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Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
The table below list the of common problems you might encounter when working with 
PowerTools software along with the error message displayed, the most likely cause and 
solution.
Problem/Message Cause Solution
Time-out while waiting for device response. 
The attempted operation has been cancelled. 
(see fault: No device selected)
Loss of serial communications.
Check the serial connection to the device and 
try operation again.
The attached device(s) do not have valid 
revisions, or do not have matching revisions.
Attempting to broadcast to drive without 
matching firmware revisions.
Program each drive individually.
Unable to communicate with device [Address 
x]
The device that you are attempting to 
communicate with is no longer available.
Check all connections and verify that you are 
using the correct baud rate then try again.
The specified drive type (name) does not 
match the actual drive type (name). Please 
make necessary corrections.
The drive type you selected in the “Drive 
Type” list box does not match the drive you 
are downloading to.
Change the drive type selected in the “Drive 
Type” list box to match the drive you are 
downloading to.
Non-Control Techniques device attached 
(address). When trying to program more than 
one drive, only EMC drives of the same type 
can be attached to the network.
This error is caused When you attempting to 
perform an upload or download to multiple 
drives and one or more of the drives are not 
the same type.
Disconnect the device(s) that has been 
specified and try the operation again or 
program each device individually.
You have changed a parameter which will not 
take affect until the drive has been rebooted. 
Before you reboot the drive, you will need to 
save your setup to NVM. Do you wish to 
save your setup to drive NVM now?
See message. Yes/No.
(Operation Name) The attempted operation 
has been cancelled.
Communication error. Retry operation. Check connection to drive.
Invalid entry. The entry exceeds the precision 
allowed by this field. The finest resolution 
this field accepts is (value).
Entered a value out of range.
Enter a value within the range of that field. 
The status bar displays information on the 
currently selected object or action.
The device was disconnected during the 
upload. The upload was not complete.
Connection to the device was lost (a time-out 
occurred).
Check the connection to the device and try 
again.
The device was disconnected during the 
download. The download was not complete.
Connection to the device was lost (a time-out 
occurred).
Check the connection to the device and try 
again.
No device selected. No device selected during flash upgrade. Select device(s) from list box.
The drive at address is use.
Close any other windows that are using the 
same addresses and try again.
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