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6 TROUBLESHOOTING
6.1 LEDINDICATIONS
LEDindicationscanbeveryusefulincaseofproblemswiththeinstrument.
ThegreenLEDisnormallyusedforinstrumentstatusindication,likenormaloperationorspecialfunctionmode.For
DeviceNetitisalsopossibletoshowthattheinstrumentisinabortstateandidlestate.Thered
LEDisnormallyused
toforerror/warningindication(howlongertheflash,howgreaterthetrouble).
Moreinformationcanbefoundinthemanual“917023Operationalinstructionsdigitalinstruments
Thisdocumentcanbefoundat:
http://www.bronkhorst.com/en/downloads/instruction_manuals/
6.2 TROUBLESHOOTINGHINTSANDTIPS
SITUATION Description
RS232communicationproblems Checkcables.Makesurecorrectcablesareusedforspecificpurpose.
Checkaddressofinterface(slave).Sendingmessagestonode128willmostly
beacceptedbytheinterface.
Trytoresettheinstrumentand/orrestartyourPC/PLC.
MakesureyourmessagesareassembledaccordingtoFLOW‐BUS
protocol
description.
Makesuretheparametervaluesyoutrytoread/writeareavailableandin
thecorrectranges(checktables).
Controllerdoesn’trespondonsetpoints:
Checkcontrolmode,when0andotherfieldbusgiveserror:safestate
willbeentered,resultinginsafesetpoint.Canbeoverruledby
making
controlmode=18(RS232onlyoperation)
Alarmorcountermoduleininstrumentforcessetpointtoalarmsetpoint.
Resetalarmorcounterandproceed.
Setpointslopecouldhaveveryhighvalue.Newsetpointswillbereached
whenthisslopetimehasbeenelapsed.Makesetpointslopesmaller.
Controlmodecouldhaveothervaluethan0or18.Checkfunctionwhen
valueisdifferent.
Ifmeasuredoesn’tchangecheckforwardpressureandpiping(evt.shut‐
offvalves).
Makesuresetpointsarewithinallowedrange:0...32000(=0...100%).
Makesuresetpointsaresendtoproperinstrument
andprocess(mostly=
1)andparameter(FBnrforsetpoint=1),andtypeofdataiscorrect
(shortinteger=2bytesMSBfirst)
Other(FLOW‐BUS)problems ContactBronkhorst localsalesrepresentativeorsende‐maildescribingyour
problemto:seeservicechapter.
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