Fault Tracing; A Fault Comes Into View; Resetting With The Reset Button; Resetting With A Parameter In The Graphical Display - Vacon 100 Industrial Applications Manual

FAULT TRACING

11 FAULT TRACING
When the control diagnostics of the AC drive find an unusual condition in the operation of the
drive, the drive shows a notification about it. You can see the notification on the display of the
control panel. The display shows the code, the name and a short description of the fault or
alarm.
The source info tells you the source of the fault, what caused it, where it occurred, and other
data.
There are 3 different types of notification.
An info does not have an effect the operation of the drive. You must reset the info.
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An alarm informs you of unusual operation on the drive. It does not stop the drive. You
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must reset the alarm.
A fault stops the drive. You must reset the drive and find a solution to the problem.
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You can program different responses for some faults in the application. See more in Chapter
5.9 Group 3.9: Protections.
Reset the fault with the Reset button on the keypad, or through the I/O terminal, fieldbus or
the PC tool. The faults stay in the Fault history where you can go and examine them. See the
different fault codes in Chapter 11.3 Fault codes.
Before you contact the distributor or the factory because of unusual operation, prepare some
data. Write down all the texts on the display, the fault code, the fault ID, the source info, the
Active Faults list and the Fault History.
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A FAULT COMES INTO VIEW

When the drive shows a fault and stops, examine the cause of fault, and reset the fault.
There are 2 procedures to reset a fault: with the Reset button and with a parameter.

RESETTING WITH THE RESET BUTTON

1 Push the Reset button on the keypad for 2 secods.

RESETTING WITH A PARAMETER IN THE GRAPHICAL DISPLAY

1 Go to the Diagnostics Menu.
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