LED Color Status Description; cause Remedy
RUN /
ERR
- Off The electronic power supply is missing
or lies outside the permissible tolerance
range.
-
Green Continuous
light
The component is ready for operation
and cyclic DRIVE-CLiQ communication
is in progress.
-
Orange Continuous
light
DRIVE-CLiQ communication is being es‐
tablished.
-
Red Continuous
light
At least one fault is present in the com‐
ponent.
LED is controlled irrespective of the cor‐
responding messages being reconfig‐
ured.
Remedy and acknowledge fault.
Green/red 0.5 Hz flashing
light
Firmware download in progress. -
2 Hz flashing
light
Firmware download is complete. Waiting
for POWER ON.
Carry out a POWER ON.
Green/or‐
ange
or
Red/orange
Flashing light Component recognition via LED is acti‐
vated.
The color depends on the LED state
when component recognition is activated.
-
Operation
8.3 Fault and system messages
SINAMICS SM120 6SL38855?B
90 Operating Instructions 12/2015