Troubleshooting & Repair

Model GFC7001E Carbon Dioxide Analyzer

 

Table 13-1: 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 ambient

BOX TEMP

Box Temp is

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

DATA INITIALIZED

Data Storage in iDAS was erased

Failed disk on chip

User cleared data

 

 

 

 

 

 

The CPU is unable to Communicate

Warning only appears on serial I/O com port(s)

FRONT PANEL

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

with the Front Panel Display

Failed keyboard

WARN

/Keyboard

I2C bus failure

 

 

Loose connector/wiring

PHOTO TEMP

PHT DRIVE is

Failed IR photo-detector

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 power

Warning only appears on serial I/O com port(s)

DET

up.

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

 

Massive failure of motherboard

 

 

 

 

 

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

3

Blocked sample inlet/gas line

Sample flow rate is <3500 cm /min

Dirty particulate filter

WARN

or > 1000 cm /min.

Leak downstream of critical flow orifice

 

 

 

 

Failed flow sensor/circuitry

 

Sample Pressure is <10 in-Hg or

If sample pressure is < 10 in-hg:

 

Blocked particulate filter

SAMPLE PRES

> 35 in-Hg

Blocked sample inlet/gas line

Normally 29.92 in-Hg at sea level

Failed pressure sensor/circuitry

WARN

decreasing at 1 in-Hg per 1000 ft of

If sample pressure is > 35 in-hg:

 

altitude (with no flow – pump

Pressurized sample gas. Install vent

 

disconnected).

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

 

 

Bad pressure sensor/circuitry

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Teledyne GFC 7001E Fault Condition Possible Causes Message, Cannot DYN, Config, Initialized, Warn, Photo Temp, Det