12 Troubleshooting and Maintenance
[L/A IN]
[PWR]
[L/A OUT]
indicator
LED
−
On
−
On
−
On
* Due to the EtherCAT specification, a communication timeout does not occur with those Slave Units that only
handle input data.
The GX-series Slaves that have only input data are listed below.
• GX-AD0471
• GX-ID1611
• GX-ID1611+XWT-ID08
• GX-ID1611+XWT-ID16
• GX-ID1611+XWT-ID08-1
• GX-ID1611+XWT-ID16-1
• GX-ID1621
• GX-ID1621+XWT-ID08
• GX-ID1621+XWT-ID16
• GX-ID1621+XWT-ID08-1
• GX-ID1621+XWT-ID16-1
• GX-ID1612
• GX-ID1622
• GX-ID1618
• GX-ID1628
• GX-ID3218
• GX-ID3228
Errors of Encoder Input Slave Unit
[L/A IN]
[PWR]
[L/A OUT]
indicator
LED
−
On
12 - 6
[RUN]
[ERR]
Description
indicator
indicator
Safe-
−
SF
Operational
state
Pre-
−
B
Operational
state
−
Off
Init state
[RUN]
[ERR]
indicator
indicator
Synchronization
B
B
frequency (Sync0
frequency) setting error
Cause
It is commanded
from the EtherCAT
Master Unit to shift
to the
Safe-Operational
state.
It is commanded
from the EtherCAT
Master Unit to shift
to the
Pre-Operational
state.
It is commanded
from the EtherCAT
Master Unit to shift
to the Init state.
Description
After checking the following items,
restart the Slave Unit according to
the specification of connected
EtherCAT Master Unit.
• Set the correct synchronization
frequency.
GX-series EtherCAT Slave Unit User's Manual
Actions
If the trouble occurred
during operating the
system, check the state
of the connected
EtherCAT Master Unit.
Actions