Fault And Alarm Messages; General Information About Faults And Alarms - Siemens Sinamics S120 Comissioning Manual

5.4

Fault and alarm messages

5.4.1

General information about faults and alarms

The errors and states detected by the individual components of the drive system 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 S120/S150 List Manual. Function diagrams for the fault buffer, alarm buffer, fault
trigger and fault configuration are also contained in the Section "Function diagrams" - "Faults
and alarms".
Properties of faults and alarms
● Faults (code F01234)
– 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 PROFIdrive status signal ZSW1.3 (fault active).
– Entry in the fault buffer.
● Alarms (code A56789)
– Are identified by Axxxxx.
– Have no further effect on the drive.
– The alarms are automatically reset once the cause has been remedied. No
– Status via PROFIdrive 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
Commissioning with Startdrive
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acknowledgement is required.
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