzer

Table 10-1: Warning Messages - Indicated Failures

 

 

 

 

WARNING

FAULT CONDITION

POSSIBLE CAUSES

MESSAGE

 

 

 

 

Bad bench heater

BENCH TEMP

The optical bench temp is

Bad bench temperature sensor

Bad relay controlling the bench heater

WARNING

controlled at 48 ± 2 °C.

Entire relay board is malfunctioning

 

 

I2C bus malfunction

 

 

NOTE: Box temperature typically runs ~7oc warmer than

BOX TEMP

Box Temp is

ambient temperature.

Poor/blocked ventilation to the analyzer.

WARNING

< 5 °C or > 48 °C.

 

 

Stopped exhaust-fan

 

 

Ambient temperature outside of specified range

CANNOT DYN

Dynamic Span operation failed

Measured concentration value is too high or low.

SPAN

Concentration slope value to high or too low

 

CANNOT DYN

Dynamic Zero operation failed

Measured concentration value is too high.

ZERO

Concentration offset value to high.

 

CONFIG

Configuration and Calibration data

Failed disk on chip

INITIALIZED

reset to original Factory state.

User erased data

CONC ALRM1

Concentration alarm 1 is enabled

 

and the measured CO2 level is ≥

 

WARNING

 

the set point.

 

 

 

CONC ALRM2

Concentration alarm 2 is enabled

 

and the measured CO2 level is ≥

 

WARNING

 

the set point.

 

 

 

DATA INITIALIZED

Data Storage in DAS was erased

Failed disk on chip

User cleared data

 

 

 

 

 

PHOTO TEMP

 

Failed IR photo-detector

PHT DRIVE is

Failed sync/demod board

WARNING

>4800 mVDC

IR photo-detector improperly attached to the sample chamber

 

 

Bench temp too high.

REAR BOARD NOT

Motherboard not detected on

Warning only appears on serial i/o com port(s)

power up.

Front panel display will be frozen, blank or will not respond.

DET

 

Massive failure of mother board

 

 

RELAY BOARD

The CPU cannot communicate with

I2C bus failure

Failed relay board

WARN

the Relay Board.

Loose connectors/wiring

 

 

 

 

Failed sample pump

SAMPLE FLOW

Sample flow rate is < 500 cc/min or

Blocked sample inlet/gas line

Dirty particulate filter

WARN

> 1000 cc/min.

Leak downstream of critical flow orifice

 

 

 

 

Failed flow sensor/circuitry

SAMPLE PRES

Sample Pressure is <10 in-Hg or

If sample pressure is < 10 in-hg:

WARN

> 35 in-Hg

o Blocked particulate filter

 

Normally 29.92 in-Hg at sea level

o Blocked sample inlet/gas line

 

decreasing at 1 in-Hg per 1000 ft of

o Failed pressure sensor/circuitry

 

altitude (with no flow – pump

If sample pressure is > 35 in-hg:

 

disconnected).

o Pressurized sample gas. Install vent

 

 

 

 

o Blocked vent line on pressurized sample/zero/span gas

 

 

supply

 

 

o Bad pressure sensor/circuitry

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