Honeywell Vertex M - Instrument Faults

7.4 Instrument Faults
An instrument fault indicates a loss of monitoring on one or more points. When an instrument fault occurs, the following actions take place within the Vertex M system:
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The LED indicator flashes yellow on the analyzer with the fault. See "Manual Analyzer Override" on page154 for more information.
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A yellow fault indicator appears on the main screen
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The event list and event history are updated
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Maintenance Fault relays associated with this analyzer will activate
Event
Number
Event List Desc.
(Short)
Event History
Description
Data Field Problem Possible Cause Recovery
202
HIGH
BACKGROUND
High Background
Optical signal
counts
Bad Chemcassette Chemcassette discolored Check optics values in event history
Moisture on Chemcassette Check optics values for last Chemcassette load in event history
Chemcassette tracking/
installation error
Errors occurring on points 1 and 5 or 4
and 8 only indicate a tracking problem
Check guide position
Reload Chemcassette using maintenance analyzer operation
Optics block dirty Dust Clean optics
203 END OF CC
End of
Chemcassette
0.0
Insufficient Chemcassette
motion detected
End of Chemcassette Replace Chemcassette
Chemcassette broken
Rethread Chemcassette (See "Change Chemcassette™ Tape" on
page124)
Faulty tape encoder Service analyzer
Advance motor failure Service analyzer
Gate opening insufficient Service analyzer
205
FAIL WR HW
CONF
Failure Writing
Hardware Config
Failure writing hardware
configuration
Non-volatile memory failure in analyzer
CPU
Service or replace analyzer
206
FAIL RD HW
CONF
Failure Reading
Hardware Config
Failure reading hardware
configuration
Non-volatile memory failure in analyzer
CPU
Service or replace analyzer
207 PYRO FAILURE Pyrolyzer Failure Internal Temp Pyrolyzer failure
Heater element
Service or replace analyzerFuse failure
Thermocouple Failure
208
PYRO
OVERTEMP
Skin Over-
Temperature
1 or 2
Pyrolyzer
number
Pyrolyzer skin temperature
greater than 105°C
Fan failure in analyzer Replace fan
Sensor failure Replace sensor
209 GATE TIMEOUT
Gate Motor
Timeout
0.0 Gate motor timeout 7 seconds
Gate position sensor not activated before
timeout
Check motor operation using Maintenance/ Analyzer Operations/
Open Gate or Close Gate
Motor does not operate Check motor connections to sensor interface PCB in analyzer
Bad sensor or cable
Check sensor connection on PCB
Contact Honeywell service
210 OPTICS NOISE Optics Noise Counts Optics Noise
Poor grounding Contact Honeywell service
Optics block cover loose Retighten or reinstall as required