Vega POINTRAC 31 Operating Instructions Manual page 39

Function check
POINTRAC 31 • 8/16 mA/HART - four-wire
Code Cause
Text mes-
sage
F037 – Error in RAM
RAM hard-
ware error
F038 – Connection cable to the
Slave instrument interrupted
Slave signals
– Instrument not defined as
failure
Slave instrument
F040 – Sensor defective
Hardware
error
F041 – Error in the measured value
recording
Photomultipli-
er error
F045 – Error on the current output
Error on the
current output
F052 – Invalid parameter adjust-
ment
Faulty config-
uration
F114 – Discharge accumulator
Error real time
clock
F122 – Instrument addresse was
assigned several times
Double ad-
dress on the
multisensor
communica-
tion bus
F123 – External instruments cause
radioactive radiation
X-ray alarm
F124 – Radiation dose too high
Alarm due to
increased ra-
diation
F125 – Ambient temperature on
the housing outside the
Ambient tem-
specification
perature too
high
The following table shows the error codes and text messages in the
status message "Function check" and provides information on causes
as well as corrective measures.
9 Diagnostics and service
Rectification
– Exchanging the electronics
– Define instrument as Slave
– Check the connection cable
to the Slave instrument
– Exchanging the electronics
– Exchanging the electronics
– Check wiring of the current
output
– Exchanging the electronics
– Carry out a reset
– Readjust real time clock
– Change instrument
addresses
– Determine reason for X-ray
alarm
– In case of a brief X-ray
alarm, shut down the instru-
ment (switching) outputs for
this time
– Determine reason for
increased radiation
– Cool (heat) the instrument
or protect it with isolation
material against cold or
radiation heat
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