Troubleshooting/Service 
158  UDC2500 Universal Digital Controller Product Manual  4/07 
7 Troubleshooting/Service 
7.1  Overview 
Introduction 
Instrument performance can be adversely affected by installation and application 
problems as well as by hardware problems. We recommend that you investigate the 
problems in the following order: 
• installation related problems 
• application related problems 
• hardware and software related problems 
and use the information presented in this section to solve them.  
What's in this section? 
The following topics are covered in this section. 
TOPIC  See Page 
7.1 Overview  158 
7.2 Troubleshooting Aids 
  • Overall Error Messages 
  • Controller Failure Symptoms 
  • Customer Support 
  • Determining the Software Version Number 
159 
7.3 Power-up Tests  161 
7.4 Status Tests  161 
7.5 Background Tests  162 
7.6  Controller Failure Symptoms  164 
7.7 Troubleshooting Procedures 
  • Power Failure 
  • Current Proportional Output Failure  
  • Time Proportional Output Failure 
  • Time/Current - Current/Time Proportional Output Failure 
  • Alarm Relay Output Failure 
  • Keyboard Failure  
165 
7.8  Restore Factory Configuration  174 
7.9 Software Upgrades  175