1-200 ACH550-UH User’s Manual
Embedded fieldbus
Diagnostics – EFB
Fault queue for drive diagnostics
For general ACH550 diagnostics information, see Diagnostics on page 1-279. The
three most recent ACH550 faults are reported to the fieldbus as defined below. For
specific ACH550 fault codes, see Fault listing on page 1-280.
Serial communication diagnostics
Network problems can be caused by multiple sources. Some of these sources are:
• Loose connections
• Incorrect wiring (including swapped wires)
• Bad grounding
• Duplicate station numbers
• Incorrect setup of drives or other devices on the network
The major diagnostic features for fault tracing on an EFB network include Group 53
EFB Protocol parameters 5306…5309. The Complete parameter descriptions
section describes these parameters in detail.
Diagnostic situations
The sub-sections below describe various diagnostic situations – the problem
symptoms and corrective actions.
Normal operation
During normal network operation, 5306…5309 parameter values act as follows at
each drive:
• 5306
EFB OK MESSAGES advances (advances for each application message
properly received and addressed to this drive).
• 5307
EFB CRC ERRORS does not advance at all (advances when an invalid
message CRC is received).
• 5308
EFB UART ERRORS does not advance at all (advances when character format
errors are detected, such as parity or framing errors).
• 5309
EFB status value varies depending on network traffic.
• BACnet protocol: 5316
EFB PAR 16 (MS/TP token counter) advances for each
token passed to this drive. (Does not apply for other protocols.)
Drive Parameter
Protocol Reference
Modbus N2 FLN BACnet
0401 Last Fault 40401 17 90 AV18
0412 Previous Fault 1 40402 18 91 AV19
0413 Previous Fault 2 40403 19 92 AV20