Installation, Operating & Maintenance Instructions 
Series 650 DN 100-250 (I.D. 4“ - 10”), CC-Link 
 
 
 
VAT Vakuumventile AG, CH-9469 Haag, Switzerland 
Tel +41 81 771 61 61   Fax +41 81 771 48 30   CH@vatvalve.com www.vatvalve.com 
280672EB 
2010-12-15 
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4 Trouble shooting 
 
Failure  Check  Action 
No dots lighted on display  24 V power supply ok? 
Connect valve to power supply according to  
«Electrical connection» and make sure that power supply is 
working. 
-  Local operation via service 
port active  
-  Switch to remote operation. 
Remote operation does not work 
-  Safety mode active, check for 
D on display? 
-  Provide power to motor to allow for operation.  
-  Refer to «Electrical connection» for details. 
Display shows «E 20» 
(fatal error - limit stop of valve unit 
not detected)
 
 
-  Replace actuator according to  
«Maintenance procedures». 
Display shows «E 21» 
(fatal error - rotation angle of valve 
plate limited during power up) 
- Valve plate mechanically 
obstructed? 
- Resolve obstruction. 
Display shows «E 22» 
(fatal error - rotation angle of valve 
plate limited during operation) 
- Valve plate mechanically 
obstructed? 
- Resolve obstruction. 
Display shows «E 40» 
(fatal error - motor driver failure 
detected) 
 
-  Replace control unit according to  
«Maintenance procedures». 
Display shows «D  C» or «D999» 
Motor Interlock is open 
- Motor power supplied?  -  Provide power to motor to allow for operation.  
-  Refer to «Electrical connection» for details. 
Display shows «SR» 
(Service Request) 
- Valve unit heavy 
contaminated or gate seal 
heavily sticking? 
-  Clean valve and/or replace gate seal according to  
«Maintenance procedures». 
CLOSE VALVE does not work 
-  Safety mode active, check for 
D on display? 
-  Maintenance mode active 
-  Provide power to motor to allow for operation.  
-  Refer to «Electrical connection» for details. 
-  Refer to “Display shows «M  C»” in this table 
OPEN VALVE does not work 
-  Safety mode active, check for 
D on display? 
-  Maintenance mode active 
-  Provide power to motor to allow for operation.  
-  Refer to «Electrical connection» for details. 
-  Refer to “Display shows «M100»” in this table 
Display shows «M  C» 
Maintenance mode active 
 
-  Pin 14 of service connector is connected to ground. Plate 
will close. Further movement of plate is blocked. 
1)
 
Display shows «M100» 
Maintenance mode active 
 
-  Pin 13 of service connector is connected to ground. Plate 
will open. Further movement of plate is blocked. 
1)
 
-  Safety mode active, check for 
D on display? 
-  Provide power to motor to allow for operation.  
-  Refer to «Electrical connection» for details. 
POSITION CONTROL does not 
work 
- POSITION CONTROL 
selected, check for V on 
display? 
-  Select POSITION CONTROL mode.  
Refer to «Position control» for details. 
COMPRESSED AIR FAILURE 
«AIRf» 
-  No or too less air pressure on 
air input of valve 
-  Connect air or increase air pressure. Make sure that the air 
pressure is more than 4 bar (55 psi). 
COMPRESSED AIR FAILURE at 
Exhaust «AIRx» 
-  Wrong connection of 
compressed air input and 
output 
-  No compressed air at output 
exhaust 
-  Connect compressed air in accordance chapter installation.
 
-  Contact your local VAT service centre for support. 
1) Priority of pin 14 is higher than pin 13. If pin 14 is connected to ground after pin 13 the valve will close. 
  Ground of service connector is at pin 4 and 8.