Faults And Alarms; General Information - Siemens sinamics dcp Operating Instructions Manual

8.14.3

Faults and alarms

8.14.3.1

General information

Description
The faults and states detected by the individual components of the drive unit are indicated by
messages.
The messages are categorized into faults and alarms.
Note
The individual faults and alarms are described in Chapter "Faults and alarms" in the
SINAMICS DCP List Manual. Here you can also find a section titled "Function diagrams" →
"Faults and alarms", which contains function diagrams for the fault buffer, alarm buffer, fault
trigger, and fault configuration.
Properties of faults and alarms
● Faults
– Are identified by Fxxxxx
– Can lead to a fault reaction
– Must be acknowledged once the cause has been remedied
– Status via Control Unit and LED RDY
– Status via PROFIBUS status signal ZSW1.3 (fault active)
– Entry in the fault buffer
● Alarms
– Are identified by Axxxxx
– Have no further effect on the drive unit
– Are automatically reset once the cause has been corrected. No acknowledgment is
– Status via PROFIBUS status signal ZSW1.7 (alarm active)
– Entry in the alarm buffer
● General properties of faults and alarms
– Can be configured (e.g. change fault to alarm, fault reaction)
– Triggering on selected messages possible
– Initiation of messages possible via an external signal
– Contains the component number for identifying the SINAMICS component involved
– Contains diagnostic information on the message involved
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