Operating and display elements 
  2.2 Operating and display elements: CPU 31x 
CPU 31xC and CPU 31x, Technical Data 
Manual, 01/2006 Edition, A5E00105475-06 
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2.2.5  Status and error displays of CPU 31x 
General status and error displays 
Table 2-7  General status and error displays of the CPU 31x 
LED designation  Color  Meaning 
SF  red  Hardware or software error. 
DC5 V  green  5-V power for the CPU and the S7-300 bus 
FRCE  yellow  LED is lit: Active force job 
LED flashes at 2 Hz: Node flash test function (only CPUs with 
firmware V2.2.0 or higher) 
RUN  green  CPU in RUN  
The LED flashes during STARTUP at a rate of 2 Hz, and in HOLD 
state at 0.5 Hz. 
STOP  yellow  CPU in STOP, or HOLD, or STARTUP 
The LED flashes at 0.5 Hz when the CPU requests a memory reset, 
and during the reset at 2 Hz. 
Status displays for the interfaces X1, X2 and X3 
Table 2-8  Bus error displays of CPU 31x 
CPU  LED designation  Color  Meaning 
315-2 DP  BF  red  Bus error at DP interface (X2) 
BF1:  red  Bus error at interface 1 (X1) 317-2 DP 
BF2:   red  Bus error at interface 2 (X2) 
BF1:  red  Bus error at interface 1 (X1) 
BF2:  red  Bus error at interface 2 (X2) 
LINK  green  Connection at interface 2 (X2) is active 
31x-2 PN/DP 
RX/TX  yellow  Receive / Transmit data at interface 2 (X2) 
BF1:  red  Bus error at interface 1 (X1) 
BF2:  red  Bus error at interface 2 (X2) 
BF3:  red  Bus error at interface 3 (X3) 
LINK
1
  green  Connection at interface 3 (X3) is active 
319-3 PN/DP 
RX/TX
1
  yellow  Receive / transmit data at interface 3 (X3) 
1 
In the case of the CPU 319-3 PN/DP are located directly at the RJ45 socket (LEDs are not 
labeled!)