Run Indicator - Siemens SITRANS F Operating Instructions Manual

Error Number
Category
Timestamp
Example
The following example is a reply containing the Error Pending list.
17,21,17,40,0,8,17,46,17,c0,0,8,7f,7f,ff,0,0,0,7f,7f,ff,0,0,0,7f,7f,ff,0,0,0,7f,7f,ff,0,0,0,7f,7f,ff,0,0
,0,7f,7f,ff,0,0,0,7f,7f,ff,0,0,0
As can be seen, there are two active errors:
● 17,21,17,40,0,8:
● 17,46,17,c0,0,8:
B.5

Run indicator

The Run Indicator indicates the state of the device. Two states are possible: ON (0xFF) and
OFF (0x00).
The device will be in state ON, unless a serious error is present.
The following errors can turn the state to OFF:
● When a "Fatal Error" is active on the "Error Pending List"
● Boot up problems when powering up the flowmeter.
● If no measurement are delivered or the time between them is too high.
The last condition will be based on the following:
Modbus RTU RS485
Operating Instructions, 06/2010, A5E00753974-04
– Error No.: 33 (dec) = Temp. too low
– Category: Warning
– Timestamp: 8 minutes
– Error No.: 70 (dec) = Pickup phase
– Category: Fatal
– Timestamp: 8 minutes
NOTICE
7f,7f,ff,0,0,0 means no error.
A list of all error numbers can be found in the relevant
SITRANS F M / SITRANS F C Operating Instructions. No error
is represented by 0x7F.
• 0: Information
• 1: Warning
• 2: Permanent
• 3: Fatal
Timestamp represents the time in minutes since the error
occurred.
Appendix
B.5 Run indicator
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