Service and maintenance
9.1 Diagnostics
9.1.1
Diagnostics via the LED display
The following figure shows the LEDs of the RF18xC/RF18xCI in detail.
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Figure 9-1
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Status LED display
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RUN/STOP (RUN)
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ERROR (ERROR)
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MAINTENANCE (MAINT)
Reader LED display
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PRESENCE (PRE)
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ERROR (ER)
IO LED display
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Channel status (Q1)
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Channel fault (IO-L1)
PROFINET/Ethernet LED display
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LINK P1 (X1 P1R)
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LINK P2 (X1 P2R)
LED displays of the RF18xC/RF18xCI communication module
Indicates whether the CM is ready for operation.
Indicates whether an error has occurred.
Shows whether the communication module needs
maintenance.
Indicates whether there are one or multiple transponders in
the antenna field.
Indicates whether communication with the reader is taking
place and whether a reader error has occurred.
Indicates whether the output is switched on.
Indicates whether an IO-Link device is connected and whether
an error has occurred.
Indicates that there is a link via the Ethernet interface "1".
Indicates that there is a link via Ethernet interface "2".
SIMATIC RF185C, RF186C, RF188C, RF186CI, RF188CI
Operating Instructions, 03/2022, C79000-G8976-C512-04