At a Glance

The channel diagnostics function displays detected errors when they occur, classified according to category:

  • Internal detected errors

    • inoperative channel

    • calibration detected error

  • External events

    • sensor link event

    • range overflow/underflow

  • Other detected errors

    • configuration detected error

    • communication loss detected

    • application detected error

    • value outside range (output channel)

    • channel not ready

A channel detected error is indicated in the Debug tab when the LED, located in the Error column, turns red.

Procedure

To access the channel detected Fault dialog, follow these steps:

Step

Action

1

Open the module debugging screen.

2

For the inoperative channel, click the button situated in the Error column.

Result: The list of channel detected errors appears.

Note: Channel diagnostics information can also be accessed by program (instruction READ_STS).