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How to Handle Faults  
 
In the event of a fault, the following measures should be taken: 
 
(1) Record the fault message shown on the display on the operation panel. 
(2) Collect the trace back data, if the commissioning software package was purchased. 
(3) See the Fault and Recovery section. 
Description of Terminology 
This section describes the special terms used in this manual. 
 
Description of Terminology 
Term Meaning 
Power 
module 
A single-phase DC-fed inverter module using IGBTs. 
IGD board 
IGBT Gate Driver Board.  Converts gate signals sent in optical signal form to 
electric signals. 
OLB board 
Optical Link Board.  Converts gate signals from electric to optical signals for 
isolation. 
VDET board 
Voltage Detection Board.  Board that measures analog voltage signals and 
converts them to optical signals. 
GSD board  Gate Signal Distributor.  Board that distributes gate signals to each output phase. 
CTR board  Inverter main control board 
TEX board 
Twin Expansion Board.  Distributes the gate signals to the power modules for 
twin drives. 
EEPROM  Electrical Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory 
IGBT  Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor 
LCD Liquid Crystal Display 
LED  Light Emitting Diode 
MCCB  Molded Case Circuit Breaker 
PP7 
Power electronics Processor for Various Inverter control Integration (VII=7). 
Toshiba dedicated power electronics control 32-bit micro-controller. 
PSM 
Switching power supply that providing ±15 VDC and +5 VDC for boards. 
RAM  Random Access Memory 
Initialize 
Act of initialization.  When the control power switch is turned from OFF to ON the 
inverter equipment initializes data and circuits. 
Interface  Means by which this equipment transfers signals to/from external devices. 
Inverter 
Inverse converter that converts DC power to AC power.  
(DC → AC conversion) 
Overload  Operation at a current output that exceeds the continuos rating of the equipment. 
Display-
keypad 
Operational panel installed on the cubicle surface that is used for data display 
and basic operations. 
Load  Refers to a motor that receives power from this equipment.