Raymarine Evolution EV-2 - Error Messages (Troubleshooting)

12.2Errormessages(T
roubleshooting)
ThefollowingmessagesaredisplayedontheAutopilotcontrollerdisplaywhenthereisanerrorwith
theautopilotsystemrequiringyourattention.Usetheinformationprovidedheretotroubleshoot
yourautopilot
AlarmMessageP
ossiblecausesSolution
A
UTORELEASEPossiblefaultwithrudderangle
referencesensor.Alternatively,
ifyourautopilotsystem
includesasternI/Odrive,you
havetakenmanualcontrolof
thesteeringwhilethepilotisin
Automode.
•Checkrudderangle
referencesensor
connections.
•ForsystemsusingtheVolvo
PentaEVCdriveinterface
unit,checktheunitis
operatingcorrectly.
DRIVES TOPPED
•Motor/steeringhasnot
movedwithin20secondsof
acoursechangecommand.
•Theautopilotisunabletoturn
therudder(eitherbecause
theweatherloadonthehelm
istoohigh,oriftherudder
anglesensorhaspassed
beyondthepresetrudder
limitsorrudderend-stops.
•Autopilotresetsduetoan
externalevent(suchasuse
ofthesleepswitch,orfaulty
wiringcausingtheautopilot
componentstopowercycle).
•Autopilotresetsdueto
softwareerror.
•Checktherudderangle
referencesensorhasbeen
installedcorrectlytoreflect
thelimitsandend-stopsof
thevessel’sruddersystem.
•ForEV-1systems,check
ACUdriveoutputvoltage
anddriveandclutchvoltage
output(ifapplicable).
•ForEV-1systems,checkall
connectionstoACU.
•Checkallconnectionsto
driveunit.
•Checkthatthedriveunit
operatesandisnotstalled.
•Checksteeringsystemis
secure.
NORUDDERREFERENCENorudderanglereference
sensorisdetected,orthe
rudderanglereference
sensorhasturnedoutsideits
operationalrange(50degrees).
Ifarudderanglereference
sensorisinstalled,checkthe
wiring.Inspecttheunitfor
possibledamage
.
S TALLDETECTED
Motorspeeddroppedtoolow
forgivencoursechangeor
motorstalling.Thiscanbe
causedbyafaultydriveunitor
steeringfault.Alternatively,the
steeringhard-overtimemaybe
tooslow.
•Checkthatthedriveunit
operatesandisnotstalled.
•Checkthesteeringhard-over
time.
CL UTCHOVERLOADTheclutchforthedrivesystem
isdemandingagreaterpower
outputthanissupportedby
theclutchpoweroutputofthe
Evolutioncomponents.
Refertotheclutchpower
outputratingsprovidedinthe
Installationinstructionsforthe
relevantEvolutioncomponents,
andensuretheclutchforthe
driveunitdoesnotexceedthis
poweroutput.
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