7.
Light-emitting diodes
7.1
Status LEDs of EtherCAT plugs
Link/Activity
LED
Bus speed
7.2
Network status LED
The LED2 "Network STATUS" located on the top of the unit, is a two-color combination of
RUN LED (green) and ERROR LED (red).
The RUN LED displays the status of the EtherCAT state machine (ESM). The ERROR LED
displays watchdog errors and unwanted status changes in the case of local errors.
LED RUN (green)
off
blinking
flickering
simple flash
on
LED ERROR (red)
off
blinking
Light pattern
on
blinking
simple flash
double flash
flickering
off
7.3
XML description (ESI)
The ESI can be created with Combivis 6 for each unit.
Green
LED Link/Activity
Yellow
Light pattern
Bus speed
Function
Initialization
ready for operation
booting
Safe operation
Normal operation
Function
No error
Configuration error (e.g. missing xml-file)
Interval
continuously shining
200 ms on, 200 ms off, 200 ms on ...
200 ms on, 1000 ms off, repeatitive
200 ms on, 200 ms off, 200 ms on, 1000 ms off, repeatitive
50 ms on, 50 ms off, 50 ms on ...
dark
Light-emitting diodes
Function
off
Port closed; no data transfer
on
Port opened; no data transfer
flicker
Port opened with data transfer
Function
off
Transmission error
on
EtherCAT ready for operation with
100 MBit
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