Troubleshooting / Service 
Self Diagnostics 
Release M  DR4500A Classic Series Circular Chart Recorder With or Without Control Product Manual  207 
April 2017 
Device status 
When required, the results of the power-up tests can be checked to determine the reason the recorder has 
gone to “Failsafe”. 
The following procedure in Table 9-3 tells you how to display the results of the latest tests run. Table 9-4 
lists the tests, the reason for the failure, and how to correct the problem. 
Table 9-3 Procedure for displaying the device status 
 
Select STATUS 
Set Up Group 
Until you see: 
  Upper Display: READ 
  Lower Display: STATUS 
Read the status tests 
results 
  Upper Display:  NO or YES  
        (YES indicates a failure) 
  Lower Display:  FAILSAFE 
  Successive presses of the FUNC key will display the 
results of the tests (PASS or FAIL) in the following 
order: 
  RAM TEST 
  CONFTEST 
  CAL TEST 
  FACT CRC 
  BATTERY 
  Identify the problem from the error message and 
correct the failure as shown under "Lower Display 
Indication” in Table 9-4.