Error Messages; Error Messages Of The Communications Module - Siemens SIMATIC RF166C Operating Instructions Manual

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10.2 Error messages

Error code (hex)
0x3E
0x3F
0x40
0x4C
0x4E
0x4D
10.2 Error messages
You have the following options for error analysis of the modules:
● Via error messages
● Via OPC UA error messages
● Using WBM
These alternative methods are described below.
10.2.1

Error messages of the communications module

Note that depending on the cause of the error, the "ERROR" status LED or the "ER" reader
LED of the respective reader interface always flashes if error messages occur. You can read
the error via the error codes or alternatively via the WBM log.
The following table lists the error codes.
Table 10- 7 Features of the communication modules
"ER" Block (hex)
LED
4x 0xE1FE0100
4x 0xE1FE0200
134
Error description
Antenna 6: Antenna type or version is incorrect
Antenna 7: Antenna type or version is incorrect
Antenna 8: Antenna type or version is incorrect
Alarm buffer overflow
Low power supply of the RFID reader
Error in the reader firmware
Error description
Cannot write to the memory of the transponder.
Possible causes:
Transponder memory is defective.
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EEPROM transponder was written too frequently and has reached the end of its service life.
•
Presence error
The transponder is no longer within the transmission window of the reader. The command was
not or only partially executed.
Read command: There is no valid data in "IDENT_DATA".
Write command: The transponder that has just left the antenna field contains an incomplete data
record.
Possible causes:
Operating distance between reader and transponder is not being maintained.
•
Configuration error: The data record to be processed is too large (in dynamic mode).
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Operating Instructions, 12/2019, C79000-G8976-C578-01
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