12 Troubleshooting and Maintenance
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GX-series EtherCAT Slave Unit User’s Manual
* Due to the EtherCAT specification, a communication timeout does not occur with those Slave Units that only
handle input data.
The GX-series Slaves that have only input data are listed below.
• GX-AD0471
• GX-ID1611
• GX-ID1611+XWT-ID08
• GX-ID1611+XWT-ID16
• GX-ID1611+XWT-ID08-1
• GX-ID1611+XWT-ID16-1
• GX-ID1621
• GX-ID1621+XWT-ID08
• GX-ID1621+XWT-ID16
• GX-ID1621+XWT-ID08-1
• GX-ID1621+XWT-ID16-1
• GX-ID1612
• GX-ID1622
• GX-ID1618
• GX-ID1628
• GX-ID3218
• GX-ID3228
Errors of Encoder Input Slave Unit
On − SF −
Safe-
Operational
state
It is commanded
from the EtherCAT
Master Unit to shift
to the
Safe-Operational
state.
If the trouble occurred
during operating the
system, check the state
of the connected
EtherCAT Master Unit.
On − B −
Pre-
Operational
state
It is commanded
from the EtherCAT
Master Unit to shift
to the
Pre-Operational
state.
On − Off − Init state
It is commanded
from the EtherCAT
Master Unit to shift
to the Init state.
[PWR]
indicator
[L/A IN]
[L/A OUT]
LED
[RUN]
indicator
[ERR]
indicator
Description Actions
On − BB
Synchronization
frequency (Sync0
frequency) setting error
After checking the following items,
restart the Slave Unit according to
the specification of connected
EtherCAT Master Unit.
• Set the correct synchronization
frequency.
[PWR]
indicator
[L/A IN]
[L/A OUT]
LED
[RUN]
indicator
[ERR]
indicator
Description Cause Actions