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Problem Cause  Things to check  Recommended action 
Value of output does 
not make sense 
Check Cascade Initialization  Assure that the output can move an 
actuator. 
Block alarms are not 
reported 
Read FEATURE_SEL  Reports are not selected in 
FEATURE_SEL. If features do not 
include Reports then the host must 
poll for alarms. 
Read LIM_NOTIFY  Set LIM_NOTIFY to a value higher 
than zero, but not higher than 
MAX_NOTIFY. 
 
Troubleshooting the Input Selector block 
 
Table 30: Input Selector block 
Problem Cause  Things to check  Recommended Action 
Input Selector block 
mode is in OOS and 
does not change to 
AUTO mode. 
Read 
MODE_BLOCK.PERMITTED
. 
Add AUTO mode to 
MODE_BLOCK.PERMITTED. 
Read MODE_BLOCK. 
ACTUAL of Resource block. 
If necessary, Set 
MODE_BLOCK.TARGET to 
AUTO. 
NOTE: 
If the mode is set to OOS for 
maintenance then do not change 
the mode to AUTO. 
Schedule   Block is not scheduled and 
therefore cannot execute to go to 
Target Mode. Schedule the block 
to execute.  
 
Check the License Status 
parameter value of the block 
Check whether License for 
additional function blocks has 
been purchased. Otherwise 
purchase the license and then 
upgrade. 
Input Selector block 
mode is in OOS mode 
with Block 
configuration Error. 
Check SELECT_TYPE  SELECT_TYPE must be set to a 
valid value and cannot be left at 0. 
Status of output is 
Bad. 
Check Inputs   Make sure at least one input has 
status as good.  
Check OP_SELECT  OP_SELECT is not set to 0 (or it is 
linked to an input that is not used), 
and it points to an input that is 
Bad.  
Check MIN_GOOD 
Make sure that value entered in 
MIN_GOOD is greater or equal to 
actual number of Good inputs.