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Thermal Overload
The S611 soft starter features an electronic motor overload protection feature. It is designed to 
protect the motor and power wiring against overheating caused by operating at excessive current 
levels for extended periods of time.
Entering the motor’s full load current rating, using the Motor FLA parameter programs the 
overload. The Motor FLA is settable from 50% to 100% of the S611’s rated current (frame size).
The overload’s trip class is set using the Trip Class parameter in the Protection menu. Editing the 
Trip Class parameter to “OFF” will disable overload protection.
Additional details on the thermal overload can be found in Appendix B—Protection.
Protection
In addition to motor overload protection, the S611 has many programmable features designed to 
protect the motor as well as the soft starter itself.
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Incoming line phase reversal, loss, imbalance, over voltage, and under voltage trips
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Three overcurrent trip levels
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Stall and jam trips
For troubleshooting purpose trips are recorded, as they occur, in the S611’s fault log.
Apply the mains voltage and verify that no fault is present. The S611 indicates most faults with a 
fault code in the alphanumeric display and by illuminating the corresponding mode and Protection/
Operation (P/O) LEDs. When a fault is indicated, the dedicated Fault P/O LED will be illuminated.
4. The fault history may be displayed by pressing the Fault Log button.
A Phase Reversal fault is a likely candidate on new installations. It can be remedied by either 
changing the Phase sequence P/O LED from ABC to ACB or removing mains power and 
switching the incoming line connections at L1 and L2 of the S611.
Fault Codes
Fault FC
User Interface
Mode LED P/O LED Display
Watchdog firmware  3 None None F.03
FRam 5 None None F.05
User interface com failure 6 None None F.06
Flash CRC 7 None  None  F.07
Zero volt cross lost 8 None None  F.08
Comm lost port A 9 None None F.09
Comm lost port B 10 None None F.10
Pole over temp 15 None None F.15
Bypass dropout 16 None None F.16
SCR not firing 17 None None F.17
Shorted SCR 18 None None F.18
Instantaneous SCR overcurrent 19 None None F.19
Motor overload 20 Operation Motor FLA F.20
Mains loss 21 Protection Under voltage (V) F.21
Under voltage 22 Protection Under voltage (V) F.22
Over voltage 23 Protection Over voltage (V) F.23
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